I just discovered La Buena Vida, the good life, and I’m smitten with Nicole Franzen’s photography & cooking. This mussels and fries look delicious and I bet they taste the same.
What you’ll need:
- 2 pounds of mussels
- fresh fennel bulb
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 2 shallots
- 6 oz of a Belgian style ale or wheat beer
- sea salt & pepper
- butter
- fresh thyme
- lemon
- 2 russet potatoes
- oil for frying
When buying mussels make sure they are tightly closed and smelling fresh. Any mussels that are open or cracked, discard. When buying/storing mussels never place into a plastic bag. They will suffocate. Keep them in a colander with ice. They are a living thing and need to be cared for properly or they will die. To clean them use a light brush to remove any excess sand and grit. If the beards haven’t been removed, remove them. Mussels cook in no time, and have very little prep. I went with a wheat beer to steam them in, but you could use white wine. The nice thing about mussels is that they are very mild in flavor, nothing too scary for unadventurous seafood eaters. A good measurement to go by; a pound of mussels per person and one potato per person for fries. Clicky here for the rest of the recipe and enjoy!
Too bad I gave up fries 🙁
Yummers! Reminds me of my Barcelona vacay where I'd eat these for days on end…
xo-Julie
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