skinnymixer's LCHF French Mussels

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skinnymixer's LCHF French Mussels

Prep Time5

Cook Time40

Total Time45

Course: Seafood

Cuisine: French

Servings: -6

Calories: 421kcal

Author: Skinnymixers

Ingredients

1 garlic clove peeled
200 g brown onions peeled, quartered
80 g unsalted butter cubed
800 g water
2 tbsp chicken stock concentrate or liquid chicken stock
1 red apple quartered (optional)
1 kg black mussels debearded
80 g crème fraîche or sour cream
a handful of chopped fresh parsley

Metric - Imperial

Instructions

Add garlic to mixer bowl, chop for 3 sec/speed 9/MC on.
Add onion to mixer bowl, chop for 3 sec/speed 5/MC on. Scrape bowl down.
Add butter and cook for 10 min/100°C or 212°F/speed 1/MC off.
Add water, chicken stock and apple to mixer bowl, cook for 15 min/steaming temp/speed 1/MC on.
Remove apple from the broth and discard, put prepared mussels into the deep steaming tray, put it in place and cook for 5-7 min/steaming temp/speed 2 or until mussels are opened.
Set mussels aside, add crème fraîche and parsley to soup, stir for 10 sec/speed 3/MC on. Pour hot soup over mussels and enjoy.

Notes

If you prefer a lower calorie dish, you can easily halve the amount of butter and crème fraîche if you prefer.

If you dont like seafood, you can easily just make this soup without the mussel step - its delicious on its own! You could also use prawns, white fish or poach chicken in the broth during step 4.

Bellini Users

Use your blunt blade for this recipe.

At step 2 add on chopping time if required.

At step 4 if using an Intelli, you'll need to use ST temp and if using a Supercook, use 120°C or 250°F.

At step 5 if using an Intelli, pop a tea towel over the steamer, use ST temp, speed 3 and cook for longer if required. If using a Supercook, use 120°C or 250°F and speed 3.

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