Moules marinière
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 4
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- 50g butter
- 1 clove garlicchopped
- 2 medium leekswhite parts cut in half lengthways and sliced (keep the greens for soup or stock)
- 300ml dry white wine
- 2kg musselscleaned
- 150ml double cream
- handful flat-leaf parsleychopped to serve
Nutrition:
- kcal485low
- fat33.9g
- saturates19.6g
- carbs3.5g
- sugars2.8g
- fibre2.4g
- protein26.9g
- salt1.6g
Method
step 1
Heat the butter in a wide, shallow, lidded pan. Add the garlic and leeks, and cook until softened. Add the wine and let it bubble up, then throw in the mussels and cover.
step 2
Shake the pan for 2-3 minutes or until all the mussels have opened (discard any that don’t).
step 3
Pour in the cream and season, then keep cooking for a minute. Serve sprinkled with chopped parsley.
