Ingredients to make Mussels Catalan style:
- 1 pinch of Thyme
- 1 kilogram of mussels
- 5 grams of flour
- 300 grams of onion
- 2 branches of parsley
- 1 bay leaf
- 150 milliliters of white wine
- 1 unit of Lemon
- 75 grams of Butter (⅓ cup)
- 1 pinch of ground pepper
How to make Catalan Mussels:
- We clean the musselswell and put them to cook in a casserole with the white wine, the parsley, the thyme, the bay leaf, a piece of onion and the juice of a lemon.
- Once boiled and open, we remove the empty shells. Add a little salt to each of the mussels and let it rest for a few seconds.
- Then, we strain the cooking brothand reserve it.
- Take a frying pan and heat a little butter.
- Chop theremaining onion very finely and lightly brown it in the butter
- Sprinkle the flouron top, add the broth from the mussels that we reserved little by little and let cook until a thick cream is obtained.
- It is important to stir the mixture frequently with a wooden spoon.
- We add pepper and salt to taste, but without going overboard, remember that the mussels already have salt.
- Place the Catalan-style mussels on a tray, pour the sauce over the top and bake in the ovenat medium temperature.
- When they are ready, we remove them and serve them.
- This is a mussel recipefull of tradition and flavor, with which you will surely surprise all your guests.
