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Recipe

Garlic mussels

This simple dish is ideal for al fresco dining during the warm summer months. Photography by Brett Stevens/ bauersyndication.com.au

  • 5 mins cooking
  • Serves 8
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Ingredients

Garlic mussels
  • 18 fresh mussels, cleaned and beards removed
  • 80 gram butter
  • 2 clove garlic, finely chopped
  • 3 slice bread
  • 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1 teaspoon lemon zest, finely grated
  • fresh parsley, chopped

Method

Garlic mussels
  • 1
    Steam mussels for 3-4 minutes in a little water until they spring open.
  • 2
    Remove the empty half of the shell and arrange the other halves on a lined baking tray.
  • 3
    Mix butter and garlic, then spoon over the mussels. Whiz the bread, paprika and zest to fine crumbs, then sprinkle over mussels. Grill for 3-4 minutes until bubbling and toasted. Serve with parsley and lemon wedges, if desired.

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