Rope-Grown Clams Market Garden Style fresh and briny
Ingredients for 4 servings
- 1.1 qt (1 Liter) of bouchot mussels, well scraped
- 1 beautiful squash (large zucchini) from the garden, 700 to 28 oz (800 g)
- 17.75 oz (500 g) of young spring carrots, just scraped
- 0.4 cup (10 cl) of white wine or farmhouse cider
- 0.5 cup (12 cl) of liquid cream 30%
- 2 very fresh eggs
- garden herbs, finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons of turmeric
- salt and freshly ground pepper
Step-by-step recipe
1 In your squash, remove the ends then cut lengthwise 4 small equal barrels of 5 to 6cm, hollow them out 3/4 of the way, salt, pepper and set aside.
2 In a large pot, pour mussels, white wine, cream and herbs and give a good turn of the pepper mill.
3 Open the mussels, drain them, and bring the juice back to a boil then cook your carrots with the flesh you removed from your small barrels for 6 to 7 minutes, then drain them and strain the juice.
4 Preheat the oven to 160°
5 In an oven-safe dish place your 4 shells, with the small pieces at the bottom, shell the mussels and push them up high.
6 In a salad bowl pour the remaining juice, add a little turmeric and the 2 beaten eggs, mix then distribute this into the 4 shells.
7 Cook 20 minutes in the middle of the oven
8 Before serving, pan-fry your young carrots in a little salted butter and serve very hot.
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