Mussels are a rather exotic ingredient and not every housewife uses it in her daily culinary practice. Especially when preparing first courses.
The undeniable advantages are the speed of preparation, rich taste and beneficial substances that this seafood contains.
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Mussels are definitely worth trying to love and choosing your favorite recipe options. Magnificent mussel soups, as in the photo, will be a frequent addition to an ordinary weekday lunch.
With shrimp and melted cheese
This delicious and satisfying lunch will be a real gift for seafood lovers. It has a delicate aroma and relatively high nutritional value. To prepare it in your kitchen, you will need:
- 200 g mussels.
- 150 g king prawns.
- 150 g garlic croutons.
- 3 processed cheeses.
- 1 juicy carrot.
- 1 head of onion.
- 3 potato tubers.
- Salt, dried garlic and clean water.
This simple recipe for making mussel soup can be easily recreated by any housewife who knows how to turn on the stove and handle kitchen appliances. Onions, carrots and potatoes are peeled, rinsed, cut into pieces and boiled in salted water. After this, they are processed in a blender and supplemented with processed cheese dissolved in half a glass of pre-poured vegetable broth. All this is boiled for another seven minutes, and then flavored with dried garlic and thermally processed seafood. Just before serving, add crackers to each serving.
With noodles
This simple recipe for mussel soup is sure to be in the collection of every seafood lover. The first one made according to it is optimal for a full lunch. To cook it for yourself and your family, you will need:
- 400 ml fish broth.
- 100 g mussels.
- 50 g noodles (can be homemade).
- 1 small onion.
- Kitchen salt, clean water, aromatic spices and butter.
The washed mussels are poured into a greased frying pan and fried along with chopped onions. After a few minutes, they are immersed in boiling fish broth and topped with pre-cooked noodles. All this is brought to readiness and served to the table.
Video recipes
On the eve of the holidays, lovers of expressing themselves in the culinary arts begin to search for original and unusual treats. Recipes with mussels make it possible to prepare a restaurant-quality dish at home.
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How to cook frozen mussels:
With garlic and cream
This recipe for soup with frozen mussels will not escape the attention of lovers of moderately spicy, creamy dishes. Lunch cooked using it has a piquant, creamy, garlicky taste and exquisite aroma. To verify this from personal experience, you will need:
- 200 ml of clean water.
- 150 ml cream (10-20%).
- 120 g garlic.
- 2 potato tubers.
- 20 frozen mussels.
- Kitchen salt, ground pepper, olive oil and butter.
First of all, you need to deal with the garlic and potatoes. They are cleaned, rinsed, cut and stewed in a mixture of butter and olive oil. Vegetables processed in this way are poured with water. At the next stage, all this is supplemented with cream, salt and pepper, and then boiled for twenty minutes. After the designated time has passed, the contents of the pan are pureed with a blender, poured into plates and decorated with fried mussels.
With tomatoes and rice
This recipe for tomato soup with mussels will be a good help for those who need to prepare a holiday dinner. To recreate it at home, you will definitely need:
- 100 ml dry white wine.
- 200 g mussels (meat only).
- 100 g long rice.
- 4 large red tomatoes.
- 1 carrot.
- 2 cloves of garlic.
- 1 head of onion.
- ½ tsp. granulated sugar.
- Salt, basil, drinking water and any vegetable oil.
Onions and carrots are peeled, washed, chopped and sauteed in a greased heated frying pan. When they change color, they are complemented with two blanched tomatoes and basil. All this is simmered for a short time over moderate heat, and then pureed in a blender, poured with two glasses of water and cooked under the lid. At the next stage, fried rice, stewed with wine and sugar, is poured into a common pan. Ten minutes before the end of cooking, add mussels, remaining tomatoes and crushed garlic to the soup.
How to cook mussel soup
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Frozen mussel meat - half a kilo Potatoes - 300 grams Lard - 100 grams Flour - 1 tablespoon Cream 9% - 150 milliliters Milk 3% - 150 milliliters Water - 1 glass Onions - 1 head Butter - small cube 2x2 centimeters Dill - several twigs
How to cook mussel soup
1. Thaw the mussels. 2. Pour water into a pan, add mussels, put the pan on the fire. Cook the mussels for 1 minute after boiling. 3. Strain the mussel broth, place the mussels on a plate and cover. 4. Peel the potatoes and remove their eyes, cut into 1-centimeter cubes, boil in a small amount of water, and add to the mussels. 5. Peel and chop the onion, thinly slice the bacon. 6. Heat oil in a saucepan, add bacon, fry over medium heat for 3 minutes. 7. Add onion, fry for 5 minutes. Add flour, mix well and simmer for 5 minutes. 8. Heat the milk in a saucepan and pour it into the onion. 9. Add mussel broth, potatoes, mussels and salt to the soup. Cook for 5 minutes. 10. Wash and chop the parsley, sprinkle it over the soup. 11. When serving, season the soup with cream.
