Mussels Steamed with Lemon Grass and Chile De Arbol

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 tablespoons chopped garlic

2 tablespoons fresh lemon grass minced

2 tablespoons dried chiles de arbol

1/2 head napa cabbage

1 cup dry white wine

1 cup clam juice

1/4 cup fresh lime juice

Salt and fresh ground pepper 32 mussels — washed and debeared

1/4 cup chopped cilantro

Heat the olive oil in a medium stockpot over medium high heat. Add the garlic, lemon grass, and chiles and saute for 2 minutes. Add the cabbage and cook until almost wilted.
Add the white wine and reduce by half.
Add the clam and lime juice and bring to a boil, season with salt and pepper to taste.
Add the mussels and cook until opened.
Remove from the heat and add the cilantro.

Recipes by Bobby Flay HOT OFF THE GRILL 8/5/98 SHOW #HG1A15

All recipes Copyrighted by Bobby Flay 1998.

Copyright, 1998, FOOD NETWORK, G.P., All Rights Reserved

Busted and Posted to MCrecipe and Kitmail 8/98 by JoAnn Pellegrino

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Linguini with Seafood- Buon’Appetito

2 tb Olive oil

3 Shallots chopped

- or green onions 1 t Grated lemon rind

1/2 ts Red chili pepper flakes

2 tb Parsley, chopped

12 lg Shrimp or prawns

12 Scallops

1/2 c White wine

2 lb Mussels

28 oz Tomatoes, canned

1/4 c Basil, fresh, shredded

1 lb Linquini

Serve pasta and sauce in a large bowl on the table and let people help themselves.
Vary the seafood according to your tastes. If you prefer a vegetarian version, saute mushrooms and peppers instead of seafood and add into tomato sauce.
Grated parmesan is traditionally not offered with seafood dishes.
1.
In a large skillet, heat olive oil on medium-high heat.
Add shallots and

garlic.
Saute for 1 minute or until softened slightly, then add lemon rind, parsley, shrimps and scallops.
Saute together until shrimps just turn pink and scallops are translucent, about 1-2 minutes.
Remove with a slotted spoon from skillet.
Season with salt and pepper.
2.
Add white wine to skillet, bring to boil and add mussels.
Cover and

steam mussels until they open, about 3 minutes.
Remove mussels from skillet and reserve with shrimps and scallops.
Discard any mussels that do not open.
Remove mussel meats from half the mussels, leaving remainder in their shells.
3.
Meanwhile drain tomatoes and chop, reserving juice.
Add tomatoes, juice

and chili flakes into skillet and bring to boil.
Stir in 2TB basil and simmer for 10 minutes to combine flavours.
Season with salt and pepper.
Sauce can be made ahead to this point.
4.
When ready to serve: bring a large pot of salted water to boil.
Add

pasta and cook until al dente, about 10-12 minutes.
Drain well. 5.
Return seafood to sauce, sprinkle with remaining basil then reheat.
Toss

with pasta and serve.

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Chowder Sweet Molly malone

Chowder Sweet Molly Malone

2 1/2 pounds cockles or small littleneck clams, in their shells
1 1/2 cups white wine
1 cup water
2 1/2 pounds mussels, in their shells
6 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 leeks, white and pale green parts only, washed and thinly sliced
2 medium onions, peeled, finely diced
1 bay leaf
2 medium waxy potatoes, peeled, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 or 2 (8 ounce) bottles clam juice (optional)
2 cups heavy cream
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1/3 cup finely chopped fresh parsley
6 lemon wedges, seeds removed

Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.
Place 6 soup plates on rack to warm.

Scrub the cockles or clams in cold running water and drain. Throw out any open ones.
Place 1/2 cup wine and 1/2 cup water into a wide skillet with a tight-fitting lid.
Add the cockles and cover tightly.
Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat and cook for 2 or 3 minutes, shaking often.
Lift the lid often.
Quickly remove the cockles as they open.
Do not overcook.
When all cockles have opened, remove the meat from their shells, discarding any that have remained closed.
Carefully strain the cooking liquid through a fine sieve and reserve.
Reserve 6 whole cockles for garnishing final chowder.

Rinse the mussels, scrub extensively and remove the beard (many that you buy today have the beard removed; when in doubt, ask the fish salesperson).
Cook the mussels by using the above procedures. Reserve cooking liquid and 6 whole mussels.

Melt 4 tablespoons butter in 5-quart soup pot over high heat and add the leeks and the onions.
Cook over medium heat, stirring often, until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes.
Add bay leaf, potatoes, reserved cockle and mussel cooking liquid and remaining white wine.
(You may need to add enough bottled clam juice to cover the potatoes and onions for simmering.) Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat, partially cover and simmer over low heat until potatoes are tender.
Add heavy cream and simmer chowder until the cream is somewhat reduced and you have a succulent consistency.
Add reserved cockle and mussel meat and simmer for a few minutes to heat thoroughly.
Taste and add salt, if necessary, and pepper. Remove bay leaf and swirl in remaining butter.

