BBC Food - Recipes - Lemongrass and ginger mussels

BBC Food - Recipes - Lemongrass and ginger mussels

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Mussels are cheap, flavoursome and now available all year round. Try them with this delicious Asian-style sauce.

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Ingredients

  • 50g/1¾oz unsalted butter
  • 2 shallots , finely chopped
  • 2 lemongrass stalks, tough outer leaves discarded, soft core finely chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 10cm/4in piece fresh root ginger , peeled, finely chopped
  • 1-2 red chillies (depending on their heat), finely sliced
  • 200ml/7oz white wine
  • 330ml/11fl oz coconut water
  • 160ml/5½fl oz coconut cream
  • 2kg/4lb 8oz mussels , rinsed, scrubbed, beards removed (discard any mussels that do not close tightly when tapped firmly)
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 loaf sourdough bread , thickly sliced
  • 2 tbsp roughly chopped fresh coriander leaves
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper

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