La Mouclade from Tony Bilson's Recipe Book by Tony Bilson

Ingredients

• 2 kg small black mussels
• 2 fresh chillies, finely sliced, or to taste
• 300 ml cream
• 2 sprigs thyme
• 2 sprigs marjoram
• 2 tbl chopped fresh coriander
• 1 tsp ground cardamom
• 8 cloves garlic, crushed
• 150 g mirepoix
• 750 ml fish stock
• 1 bay leaf
• 100 g butter
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp fenugreek
• 20 g ginger, peeled and chopped