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Moules Marinière recipe

Moules Marinière recipeYesterday's “Flog Off” isle hunting took me to the Fish section. 1.5kg of fresh Mussels for £1.95 sound good to me.
 
Just the customary word of warning. Fresh mussels need to still be alive at the start of the cooking process. If you tap the shells and they don't close discard them. Neurotoxic shellfish poisoning is very rare these days, let's keep it that way folk!
 
Ingredients:-
 
Mussels fresh and alive
2 cloves of Garlic grated
2 small Onions finely sliced
Butter or Margarine
Bouquet Garni if you have such a thing. (Parsley, Thyme and a Bay leaf will do the job)
100ml White Wine or Cider
120ml Double Cream
Handful of Parsley leaves
2 Tsp of Capers
 
Method:-
 
(1) Check through your mussels and with a quick tug remove the Beard. This is the stringy attachment.
(2) In a large pan soften the Onion and Garlic in the Butter / Margarine with the Bouquet Garni or loose herbs.
(3) Add the Mussels than add the Wine / Cider and turn the heat up.
(4) Cover and steam until all the Mussels are open. Don't over cook them or they dehydrate and become very tough.
(5) Shake the pan to incorporate the juices.
(6) Remove the Bouquet Garni or Bay Leave if you used loose herbs.
(7) Add the Capers, Cream and Parsley.
(8) Remove from the heat. 
 
Serve over Pasta with Garlic Bread maybe?

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Chilli Con Carne and Chiles Rellenos

Sue made a Chilli on Wednesday evening at the same time as the Monster Burger and used a couple of spoons in the Burger. The remained spent the night in the fridge. Actually recooking Chilli does improve the flavour in the same way as lot of Curry dishes. With the addition of a bit of Turmeric Rice we had a meal ready to go.

Chilli Con Carne is pretty much self explanation – Our recipe here is here.

The Chiles Rellenos were a bit of an experiment, something to make a boring looking dinner look a bit more interesting. OK it was me messing about in the kitchen and having a bit of a joke about my usually poor presentation….

Chiles Rellenos Ingredients (Far from tradition but nice crispy addition):-

5 dried Red Chillies each
Grated Cheddar Cheese
1 Egg, beaten
White Wine Vinegar
1 tsp Baking Powder
Plain Flour (Gluten free in our case)

Method:-

(1) Mix most of the Flour, Egg and the Baking Powder with enough water to make a thin batter.
(2) Dip the Dried Chillies in water and then Flour them lightly.
(3) Press a little grated Cheese around each Chilli and set aside.
(4) 5 minutes before you are ready to serve your main dish heat oil in a deep fat fryer to 180c.
(5) Add 2 tsp of White Wine Vinegar to the batter and mix quickly. The batter will bubble up. Don’t beat the life out of it!
(6) Dip each Chilli in the batter using the stalk as a handle and fry in batches.
(7) Once golden brown lift out of the oil and drain.

I made silly little towers with a bit of home pickled Red Cabbage and a bit of grated Carrot! Don’t bother with fancy presentation they won’t last long! But strangely and as far from tradition as you could get, they are really tasty dipped in Coleslaw.
 

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