{"id":63,"date":"2021-11-01T11:21:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T11:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/?p=63"},"modified":"2021-11-17T14:18:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T14:18:50","slug":"north-coast-mussels-in-lemon-garlic-butter-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/north-coast-mussels-in-lemon-garlic-butter-sauce\/","title":{"rendered":"North Coast Mussels in Lemon Garlic-Butter Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Naturally, when you\u2019re on holiday at the coast, you want to enjoy delicious seafood! You don\u2019t have to splurge on an expensive restaurant dinner to enjoy a delicious mussel pot! Check out this North Coast mussel pot recipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ingredients \u2013<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2 tablespoons unsalted butter<\/li><li>1 small onion, finely chopped<\/li><li>2 teaspoons fresh garlic, crushed<\/li><li>1\/2 teaspoon chili flakes<\/li><li>1 cup dry white wine<\/li><li>1 cup fresh cream (whipping cream)<\/li><li>450 grams mussels<\/li><li>salt and black pepper, to taste<\/li><li>1 lemon, juice and zest<\/li><li>1\/2 cup parsley, chopped<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Instructions\n\u2013<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Melt the butter\nin a large pot (with a lid), add the onion, garlic and chili flakes and saut\u00e9\nuntil soft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Add the white\nwine and simmer until reduced by two thirds. Add the cream and simmer for 2 &#8211; 3\nminutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Add the mussels\nand cover the pot. Steam over low heat until the mussels are cooked (about 8 \u2013\n10 minutes).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remove from\nthe heat, discard any unopened mussels, season to taste with salt and pepper, stir\nin the lemon juice, zest and parsley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Serve and\nenjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><em>Recipe courtesy of: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withablast.net\/\"><em>https:\/\/www.withablast.net\/<\/em><\/a><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naturally, when you\u2019re on holiday at the coast, you want to enjoy delicious seafood! You don\u2019t have to splurge on an expensive restaurant dinner to enjoy a delicious mussel pot! Check out this North Coast mussel pot recipe. Ingredients \u2013 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 small onion, finely chopped 2 teaspoons fresh garlic, crushed 1\/2 teaspoon chili flakes 1 cup dry white wine 1 cup &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/north-coast-mussels-in-lemon-garlic-butter-sauce\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">North Coast Mussels in Lemon Garlic-Butter Sauce<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[31,13,32],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes","tag-mussels-in-lemon-garlic-butter-sauce","tag-recipe","tag-sandy-place"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}