White Wine Mussels Pot Recipe

Looking back, my last post was OMG, a year ago!! I have to admit that I have been super busy with work and travelling that I had not been cooking for a long long, long time.


Over the weekend, I metup with a new friend to study food photography. We ordered some cold dishes and a bowl of raman. The raman was for our hungry stomach while the cold dishes were our practice items.


I am glad to share my food photographs. I shall be glad to know if there is any improvement ^_^


Today is Sunday and I went to the supermarket to get ingredients for Mussels Pot.

How it was done:
There are 2 kinds of mussels I bought from the supermarket. The smaller ones (without shell) are from Chile and the big brothers are from New Zealand (half shelved). Clean them thoroughly...making sure to pluck out the seaweeds and remove any impurities like broken shell. The big brothers are those which are probably cleansed before packing as I did not spend much time plucking out the seaweeds.

Boil onion and garlic in water for 60 mins or when the garlic and onion has fully melted. Over medium heat, throw in celery and  mussels. It will be cool to have those mussels with shells as one can see them open during the process. This shall take not more than 15 mins. This is to make sure the mussels are not over cooked. 

Turn off fire the heat as soon as wine is poured. This is to remove the sourish taste in some wine and maintain the wine aroma. If your wine is sweet, then turn off the heat before pouring.

Scope in some butter and serve.

Total time taken:

• 75 mins

Ingredients used:

• 500g of New Zealand and 500g Chile mussels
• 1 stalk celery
• 1 yellow onion
• 5 cloves of garlic (remove skin)
• some butter
• half cup of white wine (125ml)

My Verdict:
This is the soupy version. For those who prefer the creamy base, add in cream before wine. I do not eat the onions and garlic so I dump them out before consumption. The New Zealand mussels are bigger and juicier and so much more tasty than the plain little cuties. Seriously, their prices are only a few cents of difference. The next round I cooked it, it is unlikely I will get those small little cuties.