Mussels/Lovage Oil & Perry

Name: Mussels/Lovage Oil & Perry
Yield: Serves Four
Ingredients: 100 ml double cream; sea salt & black pepper; 150 g fresh lovage; 2 kg mussels; 200 ml grapeseed oil; 2 carrots, peeled; 3 sticks celery; 1 garlic clove, peeled; 3 banana shallots, peeled; 300 ml perry (pear) cider; 50 g unsalted butter

Preparation info

Serves
Four

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Hook Line Sinker

By Galton Blackiston

Published 2017

About

Ingredients

For the Lovage Oil

150 g fresh lovage
200 ml grapeseed oil

Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

To make the lovage oil

Bring a pan of water to the boil, drop in the 100g lovage and blanch for a couple of minutes. Immediately refresh in iced water, drain thoroughly and then squeeze dry in a clean tea towel until completely dry. Place in a blender with the grapeseed oil. Blend for 10 minutes and then pass through a muslin cloth, and set aside.