Garlic White Wine Steamed Mussels
Fresh mussels steam in a fragrant broth of white wine, garlic, and butter until they pop open in minutes, ready to be scooped up with crusty bread for dipping.
Why You'll Love This
- Restaurant-style dish ready in 25 minutes
- Rich garlicky broth perfect for dunking bread
- Impressive but genuinely simple technique
Ingredients
- 3 lbfresh mussels, scrubbed and debearded
- 3 tbspunsalted butter, divided
- 1 tbspolive oil
- 1small shallot, finely chopped
- 4 clovesgarlic, minced
- 1 cupdry white wine
- 1/4 cupheavy cream
- 1/4 tspred pepper flakes
- 1/2 tspkosher salt
- 1/4 cupchopped fresh parsley
- 1lemon, cut into wedges
- 1loaf crusty bread, for serving
Nutrition (estimated per serving)
Nutrition information is an estimate calculated from the ingredients listed and will vary based on the specific products used. It is not a substitute for advice from a nutrition professional.
Method
- Sort through the mussels and discard any with cracked shells or that remain open after being tapped firmly; they are no longer alive and should not be cooked.
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