Steamed Mussels with Sofrito

Name: Steamed Mussels with Sofrito
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters chicken broth; 59 milliliters packed fresh cilantro sprigs; 2 servings Accompaniment: crusty bread; 1 teaspoons cumin seeds; 118 milliliters dry white wine; 4 larges garlic cloves; 48 mussels (preferably cultivated); 1 Tbsp olive oil; 1 small onion; 2 Tbsps fresh orange juice, or to taste; 1 teaspoon dried oregano, crumbled; 2 red bell peppers

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Steamed Mussels with Sofrito a try. Watching your figure? This dairy free recipe has 366 calories, 26g of protein, and 12g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 2. Head to the store and pick up onion, orange juice, mussels, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Scrub mussels well and remove beards.

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Mussels

Cut bell peppers into 1/2-inch pieces and transfer half to a blender, reserving remaining half in a bowl. Chop onion and garlic.

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Bell Pepper

Garlic

Onion

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Add onion, garlic, cilantro, oregano, and cumin to blender and puree until smooth.

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Cilantro

Oregano

Garlic

Cumin

Onion

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In a 4-quart kettle heat oil over moderate heat until hot but not smoking and cook puree, stirring, 2 minutes.

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Add mussels, reserved bell peppers, wine, and broth and simmer, covered, 4 to 8 minutes, checking mussels occasionally after 4 minutes and transferring them as they open to a bowl. (Discard any unopened mussels after 8 minutes.) Season sauce with orange juice and salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

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Orange Juice

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Serve mussels with sauce and bread.

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Servings:

118milliliters

chicken broth 59milliliters

packed fresh cilantro sprigs 2servings

Accompaniment: crusty bread 1teaspoons

cumin seeds 118milliliters

dry white wine 4larges

garlic cloves 48

mussels (preferably cultivated)1Tbsp

olive oil 1small

onion 2Tbsps

fresh orange juice, or to taste 1teaspoon

dried oregano, crumbled 2

red bell peppers

Recommended wine: Chardonnay, Muscadet, Riesling

Shellfish can be paired 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 Laguna Winery Russian River Chardonnay. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 29 dollars per bottle.