Charente Style Mussels Recipe

Serves/Makes: 1 serving

Ingredients:

• 18 mussels, scrubbed and debearded
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 small onion, sliced
• 1/4 bay leaf
• 1 sprig thyme
• 6 sprigs fresh parsley, the leaves chopped and the stems reserved
• 1 carrot, sliced
• 1 strip orange peel
• 1/2 cup white wine
• 1/3 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• Powdered saffron
• Cayenne pepper
• Orange-flower water, optional
• 2 egg yolks

How to cook Charente Style Mussels:

• Put the garlic, sliced onion, the bay leaf, thyme, parsley stems, carrot, orange peel and white wine in a nonreactive pan and cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes.
• Add the mussels, cover the pan and steam the mussels for about 3 minutes, until they open. As soon as they open, remove them from the heat.
• Break off and discard half of each shell and place the remaining meat-filled half in a baking dish. Discard any unopened mussels. Keep the filled shells warm in a 200°F (95°C) oven.
• Strain the mussel cooking liquid through a double layer of dampened cheesecloth. Put the strained liquid, a pinch of saffron and the sour cream in a skillet and cook the mixture over high heat until 1/3 of the liquid has evaporated.
• Add the curry powder and a pinch of cayenne pepper. Remove this preparation from the stove. Add the egg yolks and stir quickly to thicken the sauce.
• Taste, correcting the seasoning by adding a drop of orange-flower water if the sauce seems too sharp. Pour the sauce over the mussels. Dust them with the chopped parsley.

Note:
The Charente Style Mussels recipe easy to cook and so good!

Comment:
Charente is a department in southwestern France named after the Charente River.

This recipe for Charente Style Mussels serves/makes: 1 serving

Main Ingredient: Mussels
Preparation Method: Steamed
Cuisine: French