Name: Large Blue Rope Mussels with Miso Butter
Yield: Serves 4 as one of 4-5 robata dishes
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 40 g (1½ oz.) white miso; 1 kg (2 lb. 4 oz.) blue rope mussels; 60 g (2 oz./¼ cup) unsalted butter; ½ bunch of spring onions (scallions), finely chopped; ½ bunch of coriander (cilantro), finely chopped; freshly ground black pepper

Preparation info

Serves
4
as one of 4-5 robata dishes

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Robata

By Silla Bjerrum

Published 2018

About

This is a very simple recipe; all it takes is great-quality mussels and some smouldering hot coals. I dress these in miso butter as it gives a deep umami flavour. This is the perfect sharing dish to serve after a few starter courses.

Ingredients

60 g (2 oz./¼ cup) unsalted butter
40

Method

Place the butter in a mixing bowl, cream it with a fork and add the miso paste. Carry on working until it is a smooth consistency, then season with pepper, place on a piece of cling film (plastic wrap) and make into a small cylinder shape. Twist either end until you have an even shape, then leave in the freezer to rest.

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