Mussels in saffron sauce recipe

Mussels in Saffron Sauce recipe

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Ingredients
1 kg | mussels |
60 ml | dry white wine |
1 small | shallot, diced |
60 ml | vegetable broth |
1 pinch(es) | powdered saffron |
30 ml | double cream |
40 g | butter, unsalted |
1 | plum tomato, chopped |
salt and pepper, to taste | |
1 | lemon, juiced |
Instructions
Beard, scrub and wash the mussels well.Put the white wine in a wide pan and heat over low heat. Add the shallots and bring to the boil. Throw in the mussels, and place on a tight fitting lid.
When the mussels open, tip the contents of the pan into a colander, reserve the juices and pass them through a fine sieve into a small pan.
Cook mussel juices together with the vegetable broth until reduced by half.
Place the mussels in a bowl.
Add the saffron and cream to the juice mixture and whisk in the butter and add the diced tomatoes. Adjust the taste with lemon juice and ground pepper. Pour over mussels and serve.
Preparation time:
ca. 15 min
Grade of difficulty:
medium
Calories per portion:
n/a
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