Breaded mussel skewers, tartar sauce

We are searching data for your request:

Forums and discussions:

Manuals and reference books:

Data from registers:

Wait the end of the search in all databases.
Upon completion, a link will appear to access the found materials.

Here is a delicious appetizer for a gourmet aperitif with the recipe for breaded mussel skewers, tartar sauce.

Ingredients for 4 persons :

2 kg of bouchot mussels
2 shallots
60 g butter
30 cl of white wine
1 sprig of thyme
2 large eggs
100g of flour
140 g breadcrumbs

For the tartar sauce:

5 eggs
40 g mustard
5 cl of vinegar
15 cl of oil
1 shallot
30 g capers
30 g of pickles
½ bunch of chive
½ bunch of parsley
5 cl of whole liquid cream
Salt, freshly ground pepper

> Wash and scrape the mussels.

> Peel and chop the shallots, brown them in a casserole dish over low heat with 20 g of butter. Pour in the wine, boil. Add the thyme and mussels. Cover until the mussels open (a few minutes).

Drain, let cool and shell them.

For the tartar sauce:

> Make a mayonnaise: in a container, combine 3 egg yolks, salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar, gradually incorporate the oil, stirring with a small whisk, check the seasoning.

> Cook the remaining 2 eggs for 10 minutes in boiling water to obtain hard-boiled eggs. Peel them, keep only the yolks.

> During this time, peel and finely chop the shallot. Chop the capers, pickles and hard-boiled egg yolks. Wash and chop the chives and parsley. Stir everything into the mayonnaise with 3/4 of the chives and parsley chopped. Relax the whole with the liquid cream.

> Break and place the eggs in a deep plate. Whisk.

> Place the flour and breadcrumbs in 2 separate soup plates.

> Prepare the mussel skewers. Pass them successively in the flour, then in the egg and finally in the breadcrumbs.

> Melt the rest of the butter in a large pan and brown the skewers there.

> Place the skewers on the plates. Sprinkle with the remaining chopped chives. Enjoy with the tartar sauce.

Enjoy your meal !

Recipe: A. Beauvais, Photo: F. Hamel