Remove soup plates from oven; add chowder to each.
Garnish each serving with a reserved whole cockle and mussel, and lemon wedges. Sprinkle with parsley.
Serve immediately.

Serves 6.

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Thai Mussel Soup

2 c White wine

2 tb Lemon juice

1 sm Onion,chop

1 Bay leaf

2 tb Garlic,chop

8 Cilantro sprigs

2 lb Mussels,med,clean

4 oz Rice noodles/vermicelli

2 tb Oil

2 sm Serrano chilies,crush lightl

1 tb Lime zest,grate

1 tb Garlic,chop

1 tb Gingerroot,mince

2 c Bok choy,chop

8 Scallion,slice thin,seperate

2 c Clam juice

1 c Water

2 tb Lime juice

2 tb Fish sauce

1 tb Soy sauce

1 ts Sugar

2 tb Cilantro,chop

In large pot w/lid, combine wine, lemon juice, onion, celery, bay leaf, garlic & cilantro sprigs.
Boil, add mussels, cover & steam til they open, 3-4min.
(Don’t overcook; they get a second cooking

late) Remove mussels w/slotted spoon & cool.
Strain liquid through srainer lined w/several layers of cheesecloth.
sholud be 3cups.
Break up noodles, cover w/hot water & soak, 10-15min.
In heavy pot, heat oil.
Add crushed chilies, zest, remaining garlic & ginger.
Saute til tender, 1-2min; don’t let ingredients brown.
Add bok chou & white parts of scallion & cook another 3-4min, stir occasionally.
Add clam juice, water, lime juice, fish sauce, soy sauce, sugar & strained mussel broth. Bring to simmer.
While heating, remove mussels from shells ( reserve anu juice, strain & add liquid to soup; add mussels. Simmer another 2-3min, garnish w/cilantro & scallion greens. Source: Fine Cooking, Feb/Mar’96,pp33

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Mussel and Tomato Soup

——————————PHILLY.INQUIRER—————————— 2 ts MINCED GARLIC

1/3 c VIIRGIN OLIVE OIL

1 pn RED PEPPERS

1 c OF CANNED CHOPPED DRAINED PL

TOMATOES IN A LARGE SAUCEPAN,COOK 2 TEASPOONS OF GARLIC IN 1/3 CUP VIRGIN OLIVE OIL FOR 1 MINUTE.ADD 1 CUP DRAINED CHOPPED CANNED PLUM TOMATOES,A pinch of CRUSHED RED PEPPERS AND 2 POUNDS OF CLEANED,DE BEARDED MUSSELS.COVER AND SIMMER UNTIL THE MUSSELS OPEN.MAKES FOUR SERVING

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Spaghetti with Shrimp In Spicy Sicilian Sauce

1 pound spaghetti

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

8 anchovy filets; oiled packed — oil reserved

drain and chop filets 2 garlic cloves — minced

29 ounces canned crushed tomatoes in puree

1/2 cup mediterranean black olives — pit and chop

then measure 2 tablespoons bottled capers — rinsed

and coarsely chopped if large 1 teaspoon dried oregano

1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper

1 pound medium shrimp — peeled and deveined

1.
Bring a large pot of slightly salted water to a boil over high heat.
Add the spaghetti and cook, stirring occasionally, until barely tender.

2.
While the pasta is cooking, heat the olive oil and oil from the anchovy can in a large (12-inch) skillet over medium heat.
Add the garlic and cook, stirring often, until golden, about 1 minute. Add the anchovy filets and stir until they dissolve into paste, about 1 minute.

3.
Into the skillet, stir in the tomatoes, olives, capers, oregano and red pepper, and bring to a simmer.
Reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes.
Add the shrimp and cook, stirring occasionally, until the shrimp turn pink and firm, about 3 minutes.

4.
Drain the pasta and return to the pot.
Add the shrimp sauce and mix well.
Transfer to a warmed, large serving bowl.
Serve immediately.

*Recipe from Simply Shrimp: 101 Recipes for Everybody’s Favorite Seafood by Rick Rogers, photographs by Jennifer Levy (Chronicle Books) reviewed by http://www.suntimes.com/output/cookbook/shrimp.html

Notes: This dish is a hearty meal in itself.
The puttanesca and fra diavolo in the sauce produce a memorable accompaniment to shrimp as well as mussels, clams or even canned or frozen lobster meat.

