Moules à la Marinière (Mussels Marinière)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- Mussels
- Aromatics
- 2 decilitres white wine
- 1 strong spoonful chopped shallots
- 2 decilitres mussel cooking liquid
- 1 decilitre Velouté de poisson
- 50 grammes butter
- Chopped parsley
Instructions
- Open the mussels with aromatics, as usual, and remove one shell from each.
- Reduce by two thirds 2 decilitres of white wine with a strong spoonful of chopped shallots added.
- Add 2 decilitres of the decanted mussel cooking liquid, 1 decilitre of Velouté de poisson and 50 grammes of butter.
- Sauté the mussels for an instant in this sauce.
- Arrange them in a timbale and sprinkle with chopped parsley.