Recipe: Mussels with Wheat Beer
Cuisine: Seafood
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • 40g butter (lightly salted)
  • ½ leek, finely sliced
  • 1 shallot, finely sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1 long red chilli, finely sliced
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 3 medium tomatoes, diced
  • 330ml Wheat Beer
  • 60ml sweet chilli sauce
  • ¼ cup finely chopped parsley
  • 1 tsp caster sugar
  • 500ml vegetable stock
  • 2kg mussels
  • Salt and pepper, season to taste
Instructions
  1. Clean the mussels by rinsing them under cold water, scrubbing them and removing the “beard”. Throw away any mussels that are open, broken or damaged.
  2. Heat butter in a large pot over the BBQ, wait for it to simmer and then add garlic, shallot, leek and chilli. Cook until soft and fragrant.
  3. Add tomatoes, wheat beer, sweet chilli sauce, and parsley, stock and lemon juice. Bring to boil, drop back heat and simmer partially covered for 30-40 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
  4. Add mussels and cook covered for 5 minutes (or until mussels are open).
  5. Distribute mussels among bowls, pour a little broth over each and sprinkle with parsley. Serve with beautiful fresh bread.
Recipe by Places We Go at https://placeswego.com/recipe-mussels-with-wheat-beer/