Mussels with Chorizo and Fennel

Name: Mussels with Chorizo and Fennel
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 celery stalks, sliced thinly; 118 milliliters clam juice; 1 loaf crusty bread, for serving; 1 fennel bulb, sliced thinly; 2 cloves garlic, sliced; 25 mussels, cleaned well; 2 Tbsps Portuguese olive oil, or extra-virgin olive oil; 1 onion, sliced thinly; 1 pinch Pinch crushed red pepper flakes; 2 Roma tomatoes, diced; 2 Tbsps unsalted butter, chilled; 118 milliliters white wine; 118 milliliters sliced Portuguese or Spanish chorizo

Mussels with Chorizo and Fennel is a pescatarian hor d'oeuvre. This recipe covers 27% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 19g of protein, 16g of fat, and a total of 505 calories. This recipe serves 4. Head to the store and pick up pepper flakes, clam juice, olive oil, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the unsalted butter you could follow this main course with the Almond Milk Chocolate Pudding as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 35 minutes.

Instructions

Heat a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat.

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Add the olive oil and chorizo and saute for about 2 minutes. Then the celery, garlic, tomatoes, fennel and onions, and saute until tender but not too soft, 5 to 8 minutes.

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Add the mussels, and saute again until the mussels start to pop open.

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Add the clam juice and wine and cover the skillet. Steam the mussels until they open, 7 to 10 minutes.

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Remove any mussels that didn't open, and transfer the rest from the skillet to a serving bowl(s), leaving the liquid behind.

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Mussels

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Add the butter and simmer until the liquid reduces a bit, about 2 minutes.

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Pour the liquid over the mussels and serve with a delightful crusty bread.

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Servings:

celery stalks, sliced thinly 118milliliters

clam juice 1loaf

crusty bread, for serving 1

fennel bulb, sliced thinly 2cloves

garlic, sliced 25

mussels, cleaned well 2Tbsps

Portuguese olive oil, or extra-virgin olive oil 1

onion, sliced thinly 1pinch

Pinch crushed red pepper flakes 2

Roma tomatoes, diced 2Tbsps

unsalted butter, chilled 118milliliters

white wine 118milliliters

sliced Portuguese or Spanish chorizo

Recommended wine: Chardonnay, Muscadet, Riesling

Shellfish on the menu? Try pairing with Chardonnay, Muscadet, and Riesling. Buttery chardonnay is great for scallops, shrimp, crab, and lobster, while muscadet is a classic pick for mussels, oysters, and clams. If you've got some spice in your shellfish, a semi-dry riesling can balance out the heat. You could try A to Z Chardonnay. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.2 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 15 dollars per bottle.