Friday, 20 January 2012

Moules Marinieres and Pesto Pasta

Hubby cooked up this delicious treat last night: mussels cooked in dry cider (made a nice change from white wine, very fresh tasting) with shallots, garlic and herbs, served with some pesto pasta and cheesy garlic slices ... death by garlic!!



He sauteed a couple of shallots and some chopped garlic in a little olive oil, then added the (scrubbed and de-bearded) mussels, cider (usually white wine) and herbs ... just cooking until they had all opened. The pasta (a mixture of white and wholemeal) was cooked al dente before adding a good dollop of ready-made pesto sauce (of course homemade is better, but there wasn't time and the Sacla one we used is pretty good. A shake of parmesan and some garlic bread made it a delicious and very quick supper.

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