Here are the ingredients for this dish:
Mussels, butter, shallot, garlic, dry white wine & parsley.
Start by cleaning your mussels making sure to remove the "beard" from them and only keeping the ones that are closed. Rinse them off in cool water and scrub the outside shells with a brush to remove any debris.
Heat a large pan (that has a tight fitting lid) to medium high heat and add equal parts of butter & olive oil to the pan.
Add your sliced shallots and chopped garlic and sweat them for a few minutes until slightly soft. You don't want to brown them.
Now add your white wine & mussels:
Then cover the pot tightly to steam them for about 4 - 6 minutes. You can shake the pan to disperse them evenly.
You'll know the mussels are ready when they all open up. Discard any that do not open! Now add some chopped parsley and toss in the pan a bit.
Serve them with crusty bread (which is essential to sopping up all that great sauce!) and enjoy!
cheers!
xo diane
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