Medium

Appetizer Mussels

Total Time
32 min
15m prep · 17m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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🥬 Vegetarian 🌾 Gluten-Free 🥜 Nut-Free

What timing! Although I have eaten mussels many times, October 17 was the very first time I cooked them, and (if I do say so myself!) they were great. A friend and I ate every last one, and he raved about the flavor the whole time. This is my own recipe.

Ingredients

  • 0.75 cups white wine
  • 0.75 cups tomato and clam juice cocktail
  • 3 cloves garlic - peeled and sliced
  • 0.5 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1 pound mussels , cleaned and debearded
  • 3 tablespoons butter

Instructions

  1. 1

    In a stock pot, combine the wine, juice cocktail, garlic and pepper flakes. Bring to a boil and add mussels.

  2. 2

    Cover and continue to boil for about 4 to 6 minutes or until all the mussels have opened. Discard any mussels that haven't opened.

  3. 3

    Remove mussels from liquid and keep warm. Pour off liquid to leave about 1 cup. Try not to discard the garlic. Boil the 1 cup of liquid until it's reduced to about 3/4 of a cup.

  4. 4

    Add butter and stir until butter has melted and sauce has thickened slightly. Serve mussels with sauce.

Nutrition Facts

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