Mussels; either you love them or you hate them. Most people have a very strong opinion about mussels or seafood overall. Personally I like mussels, but I don’t love them. I like experimenting with hem because they match well with a lot of different flavours. I do love them boiled in beer or wine with a nice sauce and some bread but I also like to add a gratin to them and eat them as a nice starter or as addition to the tapas table. Like in the recipe below. The freshness of the onions and the tomatoes really adds a good flavor to the subtle mussel taste.
Ingredients for 500 gr mussels:
- 500 gr large mussels
- 200 ml white wine
- 3 tomatoes
- 1 lime
- Pine nuts
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- Grated cheese
How to prepare it:
Put the mussels in a bowl with water and rinse them down. Check all the mussels and remove the once that are broken of the once that do not close in the cold water.
Put a pan on the stove, add the white wine and the mussels. Boil the mussels for 5 minutes. Take them of the stove and remove the mussels that haven’t opened up. Remove one of the shells of the once that remain and put the mussel on the shell into a flat oven dish.
Cut the tomatoes in half, remove the seeds and cut the tomatoes into small blocks. Fritter the onion and add the onion to the tomatoes. Chop the pine nuts a bit and add to the tomatoes. Grate the skin of the lime and squeeze out the juice. Add both to the tomatoes. Add some olive oil, salt and pepper and stir well. Check the flavours and see if the mixture is fresh enough.
Put a teaspoon of the salsa on top of each mussel. Sprinkle some grated cheese on top.
Grill the mussels in the oven for 10 minutes.
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