Mussels with garlic and wine

(SERVES 2)

Ingredients

40g butter

2 tablespoon olive oil

2 cloves of garlic pressed/minced

1 shallot finely chopped

1,5 kg mussels

200 ml white wine

2 bay leaves

1 bunch of fresh flat-leaf parsley

50 ml double cream

Method

1. In a pan, melt the butter with olive oil.

2. Add the shallot and the garlic and sweat them for a couple of minutes. Don’t let it get brown!

3. Add the wine, the cream, the bay leaves, and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper.

4. Make it boil and cook it for 5 minutes. Next, add the mussels (if any are open, give them a tap; if they don’t close, throw them away). Cover and steam them on high/middle heat for 6 minutes, or until the mussels have opened (discard any unopened ones).

Add the parsley, cover the pan and shake it together. Serve with bread or French fries.