Main Dish
Salad Recipe
Looking for a great seafood salad recipe? Try our Scandinavian Mussels recipe. This recipe pairs with white wines, including: Chablis, Sauvignon Blanc and Sancerre. Chef Vivant's perfect wine pairing recommendation is Chablis. Enjoy! #salad #recipe @chefvivant
Scandinavian Mussels
Servings2 servings
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Ingredients
- 2lb musselscleaned
- 1small onionsliced
- 1stalk celerysliced
- 1clove garlicchopped
- 4tablespoons white wine
- 1/4cup mayonnaise
- 1/2cup parsleychopped
- 1each juice of 1/2 lemon
- salt and freshly gound black pepper
Vegetables
- 1/2each onionfinely chopped
- 1/2stalk celeryfinely chopped
- 1/2each red bell peperfinely chopped
- 1tablespoon sugar
- 1tablespoon white wine vinegar
Instructions
- Put the mussels in a large saucepan with onion, celery, garlic, and wine. Cook over medium heat until mussels have opened, stirring frequently to make sure mussels are cooked evenly. Discard Vegetables and remove mussels from their shells.
- To make vegetables see below.
- Mix mussels, mayonnaise, Vegetables, parsley, and lemon juice in a bowl, and add salt and pepper to taste. Serve mussels cold with a green salad or a cold potato salad decorated with a few mussel shells.
Vegetables
- To make the Vegetables, combine 1/2 cup water, the onion, celery, red bell pepper, sugar, and vinegar in a small saucepan and boil for 1 minute. Drain and set aside to cool.
Recipe Notes
Pairs with white wines, including: Chablis, Sauvignon Blanc and Sancerre. Chef Vivant's perfect wine pairing recommendation is Chablis.
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