Last night I came to the conclusion that I am hereby ready to cook it at home. I’ve had it eaten out lots and lots of times, managed to get Izzie to get to like it, now I thought, time to make it. Rick Stein was consulted, youtube was consulted, Waitrose was visited this morning- and will be visited again on a Friday as all fish is 20% off!

So the aim was to make a pot of moules the way I love them- with rich, creamy, herby and garlicky sauce to die for. My lovely enthusiastic child was helping me clean them before cooking, she was waiting impatiently for the lid to be lifted “have they opened yet mama?? have they??” and then my heart was just overflowed with love, when she was fishing up all the last orange bits in the sauce towards the end of the meal.

I took the advice of the French guy on youtube and started the whole process with a knob of butter. Then chopped shallots and 2 garlic cloves in. Bouquet garni in. After a few minutes a generous glass of Catena chardonnay in. Seasoned with salt and pepper. 3-4 minutes for the wine to lose the alcohol a bit. Moules in, lid on, 6 minutes. A good splash of double cream, lots of parsley, just the way I love it. Done. Waitrose baguette on the side, the remaining chardonnay in the glasses. Florek got salad Nicoise with some of fantastic tuna I got for him.

I absolutely loved my sauce. It delivered in every way, bay leaves stood out and the thyme, just perfect. It will be done again. Soon. 🙂