Spicy mussels with cider and dunking fries

Name: Spicy mussels with cider and dunking fries
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: oven-bake French fries and mayo, to serve; oven-bake French fries and mayo, to serve; salt and freshly ground black pepper; salt and freshly ground black pepper; a handful of roughly chopped flat-leaf parsley or 2 tbsp dried parsley; a handful of roughly chopped flat-leaf parsley or 2 tbsp dried parsley; 100 ml double cream; 1 kg mussels (try and buy really fresh from a fish counter); 1 tbsp butter; 1 kg mussels (try and buy really fresh from a fish counter); 1 tsp garlic purée (or 2 thinly sliced garlic cloves); 1 onion, thinly sliced; 1 tbsp dried chilli flakes; 1 tsp garlic purée (or 2 thinly sliced garlic cloves); 200 ml dry cider (chef’s perk is you can have the rest whilst cooking!); 200 ml dry cider (chef’s perk is you can have the rest whilst cooking!)

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
50 min

Appears in

Eat, Sleep, Rave, Reheat

By Chris Stark

Published 2020

About

Flex your culinary muscles with a variation on the classic ‘mussels in wine’ recipe that is actually easier than you’d think, and will be unlike anything else served at any other house party. You have to go buy fresh mussels for this (surprisingly cheap), and make sure you throw away any broken ones as you do not want to make all of your housemates ill – if you take everyone down, the shopping bill for all the toilet roll will be devastating. However, when you nail this, it’s a brill

Ingredients

Fish course
Pescatarian
Spicy
Gluten-free

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