Les Moules Marinières

Name: Les Moules Marinières (Mussels Marinières)
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: Cooked mussels; 1 teaspoon of chopped parsley; 3 ozs. of butter; 1 shallot, just over 1 gill of white wine; 1 shallot, just over 1 gill of white wine; 2 tablespoons of fine white breadcrumbs. Salt and pepper; 2 tablespoons of fine white breadcrumbs. Salt and pepper; 2 tablespoons of fine white breadcrumbs. Salt and pepper

Mussels Marinières

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes of all Nations

By Countess Morphy

Published 1935

About

This is a most popular dish in France, and each province has its own particular way of doing it. The recipe given below, however, is one of the more usual ways of preparing mussels marinières.

Ingredients

Cooked mussels
1 shallot, just over 1 gill of white wine
1

Europe
France
Dinner
Pescatarian

Method

Put the chopped shallot and the white wine in a saucepan, and reduce by one third on a quick fire. Add to this 1 gill of the water in which the mussels were cooked, being careful to strain it, so that it is not muddy. Bring to the boil and simmer gently for a few minutes. Remove the