Mussels In Lemon Cream
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 4 shallots, minced
- 1/4 cup parsley, chopped
- 6 tablespoons lemon juice
- 3 tomatoes, seeded and diced small
- 4 lbs mussels
- 3/4 cup dry white wine
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 lemon, zested and cut into slices
- Garnish
- chopped parsley
- In a bowl stir together butter, garlic, shallot,1 tablespoon parsley, 4 tbsp lemon juice, and salt and pepper to taste.
- In a dutch oven pan melt herb butter over moderate heat. Saute until veggies are tender.
- Add mussels to pot and stir for 1 minute. Add wine, 3/4 cup cream, lemon peel, salt and pepper to taste. Stir well. Then lay lemon slices and tomato on top. Cover and simmer, until mussels are opened, about 8-10 minutes.
- Remove Mussels to serving dish. Discard any unopened mussels.
- In pot with mussel juices,increase heat to high and bring to boil. Boil down for 5 minutes or reduced by 1/3. Add remaining cream, 2 tbsp lemon juice and parsley. Boil one minute. Pour juice over top of mussels in serving dish.
- Serve mussels immediately.
butter, garlic, shallots, parsley, lemon juice, tomatoes, mussels, dry white wine, heavy whipping cream, lemon, parsley
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/mussels-in-lemon-cream-132748 (may not work)