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Mussels with pistou sauce
Preparation
20 min
Cooking time
7 min
Servings
4
Ingredients
- 30 ml (2 tbsp) olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves, chopped
- 160 ml (2/3 cup) white wine
- 160 ml (2/3 cup) fresh basil, finely chopped
- 2 bags of mussels, washed
- Salt and ground black pepper
- 15 ml (1 tbsp) cornstarch
- 125 ml (1/2 cup) 35% or 15% cooking cream
Preparation
- In a large saucepan, heat the oil over medium-high heat and sweat the garlic for 1 minute.
- Deglaze with white wine.
- Add the basil and the mussels.
- Season with salt and pepper, cover and cook 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, mix together the cornstarch and the cream.
- Pour the cream over the mussels and stir gently.
- Continue cooking for 1 minute.
- Divide the mussels between 4 shallow bowls and top each serving with sauce.
- Serve immediately.
Note:
Discard the mussels that haven't opened while cooking.
