How to cook mussels marinara, a recipe that includes, among the few necessary ingredients, the presence of garlic and onion, with a preventive opening of the mussels in a pan and final flavor with leek sauce and minced parsley.
Ingredients for 4 people
- 1 kg of mussels
- 1/2 onion roughly sliced
- 2 crushed cloves of garlic
- 1 leek finely chopped
- 50 g of butter
- 2 glasses of dry white wine
- 1 tablespoon of white flour
- 1 bunch of chopped parsley
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
How to prepare mussels marinara
Brush and wash the mussels well under running water, put them in a large pan with a lid together with the crushed garlic cloves and the sliced onion.
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Place the pan on a high heat, turning occasionally until the mussels have opened.
Keep the valve with the mollusk, discarding the other.
Filter the liquid that will have formed and keep it aside.
Meanwhile, pour the wine into a pan together with the chopped leek, then reduce the wine over medium heat, up to half its volume.
In a plate, work the butter with the flour with a wooden spoon, then add them to the wine and to a small cup of the liquid of the mussels.
Salt, pepper and cook for about ten minutes, continuing to turn.
Pour the mussels into this sauce, let them flavor, then sprinkle them with chopped parsley.
