Name: Mussels with white wine and garlic
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 kilogram black mussels; 30 gram butter; 1 brown onion (150g), chopped finely; 1 carrot (120g), chopped finely; 1 trimmed celery stalk (100g), chopped finely; 1 clove garlic, crushed; 1/2 cup (125ml) dry white wine; 8 slice crusty bread; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1/2 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Mussels with white wine and garlic

Scoff your way through these delicious white wine and garlic mussels to find a tasty broth at the bottom. Keep the shell, still hinged, from the first mussel you eat and use this to remove the remaining mussels from their shells.

Ingredients

2 kilogram black mussels

30 gram butter

1 brown onion (150g), chopped finely

1 carrot (120g), chopped finely

1 trimmed celery stalk (100g), chopped finely

1 clove garlic, crushed

1/2 cup (125ml) dry white wine

8 slice crusty bread

1 tablespoon olive oil

1/2 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Method

1.Scrub mussels; remove beards.

2.Heat butter in large saucepan; cook onion, carrot, celery and garlic,stirring, until onion is soft.

3.Add wine to pan; bring to a boil. Add mussels; cook, covered, 5 minutes or until mussels open (discard any that do not).

4.Meanwhile, brush bread with oil and grill until toasted on both sides.

5.Sprinkle mussels and broth with parsley; serve with toast.

Use a stiff brush to scrub the mussels under cold water.
Note

Women's Weekly Food

Trusted by home cooks for 90 years, The Australian Women’s Weekly’s Test Kitchen and cookbooks hold a singular place in shaping home cooking within the Australian culinary landscape. Today, the AWW Test Kitchen in Sydney is a thriving hub for food content, connected to two bustling photographic studios where a talented team of Australia’s best recipe developers, art directors, editors and photographers create our world class food content. Our recipes are thoroughly tested and tasted and given the Test Kitchen tick of approval, guaranteeing you’ll get great results in your home kitchen.

Instagram Facebook

Ingredients

Method

Related stories

About your privacy