Gratin de Moules

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Customers protested erstwhile Claudio Pirollo tried to instrumentality this saucy gratin disconnected his menu. And truthful it has remained unchanged. He serves it arsenic an appetizer -- the ail food makes it rather affluent -- and recommends pairing it with toasted slices of rustic bread, positive a airy Belgian brew on the lines of Orval oregon Hoegaarden.

A cardinal to occurrence is to marque definite your parsley is thoroughly dry; if moisture is present, it volition origin the parsley to abstracted from the butter.

You’ll person plentifulness of ail food near over; wrapper good and frost for up to 3 months.

Adapted from cook Claudio Pirollo of Et Voila! successful Northwest Washington.

Ingredients

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Servings: 5-6

For the ail butter

8 ounces unsalted butter, preferably near overnight astatine country somesthesia (2 sticks)
2 mean to 3 mean cloves garlic, finely chopped (1 tablespoon)
Leaves from 1 tiny clump flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
Freshly squeezed foodstuff from 1/4 citrus (1 teaspoon)
1/4 to 1/2 spoon salt, to taste

For the mussels

2 tablespoons unsalted butter
8 tablespoons chopped bulb (from 1/4 ample onion)
2 ribs celery, chopped
1 mean clove garlic, chopped
3 bunches thyme
4 pounds mussels, preferably Blue Bay (from Prince Edward Island), cleaned and beards removed; spot NOTE
1 1/2 teaspoons to 2 teaspoons salt, for the cooking liquid, positive much for sprinkling connected the mussels
4 cups achromatic wine
Coarse salt, for broiling
Cayenne pepper
1/2 cupful plain dried breadcrumbs
1/2 cupful freshly grated parmesan cheese

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 6)

Calories
440
Fat
22 g
Saturated Fat
11 g
Carbohydrates
18 g
Sodium
1150 mg
Cholesterol
125 mg
Protein
41 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from cook Claudio Pirollo of Et Voila! successful Northwest Washington.

Tested by Nicole Schofer.

Published August 17, 2010

Updated March 13, 2026