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Mouclade

Australian Gourmet Traveller fast modern French recipe for mouclade.

By Lisa Featherby
  • Serves 2
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Mouclade
Mouclade is a traditional dish of mussels cooked in white wine with shallots. We’ve made the mussel stock into a creamy, curry-scented broth.

Ingredients

  • 125 ml (½ cup) chicken stock
  • 125 ml dry white wine
  • 60 ml dry vermouth
  • 1 kg cleaned black mussels, rinsed
  • 35 gm butter, coarsely chopped
  • 4 golden shallots, thinly sliced
  • 1 leek, white part only, thinly sliced
  • 4 curry leaves
  • 1 tbsp plain flour
  • 2-3 tsp mild curry powder, such as korma
  • 125 ml (½ cup) pouring cream
Garlic toasts
  • 100 gm softened butter
  • ¼ cup (firmly packed) flat-leaf parsley, thinly sliced, plus extra to serve
  • 1 small garlic clove, finely chopped
  • 2 small panini, halved

Method

Main
  • 1
    Combine stock, wine and vermouth in a large saucepan, bring to the boil over high heat. Add mussels, cover with a lid, cook until open (3-5 minutes). As mussels open, transfer to a bowl with tongs. Strain liquid and reserve.
  • 2
    Melt butter in same pan over medium-high heat, add shallot, leek and curry leaves and cook until tender (3-5 minutes), add flour and curry powder and stir for 1 minute, then gradually add mussel liquid, stirring continuously. Add cream and bring to the boil, then add mussels and stir to combine.
  • 3
    For garlic toasts, preheat a grill to high heat. Combine butter, parsley and garlic in a bowl, season to taste, then spread onto panini. Place on an oven tray and grill until golden (1-2 minutes). Serve with mussels and broth.

Notes

This recipe is from the February 2010 issue of .

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