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Mussels with beurre d'escargot

In this recipe, the mussels are cooked briefly first in salted water, just until they open. They are then shelled and popped in the oven for a few minutes with a knob of beurre d'escargot (butter for snails).

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Last modified on: December 2^nd 2018

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 500 g mussels
2 100 g Beurre d'escargot
Total weight: 600 grams

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13 min.	8 min.	21 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 3 min.

Mussels with beurre d'escargot : Photo of step #1

Cook the mussels in a little boiling salted water for 1 or 2 minutes, just until they open.

For a more delicate flavour, you can also cook them like for mussels marinière.

Shell the mussels.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

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Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Put each mussel in a little paper petit-four case.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

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Arrange the paper cases in an oven-proof dish.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

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Cut small slices of 100 g Beurre d'escargot.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

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Sit a morsel of beurre d'escargot on top of each mussel.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

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Cook in the oven for 5 or 6 minutes at the most. Above all, do not let the butter brown.

Serve piping hot.

Remarks

If you don't have any paper cases, you can use half a mussel shell instead, but this is less practical as the capacity is generally a bit small.

Another more elegant solution, though rather more complicated, is to make little cases out of puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée).

And to drink?

A well-chilled muscadet or other dry white wine with a whiff of the sea.

Keeping

Should be eaten immediately.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
699 Kcal or 2,927 Kj	104 gr	18 gr	70 gr
35 %	40 %	2 %	11 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
117 Kcal or 490 Kj	17 gr	3 gr	12 gr
6 %	7 %	<1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
175 Kcal or 733 Kj	26 gr	5 gr	18 gr
9 %	10 %	<1 %	3 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Mollusc, Milk, Nuts, Mustard

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 2.03 €
Per person : 0.51 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Mussels: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Paimpol salad, Spaghetti with mussels and basil, Mussels marinière, Quiche Bretonne, Fillets of sole Dieppoise, ... All
	Beurre d'escargot: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Snails in a brioche, ... All

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