INGREDIENTS
This is what you need for 1 quart:
- 2 lbs. mussels, preferably fresh
frozen if nothing else available - vegetables of choice (see soup recipes)
Do NOT throw away the cooking liquid after the mussels are done. It is a delicious stock that can be used for many soup, sauce and other recipes. Mussel stock does not usually need to be reduced, on the contrary. I always dilute it before I drink it.
I used to be able to get frozen mussels at the local walmart, but they stopped carrying them in all of Southern New Mexico several years ago. Fresh ones, I would need to have overnighted UPS or FedEx, and I haven't gotten that desperate for them yet.
This is what you need for 1 quart: