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Mussels in tamarind cream sauce recipe

Created by Angela Nahas

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Cuisine: Modern Australian
Serves 2

Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil
3 garlic cloves, chopped
3 eschalots, finely chopped
2 small vine-ripened tomatoes, chopped
125ml (½ cup) tamarind concentrate*
160ml (⅔ cup) pouring cream
1kg pot-ready black mussels*
2 tbsp chopped chervil
Crusty bread, to serve

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Preparation

Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic and eschalots, and cook for 2 minutes or until softened. Stir in tomatoes, tamarind, cream and 60ml water, and cook for a further 2 minutes.

Add mussels, then cover and cook for 6 minutes or until mussels have opened. Scatter over chervil and serve with bread.

* Tamarind concentrate is sweet-sour concentrated tamarind juice, which is available in jars from selected supermarkets and Asian food shops.

* Pot-ready black mussels, available from fishmongers, have had their shells cleaned and have been bearded so no further preparation is needed. Substitute regular mussels, cleaned and bearded.

As seen in Feast magazine, Issue 8, pg151.

Photography by Brett Stevens.

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