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Mussel pie
Photo: Priscilla Du Preez

Mussel pie

18 ingredients 2 hr + 1 hr Serves 4 openrecipes

Mussels cooked in a cream and white wine sauce, but with a twist. James Martin adds a bread crust top to make an oven-baked pie.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1165
Calories
51g
Protein
39g
Fat
149g
Carbs

Counts 17 of 18 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 17 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
White Bread 1 slice (30g) white 79
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Plum 1 medium (66g) 30
Fennel 1/2 bulb (87g) 27
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Chervil not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 500g/1lb 2oz white bread flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 x 7g sachet dried yeast
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 2 shallots
  • 2 garlic
  • 1 fennel
  • 1 large carrot
  • 2 plum tomatoes
  • 300ml/10½fl oz white wine
  • 300ml/10½fl oz double cream
  • 1 tsp fresh thyme
  • 1 tbsp flat-leaf parsley
  • 1 tbsp chervil
  • 300g/11oz mussels
  • 2 egg yolks

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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