Ingredient list for 2 persons / portions

2kg mussels (1kg per person)
2 medium sized onions
3 cloves of garlic
4 medium-sized carrots
1/2 celery
1 stick of leek
Olive oil (highly heatable)
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 tsp pepper
1 laurel leaf
1/4 tsp colored peppercorns
1 1/2 l white wine (semi-dry, the cheap variant – will completely be boiled)
125 ml cooking cream

In France the mussels are often served with French fries (moules frites). This may sound strange at first, but it tastes very good. The salty French fries go perfectly with the fresh mussels and can be dipped into the broth.

Preparation

1. Rinse mussels. Chop onions, carrots, celery, leek and garlic and put them into a big pot. Add olive oil to sauté.
   
   Optional: Chop the vegetables in the Thermomix with level 5 for 5 seconds.
   
2. Steam vegetables lightly, then add white wine, cream, salt, pepper and bay leaf and bring to the boil.
   
3. Add mussels to the pot and simmer for about 9 minutes.
   
4. Serve mussels in the pot and enjoy with dry white wine.

Der Beitrag Mussels in white wine cream stock (Moules Frites) erschien zuerst auf Pixelfriedhof.