I had to stage things a bit to get my photo in natural light, transport the works to my friends' place for dinner, and post along with the French Friday gang, but this recipe was no problem to make in advance and is very portable. I prepped and cooked the veggies with the chorizo (I sliced the onions instead of diced -- I just prefer ribbons in dishes like this) and held off adding the mussles and wine until after I was mid-cocktail in my friends' kitchen. When hunger hit, we set the pot to simmer, gave the mussels a final rinse, and popped them into the pot with an extra splash of wine. After a few minutes, all the mussels had opened up and we served them in bowls with the sauce and fresh pappardelle from Jay's place in San Mateo. And bread. (naughty! pasta AND bread. ...gosh, it was good!)
Recipe for Mussels and Chorizo with or without Pasta, p. 316, from Around My French Table, by Dorie Greenspan
8 comments:
There were definitely some great flavors going on here - what a fun dish to share with friends.
The bread was certainly required to sop up all that flavorful sauce don't you think? I love this! I would have used pasta to work up the leftovers but we didn't have any!
Not naughty! Or at least nothing worth beating yourself too much about it. I'd love to make these mussels for company. They are impressive!
Amy, have you been to Cook in st. Helena? We were there in oct and had something that sounds like this that was fantastic. This brought back great memories. We will try it. Maybe tomorrow.
You may need to work on a take off of this with buffalo substituted for mussels.
Dbowiniii
Amy, have you been to Cook in st. Helena? We were there in oct and had something that sounds like this that was fantastic. This brought back great memories. We will try it. Maybe tomorrow.
You may need to work on a take off of this with buffalo substituted for mussels.
Dbowiniii
Like the idea of slicing the onions. This is a great recipe for adapting to everyone's individual tastes!
Pasta and Bread? Very naughty, but oh so delicious! Terrific looking meal, and your photo turned out beautiful. I'm still struggling with photos since most of my cooking is in the evening after work and it's dark by 6 here. I'm also impressed that you were able to take this to friends and it transported well. Great tip.
The perfect dinner to share with friends. I can't wait to make it again.
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