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Mussel stew with garlic
Photo: Kevin McCutcheon

Mussel stew with garlic

18 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

Homemade aïoli thickens and adds irresistible garlicky flavour to this delicious seafood stew. Use bread to mop up all the lovely juices - slightly stale is best as it will hold together better.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1064
Calories
53g
Protein
35g
Fat
132g
Carbs

Counts 15 of 16 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 15 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Sunflower 1 oz (28g) hulled 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Fennel 1/2 bulb (87g) 27
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Saffron 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

  • 6 garlic
  • 2 free-range egg yolks
  • half a lemon
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 200ml/7fl oz oil, (mix sunflower and olive oil, to taste. Olive oil
  • 750g/1lb 10oz mussels
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 250ml/9fl oz dry white wine
  • 1 leek
  • 1 fennel
  • 1 carrot
  • 2 pinches saffron
  • salt and pepper
  • 250ml/9fl oz aïoli (see above)
  • large chunks of stale bread

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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