Mussels are the favorite seafood of many people. This type of mollusk is widespread in the oceans, and the mussels that we used to eat are removed artificially.
Mussel meat is the highest quality protein. These mollusks have various beneficial properties. They contain many vitamins and minerals, among which zinc, iodine, manganese, and also essential amino acids, which are necessary for the human body. Eating this product as a food reduces the risk of many diseases, including cancer.
There are many ways to make these clams. But especially tasty are mussels in a creamy sauce.
Before talking about recipes, it should be recalled that mussels are a product that quickly deteriorates. Therefore, special attention should be paid to its freshness.
So let's get started. First you need to remove the meat from the sink. To do this, boil the clams in water for a minute. When the pulp is extracted, you can cook it in accordance with different recipes. We offer several cooking options for this product, and you yourself will choose the most suitable recipe. Mussels in a creamy sauce are simply prepared, and the taste of this dish is simply wonderful.
Mussels in a creamy sauce
For cooking you will need:
500 grams of mussels, a glass of cream, fish broth, butter, ground black pepper, saffron, salt, onions.
Clean the clams and rinse them. Chop and onion with butter. Now add the broth and mussel meat. Stew for about 5 minutes, then add cream, mix. In a few minutes, the dish is ready. You can serve it, decorating with greens on top.
Mussels in a creamy sauce with cheese crust
Ingredients: mussels - 0.5 kg, soft cheese, olive oil - 3 tablespoons, onion, cream - half a glass, flour - half a glass.
Rinse clams and free from shells as described above. Fry onions in olive oil. Add salt, pepper, mussels and keep on fire for several minutes. Dilute the cream with water in a ratio of 1: 1 and add to the pan. Now you need to pour a little flour, so that the mass thickens, mix it and simmer for a few more minutes. The next and final step is to sprinkle the mussels with grated cheese. Then send the dish into the oven and wait until a crust forms. Serve the dish hot.
Mussels in a creamy garlic sauce
To prepare tasty and spicy mussels in garlic sauce, you will need such products: shellfish in shell - half a kilogram, cream - 250 grams (20%), oil (vegetable), garlic - 4 cloves, herbs, pepper and salt.
Pour the vegetable oil into the pan and fry the finely chopped garlic with the addition of pepper over high heat for literally thirty seconds. Now we lay the mussels in shell, wait until they open, pour boiled water and bring to a boil. Now you can add the cream. We give the dish to stew and at the end of cooking add the herbs, which need to be finely chopped. Mussels in a creamy garlic sauce are ready. They can be served on lettuce leaves.
Mussels in creamy spaghetti sauce
This cooking option is suitable for a hearty dinner. Ingredients: frozen mussels, onions, cream (fatty) - half a cup, herbs, sunflower oil, salt and pepper, spaghetti.
Mussels are thawed, boiled and freed from shells. Then fry the onion, which must be cut into thin half rings, and garlic in sunflower oil. Add the meat of mussels, salt, pepper and simmer over low heat under a lid for five minutes. Now pour the cream, mix and simmer for a few more minutes. Boil the spaghetti in slightly salted water and put it in a pan. Mix, decorate abundantly with herbs. You can serve. Enjoy your meal!