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Mouclade

  • For : 6 servings
  • Time : 1 h 55
  • Difficulty : easy

Ingredients for Mouclade :

  • 3 litres bouchot large mussels
  • 2 onions
  • 2 shallots
  • 50 g butter
  • 100 g crème fraîche
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 1 bouquet garni
  • 2 glasses dry white wine
  • 1 glass brandy
  • saffron
  • salt
  • pepper

Technical stages for Mouclade :

  • Clean, scrub and wash many times the mussels.
  • Make them open up over strong heat in a covered pot with the bouquet garni and the white wine. Stir frequently.
  • Remove half the shell of each mussel and put in 6 shallow plates or a soup bowl. Set the broth aside.
  • Mince the onions and shallots, sweat them with butter in a pan. Moisten with the filtered mussel broth. Reduce over low heat for 30 minutes.
  • Add salt, pepper, add the saffron and keep warm (be careful when seasoning, the mussel are already naturally salty).
  • Away from the heat, add the cream mixed with the eggs and the brandy.
  • Whisk the sauce to homogeneize, and pour on the mussels.
  • Put for 5 minutes in a warm oven. Serve immediately.
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The essentials

To make this recipe, some of these items will be required:

saffron (powder)saffron (powder) 59.40 Euro
InoxTerm 24h thermal food carrier - DenimInoxTerm 24h thermal food carrier - Denim 71.50 Euro
Stainless steel whisk 12 cmStainless steel whisk 12 cm 11.40 Euro
Vacuum food saver 1 litreVacuum food saver 1 litre 11.90 Euro
The Onion CutterThe Onion Cutter 25.95 Euro
Chopper expressChopper express 24.90 Euro