Moules Marinieres

Healthy moules marinieres mussels. Easy to prepare, low cost and made with no cream! If you’re a lover of fresh mussels but not the original recipe with cream then you’ll love this dish. And so will your waistline!

Did you know that in Scotland we are lucky to have some of the finest sea food in the world? That’s why I wanted today, to bring you this amazing moules marinieres using fresh Scottish mussels.

Try and get the freshest mussels you can for this dish.

But, vacuum packed are fine too.

This moules marinieres could easily be a starter dish served for 4 people at a dinner party or for 2 served as a main dish

It’s great accompanied with some slices of the wholemeal cob loaf that I made yesterday to mop up the delicious broth – leaving nothing to go to waste! 🙂

I’m lucky in that I can get such excellent seafood from this “plaice” 😉 in Glasgow, “the fish plaice” and it’s only an hour’s walk from where I live, situated on the edge of the main shopping precinct.

It’s also where Glasgow’s restaurants go to buy their fish to serve their clients, so you can bet their product is the best and of the freshest quality.

Indeed I can get a kg of mussels for about £3.00, so that’s about $4.58 at today’s (4^th March 2015) exchange rate!

I’m so excited to bring you this moules marinieres restaurant style dish (actually you should see how much they do charge for it in a restaurant here) and now I’ll let you tuck in.

I’m told that Scottish mussels are at their best in winter.

I expect it’s got something to do with the really cold water temperature but I haven’t looked it up.

So as we are definitely still in winter here in Scotland, I thought now would be the best time to being you this.

You know because next week with our ever changing climate it might be summer here! 😆

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Healthy moules marinieres mussels. Easy to prepare, low cost and made with no cream! If you're a lover of fresh mussels but not the original recipe with cream then you’ll love this dish. And so will your waistline!Click to Tweet

Moules Marinieres Recipe

Not only is this moules marinieres extremely healthy and low calorie but you’ll find the smell of it whilst it’s cooking intoxicating!

I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂

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Moules Marinieres

Healthy moules marinieres mussels. Easy to prepare, low cost and made with no cream.

Prep Time20 mins

Cook Time20 mins

Total Time40 mins

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: French

Keyword: moules, mussels

Servings: 2

Calories: 548kcal

Author: Neil

Ingredients

• 1 kg fresh mussels
• 1 tsp olive oil
• 1 small onion finely sliced
• 4 cloves garlic crushed
• 150 ml white wine
• 1 tbsp corn flour mixed with 2 tbsp. cold water
• Salt
• 1 tbsp freshly chopped parsley

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

• Prepare the mussels by washing them in cold water and removing any beards. Discard any that are damaged.
• In a large saucepan heat the olive oil and saute the sliced onion and garlic until soft. Do not allow the garlic to burn.
• Add the white wine and corn flour and heat gently, stirring to thicken the mixture a little. Season to taste with a little salt.
• Add the mussels to the saucepan and put a lid on. Allow the mussels to steam away in the saucepan for about 8 – 9 minutes or until all the shells have opened. Discard any mussels that have not opened.
• Serve the mussels garnished with the chopped parsley, the sauce poured over and slices of wholemeal cob loaf to mop up the broth.

Notes

For the white wine, I just use a cheap Pinot Grigot. If it's just for cooking, there's no point in spending a lot on an expensive wine.

 

Nutrition

Calories: 548kcal | Carbohydrates: 28.5g | Protein: 60.7g | Fat: 13.7g | Saturated Fat: 2.5g | Cholesterol: 140mg | Sodium: 1437.4mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2.3g | Vitamin C: 64.4mg | Calcium: 160mg | Iron: 20.5mg