Mussels Steamed with Vegetables in White Wine

February 11th, 2012 in Fish, Main Dishes by Julia Volhina

Total cooking time: 1h

This not complicated recipe is my first attempt to cook mussels. They turned out juicy and light. Thanks to Hans-Peter and his cooking lessons 🙂

Vegetables cooked this way, with wine and mussels juices, taste great as well as mussels themselves, serve them all together!

By the way, 1lb-1.5lb of mussels per serving sounds about right, this way amount of ingredients listed in this recipe is enough to feed 2-3 people.

Ingredients:

3lb of mussels
1 onion
2 carrots
1 stalk of leek
4 stalks of celery
3 roma tomatoes
5-6 garlic cloves
2 cups of dry white wine
2 tablespoons of oil
Fresh parsley

How to prepare, step-by-step:

Prepare ingredients: if you use wild mussels they need more thorough cleaning; farmed ones are usually sold prepared for cooking and just need rinsing with cold water; if you wish you can use canned diced tomatoes instead of fresh ones:
Mussels Steamed with Vegetables in White Wine Recipe: Step 1
Warm up big cooking pot with 2 tablespoons of oil over moderate heat; peel and chop onion, add it to the cooking pot:
Mussels Steamed with Vegetables in White Wine Recipe: Step 2
Fry onions stirring occasionally, until transparent:
Mussels Steamed with Vegetables in White Wine Recipe: Step 3
Then peel and slice carrots; add them to the pot:
Mussels Steamed with Vegetables in White Wine Recipe: Step 4
Continue frying onions with carrots for 10-15 mins, stir from time to time:
Mussels Steamed with Vegetables in White Wine Recipe: Step 5
While carrots are cooking, blanch tomatoes, I also remove seeds right before adding them to the pot:
Mussels Steamed with Vegetables in White Wine Recipe: Step 6
Peel and chop garlic:
Mussels Steamed with Vegetables in White Wine Recipe: Step 7
Clean and slice leek; add to pot:
Mussels Steamed with Vegetables in White Wine Recipe: Step 8
And mix (the real reason why I post this picture here is because it does look great):
Mussels Steamed with Vegetables in White Wine Recipe: Step 9
Add chopped celery stalks to the pot, mix and cook for 2-3 mins:
Mussels Steamed with Vegetables in White Wine Recipe: Step 10
Add about 2 cups of white dry wine in:
Mussels Steamed with Vegetables in White Wine Recipe: Step 11
Let vegetables and wine to cook over moderate low heat:
Mussels Steamed with Vegetables in White Wine Recipe: Step 12
Meanwhile rinse and clean mussels with running cold water:
Mussels Steamed with Vegetables in White Wine Recipe: Step 13
Bring heat to high and pour mussels to the cooking pot:
Mussels Steamed with Vegetables in White Wine Recipe: Step 14
Let them steam over wine and vegetables until all mussels open, over time mix pot content to bring mussels from bottom to top and cook them evenly:
Mussels Steamed with Vegetables in White Wine Recipe: Step 15
Then add chopped blanched and seeded tomatoes (or canned ones, to your taste):
Mussels Steamed with Vegetables in White Wine Recipe: Step 16
And garlic:
Mussels Steamed with Vegetables in White Wine Recipe: Step 17
Mix everything last time:
Mussels Steamed with Vegetables in White Wine Recipe: Step 18
Ladle cooked mussels along with vegetables into big soup bowls, season with chopped parsley and serve hot, goes great together with toasted baguette seasoned with garlic:
Mussels Steamed with Vegetables in White Wine Recipe: Step 19