I’ve been eating this dish since I was a child. My mother would always serve mussels in this way and hers were probably from a tin. Cod roe was another thing she used to slice and serve fried on toast. Hence I don’t know if I’m alone in having this as my mum is Danish or maybe everyone eats this, please let me know!
All I know is that I love Moules Marinière and this is like an unshelly cheats version on toast. Food doesn’t have to be complicated to taste good and this dish is a prime example of this
My inspiration for blogging this dish is Jacqueline at Tinned Tomatoes and her No Croutons Required challenge which is sandwiches this month then on checking the small print I read it had to be vegetarian! So here it is anyway, you can’t keep a good dish down!
Simply heat up your butter and crushed garlic, add mussels, fry and voila!
- Mussels and garlic with a good squeeze of lemon, one of my favourite flavour combinations!
- 240g Pack fresh mussels
- 1-2 Garlic Cloves, crushed
- 20g Butter
- 2 Slices of wholemeal bread
- 2 Slices of lemon, partially cut down the middle
- Heat the butter and garlic in a frying pan.
- Put the bread in your toaster to toast.
- On a medium heat add the mussels and fry turning regularly for about 3 minutes until heated through.
- Butter the toast and divide the mussels between the 2 slices of toast.
- Decorate with the lemon which you squeeze onto the mussels.
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Vanesther
08/10/2012 at 7:01 am (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Oh this looks so good. I do adore mussels but only me and one of the kids eats them. Think I might make this for lunch next weekend and the others can have beans on toast!
Camilla
08/10/2012 at 8:09 am (UTC 1) Link to this comment
Thank you, you’ve made me feel better as I wasn’t sure about posting this simple dish!
Karen
10/10/2012 at 6:34 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
I totally love this recipe Camilla, it reminds me of a dish my mum use to make with fried cod’s roe, from a tin, and served on toast! A real blast from the past! Karen
Camilla
10/10/2012 at 7:43 pm (UTC 1) Link to this comment
And I used to like that cod’s roe but have never made it myself, must get a tin!