Grilled Mussels

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3 lbs mussels (about 60 mussels)
• 2/3 cup dry wine
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3 tablespoons minced garlic
• 5 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh chervil or 2 teaspoons dried chervil
• 1 1/4 teaspoons fresh ground pepper
• 2 cups breadcrumbs (made from firm-textured bread)
• 2 tablespoons freshly grated romano cheese

Recipe

• 1 scrub the mussels under cold water, trim off the beards.
• 2 place the mussels in a large pot, add the wine, cover and bring to a boil over moderately high heat.
• 3 steam until the shells open, about 5 minutes.
• 4 remove from the heat; discard any mussels that did not open.
• 5 in a medium bowl, blend 1-1/2 sticks of the butter with 2 tb of the garlic, 2 tb of the parsley, the chervil, and 1/4 tsp of the pepper.
• 6 in a small saucepan, melt the remaining butter.
• 7 in a medium bowl, combine the bread crumbs with the remaining 1 tb garlic, 3 tb parsley, and 1/2 tsp pepper.
• 8 add the cheese and stir in the melted butter to moisten the crumbs.
• 9 preheat the broiler.
• 10 pull off half of each mussel shell.
• 11 spread about 1/2 tsp of the garlic butter over each mussel and sprinkle evenly with the bread crumbs, pressing down gently so they adhere.
• 12 place the mussels on a baking sheet in a single layer and broil until the bread crumbs are golden brown, about 2 minutes.
• 13 serve hot.