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Steamed Green-Lipped Mussels

Name: Steamed Green-Lipped Mussels
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: New Zealand
Ingredients: 1kg Mussels; 150ml White wine; 3 cloves Garlic; 1/2 Onion; 20g Butter; 50ml Heavy Cream; A pinch Parsley; A pinch Black Pepper; 1/2 Lemon; To taste Baguette

Side Dish

⏱ 25 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

New Zealand's green-lipped mussels steamed with white wine and garlic.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Green-lipped mussels are large mussels found only in New Zealand, with a vivid green edge to the shell. They're widely farmed on the Coromandel Peninsula in the North Island and in Marlborough in the South Island, and steaming them with white wine and garlic is the classic way to eat them. They're enjoyed with local Sauvignon Blanc.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a restaurant in a seaside town in Marlborough, a big pot heaped with steaming green mussels sits beside glasses of white wine.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Mussels 1kg
White wine 150ml
Garlic 3 cloves
Onion 1/2
Butter 20g
Heavy Cream 50ml
Parsley A pinch
Black Pepper A pinch
Lemon 1/2
Baguette To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Scrub the mussel shells and remove the beards.
Melt butter in a pot and sauté the chopped onion and garlic.
Add the mussels and white wine, cover, and steam over high heat for 5 minutes until the shells open.
Add the cream and pepper and stir lightly.
Scatter with chopped parsley and serve with lemon and baguette.

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