Oak Fired Mussels Recipe

Oak Fired Mussels Recipe

Ingredients

• 12 mussels
• 1/4 cup grilled onions
• 1/4 cup tomato concasse
• 4 croutons
• 1/2 cup mussel butter
Mussel Butter
• 5 ounces fresh thyme (picked):
• 2 tablespoons chopped garlic
• 2 1/2 cups kosher salt
• 30 tablespoons butter
• 3 1/2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 3 1/2 cups lemon juice
• 6 1/2 ounces crushed red pepper
• 1 box (3 liters) white wine
• 1/4 cup olive oil

Instructions

1. Place mussels, onions, tomatoes and mussel butter in a medium size sauté pan.
2. Cook until all mussels are open.
3. Serve in a small pasta bowl and garnish with croutons.
Mussel Butter
4. Pull butter in advance and let soften at room temp.
5. In a sauté pan on medium heat add oil and lightly sweat garlic
6. Add wine and lower heat
7. Reduce wine by 3/4 .
8. Set wine in blast chiller to cool down.
9. Once butter is soft, combine all ingredients.