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Wine mussels "soup" into a soup?

Posted in: Grape Growing by admin on June 22, 2010

I regularly make white wine mussel’s dinner (moules marinère).
That means 1 litre of white wine, celery, onions, butter and plenty of good herbs. Once that "soup" is prepared, the mussels are cooked in it, quickly, until they open.
We eat the mussels… But what to do with the remaining "soup"?
I wonder if someone has an idea of how to use this base for the making of a "delicious" "soup" !!
Any idea welcome!
spammers and non-answer WILL be reported.
txtee… Nice idea! But that kind of "liquid" tends to be rather laxative! (Tried to drink it…)

Add some mushrooms and pasta to it. Serve with crusty bread and a salad.

Comments

6 Comments
  1. txtreehouse

    Add some mushrooms and pasta to it. Serve with crusty bread and a salad.
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    Comment by txtreehouse on June 22, 2010 at 3:28 pm

  2. Sacha

    Heavily reduce your broth, add some butter to it, and serve Moules Mariniere Frites. The fries are great dipped in the reduced mussel broth.
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    Comment by Sacha on June 22, 2010 at 3:46 pm

  3. Wise Man

    Strain the broth through cheese cloth or a fine strainer and freeze in small zip bags for future use. Use them as you would bottled clam juice. Great in any seafood soup or casserole.
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    Comment by Wise Man on June 22, 2010 at 3:53 pm

  4. H C

    ooh, i’d also strain it and freeze it. maybe it would make a decent poaching liquid for fish?
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    Comment by H C on June 22, 2010 at 4:40 pm

  5. Kracker

    Divide it up & freeze it, the alcohol should have cooked out, then use it as a base the next time you make chowder. I really hate to see all those wonderful ingredients go to waste!
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    Comment by Kracker on June 22, 2010 at 4:51 pm

  6. monkienutz

    When I make them I sue a lot less liquid, so that the mussels more steam than boil. That way when you serve the mussels, serve the liquid, there is just enough "soup" to dunk some crusty bread it and no waste.

    Yummy. I think i am going to have to make some tonight.
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    Comment by monkienutz on June 22, 2010 at 5:38 pm