Quick Shellfish Stock

Fresh mussels are the way to a 10-minute, rich shellfish stock. Pour either fish stock or bottled clam juice and water over them, add a little white wine and fresh herbs, and there you have it—a fine, flavorful stock as well as the mussels, which can be used for a salad, as a hot first course, or chopped up and folded into mayonnaise as a sauce for grilled fish.