The dish is based on white wine’s steamed mussels, but instead of throwing away the wine, we use it as a base for sauce.
🍷 Wine tips
Muscadet / Chablis — Pasta with mussels in wine and cream sauce combines seafood and acidity. Muscadet sur lie from the Loire is the classic match — fresh, mineral and with a sea-salt quality. Chablis adds more body and creaminess and is an equally fine choice.
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Ingredients
Method
- Finely chop shallots and chilli. Squeeze garlic clove. Fry chopped shallots, chilli and garlic in olive oil in a large saucepan. (need space for mussels and pasta) Boil water for pasta in a separate pot.
- Add mussels and white wine, cover and steam until the mussels opens.
- Remove mussels from the shells, keep as garnish.
- Add cream to the wine, bring to the boil and taste.
- Pour the water on the pasta and pour it into the pot with wine and cream, add the mussels and stir
- Serve your guests