Mussels with leeks and white wine

Name: Mussels with leeks and white wine
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1.4 kg (3lb) fresh live mussels; 50 g (2oz) butter; 1 medium onion, finely chopped; 1 medium leek, washed and finely sliced; 2 garlic cloves, finely sliced; 300 mL (1⁄2 pint) dry white wine; 3 level tbsp freshly chopped flat-leafed parsley; Irish soda bread to serve

Wanting a recipe that will impress at your dinner party? This triple-tested mussels recipe with leeks and white wine is just the dish to fit the criteria.

By The GH Kitchen TeamPublished: 11 March 2004

Jump to recipe

Serveware, Dishware, Food, Ingredient, Bivalve, Seafood, Glass, Tableware, Stemware, Ceramic,

Advertisement - Continue Reading Below

Yields:

Prep Time:

20 mins

Cook Time:

15 mins

Total Time:

35 mins

Ingredients

1.4 kg (3lb) fresh live mussels
50 g (2oz) butter
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 medium leek, washed and finely sliced
2 garlic cloves, finely sliced
300 ml (1⁄2 pint) dry white wine
3 level tbsp freshly chopped flat-leafed parsley
Irish soda bread to serve

Directions

1. Step 1
  Wash the mussels under cold running water, and pull off and discard any wispy beards' from the shells. Before cooking, you need to make sure all the mussels are alive, so discard any that have broken or cracked shells and those that don't close when tapped on a hard surface.
2. Step 2
  Melt the butter in a very large pan, add the onion, leek and garlic and cook over a medium heat for 5min. Pour in the white wine and bring to the boil, then add the mussels. Cover and cook for 5-7min, shaking the pan occasionally, until all the mussels have opened. Discard any that are still closed after cooking.
3. Step 3
  Remove the mussels with a slotted spoon and divide among six warm deep bowls. Return the pan to the heat, bring the liquid to the boil and bubble for 2–3min to reduce. Stir in the parsley, then season the sauce and pour over the mussels. Serve with soda bread to dunk in the sauce.
  
  Other favourite dinner party recipes to try
  
  Video: How to prepare leeks
  
  Smoked fish platter
  
  Slow cooker french onion soup
  
  Queen of hearts tarts
  
  Be mine bruschetta
  
  Classic prawn cocktail

Per Serving:

Calories: 160
Total carbs: 3 g
Total fat: 8 g
Saturated fat: 5 g

The GH Kitchen Team

The GH Kitchen Team are Good Housekeeping’s resident recipe developers and all-round food obsessives. GH Kitchen Director Sarah Akhurst is our resident hosting pro and loves nothing more than putting on a foodie feast for friends. Our GH Kitchen Manager Linzi Pucino is our very own Italian food expert (originally hailing from the North East of Scotland!) and can be found working her way through midweek recipes that cover all bases, from haggis to ragu! Our Kitchen Editor ⁠Nadine Brown loves digging into the stories behind her favourite foods and enjoys applying her eclectic tastes to more modern, flavour-forward recipes - just don't give her too much chilli! Our Junior Food Content Produce ⁠Frankie Prichard combines a love of beautiful presentation and flavour-led, seasonal cooking in her recipe development, along with a passion for bringing people together through food. With a wealth of professional kitchen experience between them, they’re dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work every single time