Moules gratinées – mussels au gratin
I was nostalgic of this recipe we tasted in our trip to France, We went to a restaurant called Leon des Bruxelles, their specialty are the mussels served in different recipes. I tried this one Moules Gratinées! Fresh mussels with a bread crumbs, garlic, white wine, parsley, Parmesan cheese and tomatoes sauce mixture on top and put in the oven to make this mixture crispy!
Gratin originated in French cuisine and is usually prepared in a shallow dish of some kind. A gratin is baked or cooked under an overhead grill or broiler to form a golden crust on top and is traditionally served in its baking dish.
This is the picture I took in the restaurant, and the recipe I did today had breadcrumbs that the restaurant one didn’t have.
Ingredients
- 32 mussels
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 6 garlic cloves sliced very finely
- 1 package of fresh parsley chopped
- 1 glass of white wine
- Salt and pepper
- 1/2 cup of tomato sauce
- 1/2 cup of panko bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup of grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Clean the mussels under running water, cook them with a little water, after they have opened take off the upper shell and begin putting the mussel in the half shell on a baking tray.
- Then in a frying pan, put the olive oil in a medium high flame, add the garlic, then the mussels, white wine, salt, pepper, parsley and tomato sauce, let this simmer for 5 minutes. Take of the flame.
- Spoon this mixture over each mussel and then sprinkle the bread crumbs and cheese. Put in the oven in broil position and leave it until golden brown!
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
It was really good! The sauce against the crispiness of the bread crumbs! was really wonderful.
Happy cooking!
10 thoughts on “Moules gratinées – mussels au gratin”
We eat steamed mussels all the time but I’ve never made them open faced with a breadcrumb mixture. This looks delicious and I’ll have to make them this way now! Thanks for sharing the recipe and your post makes me want to plan a trip to France too 🙂
Oh Karrie, Steamed mussels are great, but these have a crusty yummy covering coat that adds lots of flavor to the mussels! You definitely should plan a trip to France!
I love mussles, especially served warm/hot. I can easily imagine how delicious this dish is!
Hey Ben! me too! ???
Mussels are one of my husband’s favorites Gaila! These look delicious. Can’t wait to try!
Thank you Mary Ann! these were really fabulous! have a great week!
The French really know their mussels! Laura is a HUGE fan of mussels, so I might have to surprise her with this one sometime. I don’t think we’ve ever had them in gratin form…what a fun idea. Thanks so much for sharing this one, Gaila! Yum!!
Hey David! yes it is a great idea to gratin these mussels! imagine the possibilities! ????
I usually cook my mussels in beer and steam them open, but I’ve never had them made like this before. These look so fancy and delicious!
Thank you Rachelle! yes these are lovely, kind of fancy, yes! These could be perfect with beer too!