With canned tomatoes
This recipe for mussel soup was invented by Italian housewives. It is especially popular among gourmet food lovers and is prepared from simple, easily accessible ingredients. To replicate it yourself in your own kitchen, you will need:
- 500 ml fresh vegetable broth.
- 250 g of tomatoes in their own juice.
- 100 g shrimp.
- 100 g mussels.
- 100 g squid.
- 100 g cuttlefish.
- 100 g paste.
- 1 head of onion.
- 2 cloves of garlic.
- ½ lemon.
- Salt, any vegetable oil, basil, paprika and Italian herbs.
Onions and garlic are sauteed in a thick-bottomed greased pan, and then supplemented with previously defrosted seafood and continue to fry. After four minutes, add tomatoes and simmer everything together over moderate heat. At the next stage, the future soup is salted, seasoned, poured with vegetable broth and cooked until tender, not forgetting to acidify with lemon juice and add paste.
River mussels on fire
List of components:
- 30 pcs. river mussels
- 0.5 lemon
- Parsley sprigs
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- Dry garlic
- Seasoning
On a skewer
How to cook river mussels over a fire:
- Place the cleaned shells in boiling water and cook until they open. Don't forget to change the water during the process.
- Separate the pulp from the shells and tripe. Place in a deep bowl. Pour in a mixture of soy sauce and the juice of half a lemon. Add spices and give the mussels time to marinate.
- onto a long wooden skewer , like a meat shish kebab. Cooking time on coals is 7-10 minutes.
- Mussel meat dries out quickly , so cooking time should be limited.
- River shells cooked over a fire are ideal with spicy sauces.
With celery and fresh tomatoes
This recipe for mussel soup, the photo of which does not convey its taste and aroma, will certainly be useful to everyone who tries to include vegetables and seafood dishes more often in the family menu. Since this involves using a specific set of components, check in advance that you have everything you need. In this situation you will need:
- 250 g mussels.
- 300 g shrimp.
- 800 g red ripe tomatoes.
- 1 head of onion.
- 3 cloves of garlic.
- 1 carrot.
- 3 potato tubers.
- 4 celeries.
- Salt, clean water, thyme, mint and vegetable oil.
Peeled and washed onions are cut into half rings and sautéed in a greased frying pan. When it changes color, add chopped carrots, celery and garlic. All this is complemented with blanched pureed tomatoes and potato slices. At the next stage, the contents of the pan are filled with water, added salt, seasoned and cooked over moderate heat. Shortly before turning off the stove, the soup is supplemented with seafood.
With salmon and cream
Red fish lovers should not ignore another simple recipe. Soup with mussels, salmon and cream is not only tasty, but also very healthy. To feed it to your household, you will need:
- 500 ml dry white wine.
- 600 g mussels.
- 750 g Norwegian salmon.
- 500 ml milk cream.
- 2 liters of fish broth.
- 5 tbsp. l. ordinary wheat flour.
- 5 tbsp. l. oils
- Salt, white pepper and saffron.
Mussels are boiled in white wine and the juice is drained. The resulting liquid is combined with cream, fish broth and flour mixed with butter. All this is brought to a boil and boiled for twenty minutes. After the designated time has passed, all this is seasoned with spices, supplemented with pieces of salmon fillet and cooking continues. A few minutes before the end of the process, mussels are loaded into a common pan.
With tomato juice
This recipe for frozen mussel soup is in high demand among Scandinavian housewives. The dish cooked using it has a rich red color and a pronounced taste. To serve it for lunch, you will need:
- 100 ml natural tomato juice.
- 100 g mussels.
- 30 g mild ketchup.
- 50 g onions.
- 20 g crackers (rye or wheat).
- Salt, bay leaf, clean water, garlic, lemon, herbs and vegetable oil.
First you need to deal with the mussels. They are defrosted, cleaned of all excess and fried in heated vegetable oil. After a short time, chopped onions and crushed garlic are added to them. At the next stage, the contents of the dish are supplemented with ketchup, salt, lemon slices, spices, tomato juice and half a glass of water. Bring all this to a boil and cook under the lid for twenty minutes. Tomato soup with seafood prepared in this way is sprinkled with herbs and poured into deep plates. Just before serving, it is decorated with rye or wheat crackers.
Quality of mussels
In order to find out whether mussels are of high quality, you need to pay attention to their shells. They should be completely closed or slightly open. But if you knock on them, they should close. This indicates that the mussels are alive and fresh. Sealed seafood must be placed in cold water.
If they immediately sink to the bottom, then you can safely cook them further. If mussels float on the surface of the water, it is better not to eat them, as they may be stale. These seafood should be eaten immediately on the day of catching, since otherwise they lose their nutritional value and even acquire harmful substances.