Mussels a la Firlotte
300kcal
Ingredients
- 4 pound mussels, (sorted, cleaned (de-bearded, de-barnacled, left in shells))
- 1 bottle of Stella Artois
- 1 onion, medium (diced)
- 3 celery (stalks, diced or thinly sliced)
- 1 handful of celery greens
- 6 clove garlic (6 to 8 clv) (thinly sliced)
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic plus seasoning
- 1 pinch saffron
- 1 dash sea salt (to taste)
- 1 dash fresh ground pepper (to taste)
- 1 dash dried parsley (to taste)
Method
- Clean and rinse mussels sorting out the undesirables, and place in large pot. Pour in bottle of beer, add remaining ingredients. Swirl pot around a little to mix things up.
- Pre-heat grill to medium-high heat and place pot on grill, closing lid, and opening another beer.
- Check mussels after 20 minutes, shells should be opened up, the meat a nice color and has pulled away from the shells.
- Serve with sliced baguette or bread of choice.