Fishwife Recipes — mussels

  This gorgeous Autumn coloured dish is perfect for the cooler weather days which are creeping up on us! Enjoy these Thai coconut curry flavours in a big bowl over some rice. Yum!   Red Coconut Curry Mussels Ingredients 1.5 - 2kg black mussels 1 Tbsp olive oil 1 large onion (finely diced) 4 garlic cloves (minced) 2 Tbsp fresh ginger (grated) 1 Tin coconut milk 1 Tin coconut cream 100g red curry paste Coriander to garnish Instructions De-beard the mussels In a large skillet pan with a lid, heat the olive oil on medium high. When the olive oil...

This method of cooking mussels on the braai with garlic butter and cheese stems from my childhood holidays in Port Alfred in the Eastern Cape. As a family we would enjoy picking mussels off the rocks together and later in the evening we would all sit by the open fire devouring them the minute they came off the flames!  Definitely what memories are made of.   Mussels on the Braai Ingredients 1,5kg black mussels 170g cheese (grated) 5g chives (finely chopped) 1 tsp garlic 125g butter Salt and pepper Instructions In a pot with a small amount of water at...

18th July 2016 | By TheFishWife 4 comments As a child I clearly remember collecting Black Mussels off the rocks at our holiday home in Port Alfred in the Eastern Cape.  We would walk up the beach and climb the rocks with our plastic packets collecting mussels and bringing them home to clean, removing the sand and beards in big buckets of fresh water.  I can still taste that fresh, salty sea flavour smothered in garlic and butter!Here is a simple recipe to create a restaurant quality Garlic Mussel Pot in a delicious white sauce, I hope you enjoy!   Garlic...