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Ch'ti mussel tarts

Name: Ch'ti mussel tarts
Prep time: 1 h 1 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 1 h 19 min
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 250 g puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée); 100 g Maroilles cheese; 100 ml beer; 200 g cooked mussels; Pepper

A blind-baked puff pastry case, filled with shelled mussels in a velvety sauce made with beer and Maroilles cheese.

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Duration

1 hour 20 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 7^th 2020

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

For 6 people, you will need:

1 250 g puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
2 100 g Maroilles cheese
3 100 ml beer
4 200 g cooked mussels
5 Pepper
Total weight: 650 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

1 hour 1 min.

Cooking

20 min.

All in all

1 hour 20 min.

Preparation 1 hour 1 min.

Cooking 20 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 50 min.

Cut 250 g puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée) out into circles and line your tart tins or moulds, then bake blind.

Set aside.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 2 min.

Cut 100 g Maroilles cheese into small pieces.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 5 min.

Pour 100 ml beer into a small saucepan on low heat.

Bring to the boil.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 10 min.

Add the Maroilles, tune down the heat and leave to melt gently, stirring form time to time.

Stage 5

This will make a velvety and very tasty sauce.

Check the seasoning (you shouldn't need to add any salt, just pepper), then set aside.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 6 min.

Fill the cooked tart cases with 200 g cooked mussels.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 3 min.

Cover generously with the sauce.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 3 min.

Put back in the oven for 3 minutes, just to heat through.

Stage 9

Serve without delay.

Remarks

Try to choose a beer in keeping with the Ch'ti character, such as a strong, brown or amber ale (from northern France if you can find it).

This recipe can be varied easily by using different shellfish: clams, cockles, etc. (or a mix).

Translator's note: Ch'ti is a dialect found around Lille in the north-east of France. The area was formerly a centre of mining and heavy industry, like the north-east of England, and with a similar culture. The accent is often seen as impenetrable, much like Geordie.

And to drink?

Keeping: Should be eaten immediately.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	84 g RDI=130 %	160 g RDI=60 %	158 g RDI=217 %	746 kcal RDI=37 %	3,125 kJ RDI=37 %
Per person	91 g RDI=141 %	173 g RDI=65 %	171 g RDI=236 %	808 kcal RDI=40 %	3,386 kJ RDI=40 %
Whole recipe	549 g RDI=845 %	1,040 g RDI=392 %	1,031 g RDI=1,413 %	4,852 kcal RDI=243 %	20,314 kJ RDI=243 %