| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Dairy |
Scottish |
Waitrose1 |
4 |
servings |
INGREDIENTS
| 2 |
|
Rashers Waitrose Streaky Rindless Bacon; chopped |
| 25 |
g |
Butter; (1oz) |
| 1 |
lg |
Onion; chopped |
| 1 |
sm |
Leek; finely chopped |
| 1 |
|
1 kg bag Waitrose Scottish Rope Grown |
|
|
; Fresh Mussels |
| 200 |
ml |
White wine; (7fl oz) |
| 200 |
ml |
Water; (7fl oz) |
| 3 |
|
Potatoes; peeled and finely |
|
|
; diced |
| 150 |
ml |
Milk; (5fl oz) |
| 150 |
ml |
Double cream; (5fl oz) |
| 1 |
|
Sprig fresh thyme |
| 2 |
|
Bay leaves |
| 1 |
|
43 g can John West Dressed Crab |
|
|
Salt and freshly ground black pepper |
INSTRUCTIONS
In a pan, fry the bacon in the butter for 2-3 minutes until crisp and
slightly brown. Add the onion and leek and cook slowly for a further 4-5
minutes or until they have softened.
Place the mussels in a large bowl and, under running cold water, scrape off
any barnacles, seaweed and pull away the .beards' with a sharp knife.
Discard any mussels that are open and do not close when tapped with the
back of a knife.
Put the cleaned mussels into another saucepan and pour the white wine and
water on top. Cover, bring to the boil and cook for 3-5 minutes, until the
mussels are open. Discard any that have not opened, strain the cooking
liquid through a fine sieve and keep to one side.
Remove the mussels from their shells and finely chop the meat.
Add the potatoes, milk, cream, herbs and crab meat to the vegetable mixture
and simmer until the potatoes are cooked. Finally add the cooking liquid
and chopped mussel meat, bring to the boil and season. Serve with warm
crusty bread.
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