Curried mussels with cabbage
The mussels are cooked "à la marinière", then shelled and served in a creamy curry sauce with shredded, barely-tender cabbage.
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Last modified on: December 30th 2019
Keywords for this recipe:For 4 people, you will need:
- 1
1 kg mussels - 2
50 g onion - 3
400 g white cabbage - 4
4 tablespoons olive oil - 5
250 ml liquid cream - 6
1 tablespoon curry powder - 7
salt - 8
pepper - Total weight: 1,775 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 1 hour 9 min. | 15 min. | 1 hour 24 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 30 min.
Prepare the mussels
Cook 1 kg mussels as for mussels marinière.Stage 2 - 10 min.
Remove the shells and put the mussels in a bowl to wait.
Keep half the cooking liquid, the mussel "jus".
Keep half the cooking liquid, the mussel "jus".
Stage 3 - 8 min.
Stage 5 - 2 min.
Heat 4 tablespoons olive oil in a deep skillet or frying pan. When good and hot, add the chopped onion.
Salt, pepper and mix well.
Cook for 1 or 2 minutes
without colouring..
Salt, pepper and mix well.
Cook for 1 or 2 minutes
without colouring..
Stage 6
Add the cabbage, mix again, cover and leave to cook...
Stage 7 - 5 min.
...for 4 or 5 minutes until the cabbage is just tender.
Take off the heat and keep hot.
Take off the heat and keep hot.
Stage 8 - 8 min.
The curry sauce
Put the mussel cooking liquid saved in stage 2 into a medium-sized saucepan.Reduce by half on high heat.
Stage 9 - 4 min.
Add 250 ml liquid cream, mix throughly with a whisk and bring back to the boil.
Stage 10 - 4 min.
Stage 11 - 5 min.
Drain the mussels thoroughly, then add to the curry sauce.
Mix gently and turn off the heat.
Mix gently and turn off the heat.
Stage 12 - 5 min.
Heat the plates.
Arrange a bed of cabbage on each plate, sit the mussels on top and pour the remaining sauce over.
Serve immediately.
Arrange a bed of cabbage on each plate, sit the mussels on top and pour the remaining sauce over.
Serve immediately.
Remarks
The amount of curry powder is for guidance and should be varied to suit your own taste.
Green or white cabbage? Use whichever you prefer and is in season.
Green or white cabbage? Use whichever you prefer and is in season.
And to drink?
A dry white wine, the same one the mussels have been cooked in, or something fresh and light, like a Charcenne.
Keeping
Should be eaten immediately.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,550 Kcal or 10,676 Kj | 210 gr | 49 gr | 167 gr |
| 128 % | 81 % | 5 % | 25 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 144 Kcal or 603 Kj | 12 gr | 3 gr | 9 gr |
| 7 % | 5 % | <1 % | 1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 638 Kcal or 2,671 Kj | 52 gr | 12 gr | 42 gr |
| 32 % | 20 % | 1 % | 6 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 4.74 €
- Per person : 1.19 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Mussels: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Normandy seafood stew, Paimpol salad, Mussels with beurre d'escargot, Fillets of sole Dieppoise, Mussels marinière, ... All |
 | White cabbage: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Roast cabbage with lemon, Marinated tuna and cabbage, Pan-fried fish fillets, braised cabbage with Noilly Prat, Lemony cabbage and potato salad, ... All |
 | Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sausage with duchess potatoes and a Mont d'Or fondue , Apricot fool, Cauliflower and chickpea purée, Two-cheese vegetable gratin, Pan-fried fish fillets, braised cabbage with Noilly Prat, ... All |
 | Onion: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Potato tortilla (Spanish omelette), Potatoes with prawns, Cajun pulled pork, Pissaladière with puff pastry, Chorba, ... All |
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