Beer and Bacon-Steamed Mussels
By The Canadian Living Test Kitchen
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This recipe makes 12 servings
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Nutritional Info |
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Per serving: about |
- |
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cal |
4848 cal |
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pro |
3 g3g pro |
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total fat |
3 g3g total fat |
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sat. fat |
1 g1g sat. fat |
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carb |
3 g3g carb |
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fibre |
00 fibre |
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chol |
10 mg10mg chol |
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sodium |
90 mg90mg sodium |
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potassium |
103 mg103mg potassium |
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% RDI: |
- |
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calcium |
11 calcium |
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iron |
66 iron |
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vit A |
33 vit A |
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vit C |
55 vit C |
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folate |
55 folate |
Serve with crusty bread for sopping up the juices. Choose a favourite local microbrew (wheat beer is best) for steaming, as well as serving alongside. This recipe doubles easily for a larger crowd.
Ingredients
- 2 lb mussels 2 2lb lbmusselmussels
- 1 tbsp butter 1 1tbsp tbspbutter
- 1 slice thick bacon , chopped1 1slice slicethick bacon, chopped
- 1 rib celery , diced1 1rib celery, diced
- 1/2 small onion , diced1/2 1/2small oniononions, diced
- 1 bay leaf 1 1bay leafbay leaves
- 1/4 lemon 1/4 1/4lemonlemons
- 1 bottle (341 mL) beer 1 1bottle bottle(341 mL) beer
- 2 tbsp celery leaves , minced2 2tbsp tbspcelery leafcelery leaves, minced
- 2 tbsp parsley , minced2 2tbsp tbspparsley, minced
Preparation
Rinse mussels, pulling off any beards. Discard any mussels that do not close when tapped. Set aside.
In large shallow Dutch oven, melt butter over medium heat; cook bacon, celery, onion and bay leaf, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are softened, about 5 minutes.
Squeeze juice from lemon into pan; add remaining lemon. Add beer and bring to boil.
Add mussels; reduce heat, cover and simmer until mussels open, about 10 minutes. Discard any that do not open. Discard lemon and bay leaf. Stir in celery leaves and parsley.
Source : Canadian Living Magazine: July 2009