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Mussel Soup

by Editorial Staff

Summary

Prep Time 30 mins
Total Time 30 mins
Course Soup
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 4)

Ingredients

  • 1 kg mussel (s), (mussels)
  • 1 carrot (s)
  • 1 leek, small
  • 1 stick celery
  • 1 shallot (s)
  • 150 g mushrooms
  • 2 tablespoon butter
  • 3 dl white wine
  • 2 dl vegetable broth, light
  • 2 tablespoon vermouth, (Noilly Prat)
  • 1 tablespoon chives, finely chopped
  • 2 dl double cream
Mussel Soup
Mussel Soup

Instructions

  1. Thoroughly clean the mussels, sort out the opened mussels. Cut the carrot, leek, celery and shallot into fine cubes. Cut the mushrooms into thin slices.
  2. Put the butter in a large saucepan, sauté the vegetables well, then add the mushrooms. Deglaze with the white wine and the bouillon and then add the mussels. Cover and cook for about 12 minutes, shaking the pot from time to time.
  3. Remove the mussels from the broth, sort out the closed mussels, drain them and loosen the mussel meat. Pour the double cream into the stock and let it boil down a little. Then add the herbs and the Noilly Prat. Because remove the pot from the stove, season the brew to taste again, put the mussels back into the soup. Serve.
  4. Serve with a fresh baguette.
Editorial Staff

About Editorial Staff

The Boss Kitchen editorial staff oversees content review, fact-checking, and recipe verification across the site. Published articles pass through the editorial team before going live, ensuring ingredient lists, techniques, cooking times, and nutritional claims hold up in a home kitchen. The team coordinates contributions across the site writers, handles reader corrections, and maintains consistency in measurement conventions, safety guidance, and dietary labeling. Posts under this byline typically represent team-reviewed reference material, site announcements, or editorial roundups rather than individual-author features, and they are held to the same sourcing standards as bylined recipe and product coverage.

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