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Recipe : **** Mussels With White Wine And Creme Fraiche

Mussels With White Wine And Creme Fraiche
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Course:
Main Dish

Practical information

  • Prep time
    10 min
  • Cooking
    34 min
  • Ready in
    44 min
  • Difficulty
    Very easy
  • Price
    Very friendly budget
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Categories

Budget:
friendly
Difficulty:
easy recipe
Recipe for:
big families
Category:
Fish and Seafood
Tags:
crème fraiche, mussels, Wine, cream, cool

Recipe's Ingredients

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  • 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leave
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 1 small onion
  • 1 shallot
  • 1 bay leaf
  • salt and pepper
  • 3 tablespoons crème fraiche
  • 1.8 kg mussels
  • 500 ml white wine
  • 250 ml water

  • Recipe preparation steps

  • 1
    In a wide skillet with a lid, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add onion and shallot, and stir until very soft and beginning to turn gold, about 5 minutes; do not let them brown. Add thyme and bay leaf and stir. Add wine and 1 cup water and bring to a boil over high heat. Add mussels, cover, and cook until open, about 4 minutes.
  • 2
    Transfer mussels to serving bowls with a slotted spoon and boil liquid in the pan until reduced to a sauce. Turn off heat and whisk in crème fraîche and salt and pepper to taste.
  • 3
    Pour over mussels and serve with crusty bread.
  • Ready !