![]() I’m drooling just a little bit thinking about it. I love mussels many ways but one of my go-to ways to cook them is in a white wine garlic butter sauce. The simplest of methods would be just steaming them, however this might render them not as tasty. Mussels can be cooked in so many ways! There are lots of varieties out there from steaming them in beer to cooking them with tomato paste and Italian herbs and so on. You might even hear them spurting some water. Mussels are alive and they should close their shells when you rinse them. ![]() This means that the mussel has died and is no longer good to cook with. ĭiscard any shells that are already open. You might be able to pull these off or you might need the help of some kitchen scissors. Scrub the debris off the shells and remove any “beards” which look kinda like seaweed. then start these steps.īegin by transferring the mussels to a colander and rinse them with cold water. Like I said earlier, you want to keep your mussels nice and chilled, so prepare everything else you can first, like mincing the garlic, etc. Once you are ready to start cooking, gather up and prepare all your other ingredients. Once you get the mussels home, transfer them off the ice and straight into the fridge until you are ready to start cooking! You definitely do not want them to get warm at all. Keep the mussels refrigerated but not frozen. Buy the mussels the day, and preferably no more than a few hours before, you intend to cook them.Ask the fish monger to pack your mussels on ice. ![]() I’ve made this mistake and gone home with some stinky (and mostly bad) shellfish in the past.
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