🇫🇷 French

Mussels à l'Armoricaine

Name: Mussels à l'Armoricaine
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 42 min
Total time: 57 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 2 tbsp Butter; to taste Salt; 2, halved and sliced Onion; 4 cloves, crushed Garlic; 300 ml Tomato Sauce; 1 tsp Black Peppercorns; 2 Bay Leaf; 500 ml Stock or Broth; 1 kg Mussels; 1/2 tsp Chili Flakes; 2 tbsp Cognac

🇫🇷 French

Low-and-slow braised mussels in a deeply savoured sauce — fork-tender and rich with aromatics. About 57 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 15 min Cook 42 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

Butter2 tbsp
Saltto taste
Onion2, halved and sliced
Garlic4 cloves, crushed
Tomato Sauce300 ml
Black Peppercorns1 tsp
Bay Leaf2
Stock or Broth500 ml
Mussels1 kg
Chili Flakes1/2 tsp
Cognac2 tbsp

Optional extras

Tarragonhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Brown the mussels deeply in the Butter in a heavy pot — patience here pays off later.
2
Remove it, then let the onion and garlic soften in the drippings with the black peppercorns.
3
Return the mussels, add the stock and bay leaves, and bring to the gentlest simmer.
4
Cover and braise low and slow until the mussels yields to a spoon, about 45 minutes.
5
Skim the fat, reduce the sauce to a glaze, and serve with something starchy to catch every drop.

Chef's tip

Skim the fat from the surface before the final reduction for a cleaner sauce.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Recette : les homards à l'armoricaine - Les carnets de Julie · on YouTube