As featured in Tastespotting and Foodgawker
New Zealand is blessed with awesome seafood selections, yummy fish and chips, bluff oysters that’s to-die-for (accompanied by a glass of Oyster Bay Chardonnay) and heaps of cheap green lipped mussels. Those mussels are so fresh, extremely large in size that some are almost as big as the palm of my hand with big fat juicy meat inside. The best way to cook them is in white wine to keep them stay juicy and sweet. Whoa, just talking about them makes my mouth waters…. I never thought I would enjoy mussels so much in my life.
This recipe is adopted from a greek-style mussel recipe. Best served for brunch – but I’ll have them as appetizer for dinner tonight.
GRILLED GREEN LIPPED MUSSELS RECIPE
* 12 pcs fresh green lipped mussels
* 2 sprigs fresh thyme
* half onion – diced
* 3 cloves of garlic, crushed
* 1 cup of whole peeled tomatoes
* 1 cup of feta cheese, crumbled
* chopped parsley to sprinkle
* white pepper, salt, sugar to taste
Cooking Direction:
1.) Scrub mussels, remove beard or baby crabs inside.
2.) Steam open mussels in 2 cups of white wine. Strain
3.) Cook onion & garlic until transparent, add tomatoes, salt, pepper, sugar & thyme
4.) Arrange mussels on a tray/baking dish, drizzle with sauce, crumbled feta cheese
5.) Grill for about 5-7 mnts until slightly brown & bubbling
6.) Ready to serve – sprinkle with chopped parsley
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6 Comments
This looks delicious! I love shellfish, and am always happy to see new ways of dealing with them.
Fearless Kitchen
5/13/2009
This dish looks so delicious and the recipe so easy! Thanks for the gorgeous photos.
Tangled Noodle
5/13/2009
Mussels and feta cheese. Simple delicious so incredibly well done!
Rachel 'Tha Pizza Cutta' Joyce
5/15/2009
Oh MY! These look just wonderful!!
Timeless Gourmet
5/15/2009
I got nice 2 dozens of oysters and mussels from my friends when they visited NZ LOL. It’s amazing how the mollusks were professionally packed for hand-carry! I wished I’m there now…:-) oh… it’s autumn/winter time now over there?
pixen
5/19/2009
Thank you all for stopping by here
@Pixen: didn’t know seafood is frozen packed for hand carry here…. wow! Yups, it’s winter time now, quite chilly, even with snow & hail in some parts
Dhi
5/29/2009
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