French Stuffed Mussels from Sète - Moules Farcies à la Sétoise.

breadcrumbs

🥗Healthier: ground oats

💰Cheaper: crushed crackers

Ground oats provide fiber and are gluten-free.

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: parmesan

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

Go to the market in Sète to buy ingredients, specifically large mussels and pink Lautrec garlic.

Do not tie the mussels; instead, press them down with a heavy weight to prevent them from opening.

Use only the largest mussels, about 6 or 7 per person.

Prepare the stuffing with sausage meat or minced pork, tomatoes, tomato paste, onion, garlic, and herbs.

Soak plenty of bread in milk for the stuffing.

Sauté chopped onion in olive oil until soft and golden, then add minced garlic.

Add tomato paste to the pan and cook until it is almost toasted and slightly brown on the bottom.

Pour in a glass of white wine and reduce by half.

Add the pulp of fresh tomatoes and let it cook for 20 to 30 minutes.

Clean the mussels under running water, removing the beard and any debris.

Open the mussels with a blunt knife, collecting the water they release, and keep the shells attached at the hinge.

Fill each mussel generously with the stuffing mixture.

Weigh down the mussels with a flat plate or tart base and a heavy object to keep them closed.

Prepare the aioli by mincing a clove of garlic into a paste, then mix it with salt, lemon juice, and an egg yolk, drizzling in olive oil carefully.

After half an hour of gentle heat, the mussels are ready; whisk in the aioli to finish the dish.

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