Preparation of mussels. Recipes and tips

Practically for any mistress it is impossible to name usual business preparation of mussels. Recipes with this seafood are distinguished by refinement, originality. To get it right, you need to prepare the meat of the mussels before cooking them.

Molluscs, which are already available for sale already boiled or canned, do not cause questions. But what about the fresh mussels in the shells? They are treated like this: first the shells are cleaned of extraneous layers, washed to leave no sand, which is retained in the stomach, and then held for several hours in cold water and washed again. After that, pour new water and cook for 20 minutes, no more. Cooked meat is extracted from the shells and washed well from the sand with warm water. Further with meat arrive according to the recommendations in the recipe. Although it is better to fry it, so that the smell of dampness disappears, and then used for cooking different dishes.

How to cook mussels peeled? Even easier. Usually they are sold frozen. Then they must thaw in cold water. After that, they need to be washed and immediately used for cooking second courses and soups. Delicious is obtained from mussels and a simple broth. In addition, it is prepared from purified mussels very quickly and easily. Meat of shellfish should be lowered into water, add spices, roots, bulb, bring to a boil and boil on a small fire for 25-30 minutes.

This, of course, does not end with the preparation of mussels. Recipes are very diverse. For example, "Mussels boiled with rice." A set of necessary products: 750 grams of mussels peeled (corresponding to 3.5 kg mussels unpurified), 150 grams of butter (preferably olive), 3 tablespoons of wheat flour, 100 ml of wine (white), 2 raw eggs, 1 lemon, pepper, parsley leaves, Salt, spoon of tomato paste.

Mussels thoroughly washed, cleaned and boiled in salted water with the addition of a laurel leaf. Then take the mollusks out of the water, and cook rice until half cooked . Then mix it well with tomato, fried onions, salt and pepper. Meat mussels fry with onions in cream butter and combine it with rice. Peeled shell doors fill the prepared mixture, put them in a saucepan, press down on a plate, add a little broth and boil under the lid for another half hour. Serve to the table directly in the sinks.

Preparation of mussels recipes is not limited to cooking. Fried mussels are no worse, even on the contrary. To prepare them, mussels (unpeeled, 2 kg) must be cleaned and boiled, while adding parsley, salt, laurel leaf, one onion, pepper and a glass of white wine to the water. Then you need to remove the meat from the shells and every mussel, pinned on the fork, dunk in batter and fry in deep-fried. For the test, you need to mix 2 tablespoons of milk and wheat flour, one egg, salt. Serve mollusks to the table with lemon juice.

Naturally, an honorable place in the sea kitchen is the preparation of mussels. Recipes of some dishes and are called: "Mussels in a sailor's way", "Mussels as a fisherman." For mussels cooked in a fishing way, you need to take 2 kg of uncooked shellfish, a glass of white wine, 2 spoons of crushed breadcrumbs and butter, a small onion, 1 spoonful of lemon juice, laurel leaves, salt, parsley leaves.

Mussels need to be cleaned, boiled, take the meat out of the shells and hold it a bit warm (do not put on fire!). Onion finely chopped, put together in a saucepan, pour wine, put on a strong fire and give wine to boil. Add the broth from the mussels to the onion and allow it to boil. Then remove from heat, add slices of butter, crushed biscuits, lemon juice and greens. Dry the crackers gradually, constantly stirring so that lumps do not form. After this, put the mussels in the sauce and heat on low heat (do not bring to a boil). Serve hot.

Oriental pilaf is easy to convert into a sea dish, having prepared it with mussels. It is necessary to boil, and then fry with onions meat mussels. Rice pre-boil and fry separately in oil, also with onions. Then pour the rice with water, cover and put it in the oven for 15-20 minutes. When the rice is ready, add the mussels and mix it. Ingredients: 750 g mussels peeled, 4 tablespoons butter, a pair of onions, a glass of rice, 500 ml of decoction or water, spices.