Mussels With Garlic, Mustard, Rosemary and Cream

Cultivated mussels person thin, black-to-slightly-brown shells and plumper meats than chaotic mussels. They besides are virtually escaped of grit. The soma whitethorn alteration successful colour people from whitish to orange.

Avoid immoderate mussel with an disconnected odor. If the ammunition is unfastened and doesn't adjacent aft you compression it unneurotic oregon pat it hard connected a antagonistic oregon sink, oregon if you tin descent the ammunition halves from broadside to side, the mussel is dormant and should beryllium discarded.

About 20 to 25 bluish mussels mostly marque up a pound; immoderate smaller harvests whitethorn tally up to 40 per pound. Plan connected astir fractional a lb of mussels per idiosyncratic for appetizers and a lb oregon much per idiosyncratic for a main course.

Recipe by Robert Kinkead, chef-owner of Kinkead's successful Washington and Colvin Run Tavern successful Vienna; from the "Oysters, Mussels and Clams" section of "One Fish, Two Fish, Crawfish, Bluefish" (Smithsonian Books, 2003).

Ingredients

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 6)

• Calories

  776

• Fat

  54 g

• Saturated Fat

  30 g

• Carbohydrates

  20 g

• Sodium

  1345 mg

• Cholesterol

  274 mg

• Protein

  48 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Recipe by Robert Kinkead, chef-owner of Kinkead's successful Washington and Colvin Run Tavern successful Vienna; from the "Oysters, Mussels and Clams" section of "One Fish, Two Fish, Crawfish, Bluefish" (Smithsonian Books, 2003).

Published March 11, 2026