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Broiled Mussels With Pesto/SW - Old Bay - 04-05-2011
I stole this idea and modified it. Rick Stein is the best British chef IMHO.
1 lb mussels
A splash of dry white wine
2 heaping T basil pesto
salt & pepper
cayenne pepper
breadcrumbs (large to med)
Cover & cook the wine and mussels 3 to 4 min, until mussels open--discard unopened shells. Drain in a colander over a bowl. Discard one shell of each mussel--place each shell with a mussel on a baking sheet until all are arranged--mix the drained cooking liquid with the pesto until a spreadable mixture is made--not too liquid -spread over each mussel, add salt and peppers, and cover with breadcrumbs. Broil until breadcrumbs are browned and crisp. Delicious--mussels can be cooked several hours ahead--then finished with pesto mixture in the broiler!!
Re: Broiled Mussels With Pesto/SW - cjs - 04-05-2011
Wow, almost like my oysters except with mussels. sounds great, Bill.
Here's a picture of them that Laura took a while back -
![[Image: DSC02895.jpg]](http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w73/ltracyb/DSC02895.jpg)
Re: Broiled Mussels With Pesto/SW - DFen911 - 04-05-2011
Oh my lord they both sound sooooo yummy!!!
I need to find where I can order mussels safely.
Re: Broiled Mussels With Pesto/SW - Gourmet_Mom - 04-05-2011
Oh, my....don't those look good. Bill, I'll have to pass both of these on to BG. Those are the only seafood, other than fish and clams, she can eat comfortably.
Re: Broiled Mussels With Pesto/SW - iBcookin - 04-06-2011
This sounds like it could be a great appetizer for our menu. Any reason why you couldn't do it with frozen mussels?
Re: Broiled Mussels With Pesto/SW - cjs - 04-06-2011
I don't think you'd have a problem, Linda. I had a chance to work with frozen mussels last year and I was surprised at how good they were. Frozen clams were the pitts, but the mussels were o.k.
Re: Broiled Mussels With Pesto/SW - Old Bay - 04-06-2011
The picture is of oysters and really looks good.
I'm with Jean, I think you could use frozen mussels but you would lose a beautiful presentation.
Re: Broiled Mussels With Pesto/SW - Harborwitch - 04-06-2011
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The picture is of oysters and really looks good.
I'm with Jean, I think you could use frozen mussels but you would lose a beautiful presentation.
We've had the frozen green lipped mussels and they've been quite good. We also got a bag of frozen that weren't good at all. They all come with their shells so you'd still have the shells.
Re: Broiled Mussels With Pesto/SW - cjs - 04-06-2011
yes, we had shells with ours too.
Re: Broiled Mussels With Pesto/SW - iBcookin - 04-06-2011
We got them in frozen (in shells), and I was really surprised how good they were and how reasonably priced they were. I would sacrifice some of the presentation aspects, but they would still be on a half-shell, and I think would make a mighty tasty app. I love the idea of the pesto.