🇹🇷 Turkish

Mussels Turşu

Name: Mussels Turşu
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1/2, thinly sliced Onion; 4 cloves Garlic; 1, juiced Lemon; 3 tbsp Olive Oil; 200 ml Vinegar; handful, torn Fresh Parsley; 800 g Mussels

🇹🇷 Turkish

Sharp pickle brine, garlic and mussels — turşu, the meze table's refresher. 15 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 15 min Cook 0 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion1/2, thinly sliced
Garlic4 cloves
Lemon1, juiced
Olive Oil3 tbsp
Vinegar200 ml
Fresh Parsleyhandful, torn
Mussels800 g

Instructions

1
Whisk the lemon juice with the olive oil, salt and pepper for a bright, simple dressing.
2
Prepare the mussels — slice, shred or cube it so every forkful gets some.
3
Toss the mussels with the onion, fresh parsley and the dressing just before serving.
4
Let it sit 5 minutes so the flavours marry, then taste and add another squeeze of lemon if it needs lift.

Chef's tip

Let the dish rest 5 minutes off the heat before serving so the flavours settle.

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