8/30/98 kitpath@earthlink.net

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Steamed Mussels with Creamy Fish Filling

24 (about 1 kg) large mussels

2 tb Oil

1 sm Onion, finely chopped

2 ts Finely chopped fresh ginger

1 Clove garlic, crushed

1 Stem fresh lemon grass,

-finely chopped 1 ts Shrimp paste

500 White fish fillets, chopped

1 Egg white

1 tb Cream

1 tb Chopped fresh basil

2 sm Fresh red chillies, sliced

Picked up a couple of new mussel recipes from the Ozzie books Mark brought.
This on is from a book on Thai cooking and looks outrageously good.
The stuffing is molded onto a shell and garnished with an “x” of hot red chili strips.
1: Scrub mussels; remove beards.
Place mussels in pan, cover with

cold water, bring to boil, simmer, covered, for about 3 minutes until mussels begin to open.
Drain mussels, rinse under cold water; drain well.
Remove and discard top shell from each mussel.
2: Heat oil in pan, add onion, ginger, garlic and lemon grass, cook,

stirring, until onion is soft.
Add paste, cook, stirring, for 1 minute; cool.
3: Blend or process fish, egg white and cream until smooth.
Combine

fish mixture, onion mixture and basil in bowl; mix well, Spoon mixture onto mussel in shells, smooth surface, top with chilli.
4: Just before serving, place mussels in bamboo steamer in single

layer.
Cook, covered tightly, over pan of boiling water, for about 3 minutes or until fish mixture is cooked through.
Makes 6 servings.
Mussels can be prepared a day ahead.
Storage: Covered, in refrigerator.
Freeze: Not suitable.
Microwave: Not suitable.
From “Easy Thai-style Cookery”, Edited by Maryanne Blacker, The Australian Women’s Weekly Home Library, 1991.
ISBN 0-94912833-3 Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; August 9 1993.

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Mussels In White Wine sauce

Mussels in White Wine Sauce (Mejillones a la Marinera - Spain)

2 pounds mussels
1/4 cup finely chopped shallots or onions
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil or vegetable oil
1 cup dry white wine
Pinch of saffron or paprika
Minced parsley

Clean mussels.
Discard any that are not tightly closed.
Cook and stir shallots and garlic in oil in Dutch oven over medium heat until shallots are tender.

Stir in wine and saffron.
Heat wine mixture to boiling; add mussels.
Cover and boil until mussels open, 3 to 5 minutes.

Remove mussels to bowl with slotted spoon; keep warm.
Cook remaining liquid in pan over high heat until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes.
Pour sauce over mussels.
Sprinkle with parsley.

Serve with French bread.

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Nantucket Cioppino

1 ts Olive oil

1 lb Carrots, peeled and coarsley

-chopped 3 c Coarsely chopped onion

3 c Coarsely chopped green

-bell pepper 3 tb Finely chopped garlic

1 1/2 lb Mushrooms, sliced

8 c Peeled and coarsely chopped

****OR**** (see next line) 2 ea 28 oz cans plum tomatoes

-with basil, chopped 1 ea 6-oz can tomato paste

2 c Dry red wine **OR** 1 c each

-dry red and marsala 3 c Beef broth

1 Lemon, thinly sliced

1 1/2 c Finely chopped fresh

-italian parsley 1/4 c Shredded fresh basil

1 tb Dried oregano

Salt and pepper 1 lb Swordfish, cut in 2″ pieces

3 ea Lobsters, about 1 1/2 lb.

-each, cut into pieces 24 Hard-shell clams, scrubbed

1 lb Mussels, scrubbed and

-debearded 1 1/2 lb Cod, cut in 2″ pieces

1 lb Large shrimp, shelled

-and deveined In a very large kettle, heat the oil over medium heat.
Add the carrot, onion, pepper, garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes.
Add the mushrooms, tomatowith juices, tomato paste, wine, broth, lemon slices, 1 cup of the parsley, basil, oregano, and salt and pepper to taste.
Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 20-25 minutes.
Add the swordfish and lobster and simmer, covered, for 15 minutes.
Add the clams, mussels, cod, and shrimp and simmer, covered, for 10 more minutes, or until the clams and mussels have opened and the fish is cooked. Serve the cioppino in large bowls, sprinkle with the remaining parsley.

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Grilled Mussels with Hot Bean Sauce

2 lb Fresh mussels

1 Lemon

3 tb Fish sauce Nuc-Mam

Vietnamese (or Thai) 1 ts Sugar

2 Dried hot red pepper

Grind to pasteor 1t powder 2 Cloves garlic

2 tb Water

1.
Clean and scrub the mussels as shown in class.

2.
While mussels are draining, prepare sauce: Blend garlic and red peppers

into a paste.
Add juice of 1 lemon, 3 tb fish sauce, 1 tb sugar, and finally, 2 tb water.
3.
Preheat broiler.

4.
Place clean, dry mussels in a single layer on a baking sheet.

5.
Broil mussels just until they are all open and aromatic.

6.
Remove from broiler and serve with rice.
Dip mussels into sauce to eat.

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