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Steamed mussels with cider, spring onions & cream
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Steamed mussels with cider, spring onions & cream

9 ingredients 20 min + 10 min Serves 2 openrecipes
Steamed mussels with cider, spring onions & cream

Steaming fresh 'moules' make the perfect sharing bowl - flavour with sweet cider, herbs and garlic

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

760
Calories
39g
Protein
19g
Fat
108g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Cider 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

  • 900g live mussels
  • small knob of butter
  • 8 spring onions , chopped into 2cm pieces
  • 2 garlic cloves , thinly sliced
  • 250ml cider or perry
  • 4 thyme sprigs
  • 150ml single cream
  • 25g flat-leaf parsley , chopped
  • crusty bread , to serve

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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