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Moules-Frites

Name: Moules-Frites
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Belgium
Ingredients: 1.5kg Mussels; 200ml White wine; 1 Onion; 2 Celery; 2 cloves Garlic; 40g Butter; 1 bunch Parsley; A pinch Black Pepper; 4 Potato; To taste Oil for frying; To taste Mayonnaise

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Mussels steamed with white wine and aromatics, served in the pot with fries — Belgium's national dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Moules-frites is Belgium's signature dish: mussels steamed in a big pot with white wine, celery, and onion, served with Belgium's prized fries. The local way is to use an empty shell like tongs to pick out the meat. The season runs from late summer to winter, and it's a specialty of Brussels' restaurant streets.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a restaurant street in Brussels, black pots brimming with mussels arrive and diners tuck in cheerfully with fries and Belgian beer.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Mussels 1.5kg
White wine 200ml
Onion 1
Celery 2
Garlic 2 cloves
Butter 40g
Parsley 1 bunch
Black Pepper A pinch
Potato 4
Oil for frying To taste
Mayonnaise To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Remove the beards from the mussels and scrub the shells.
Cut the potatoes into 1cm sticks and fry once at 160°C, then again at 190°C.
Melt butter in a large pot and sauté the sliced onion, celery, and garlic.
Add the mussels and white wine, cover, and steam over high heat for 5–6 minutes until the shells open.
Add chopped parsley and pepper and shake the pot to mix.
Serve in the pot with the fries and mayonnaise.

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