5 from 12 votes
Mussels Recipe with Blue Cheese
This recipe features fresh mussels cooked with crispy bacon, shallots, white wine, lemon juice, and spinach, finished with creamy mild blue cheese. The combination of briny mussels and rich blue cheese creates a unique savory sauce, balanced by the acidity of wine and lemon and the freshness of spinach. Served with crusty bread, it delivers a textured and flavorful seafood dish.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings:
4
Calories:
342 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
French
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 pounds mussels fresh
- 6 tablespoons olive oil
- 3/4 cup Bacon chopped
- 2/3 cup shallots thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup blue cheese mild, creamy
- 3/4 cup white wine
- lemon juice of 1
- 1/2 cup baby spinach or arugula, cleaned and de-stemmed
- salt
- black pepper
Instructions
- Rinse and check all the mussels. If they are cracked, throw them out! If they are slightly opened, squeeze them. If they don't close back up within a few seconds, throw them out! One bad mussel can spoil the whole pot.
- Heat the oil in a saute pan over medium-high heat. Cook the bacon until the fat is rendered and it is slightly browned. Remove the bacon and set aside.
- Add the shallots and saute 1-2 minutes. Then add the mussels and toss together. Add the white wine and lemon juice and toss together.
- When the mussels start to open, add half of blue cheese, melting it into the broth. As soon as all mussels are open, toss in the spinach.
- Season to taste with salt and black pepper. Top with the rest of the blue cheese and the bacon. Serve with crusty bread to sop up the blue cheese broth!
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Nutrition Information
Serving
15ounces
Calories
342kcal
(17%)
Carbohydrates
3g
(1%)
Protein
10g
(20%)
Fat
28g
(43%)
Saturated Fat
6g
(30%)
Cholesterol
28mg
(9%)
Sodium
529mg
(22%)
Potassium
114mg
(2%)
Sugar
0g
(0%)
Vitamin A
315IU
(6%)
Vitamin C
0.4mg
(0%)
Calcium
114mg
(11%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 342
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 15ounces | |
| Calories | 342kcal | 17% |
| Carbohydrates | 3g | 1% |
| Protein | 10g | 20% |
| Fat | 28g | 43% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Cholesterol | 28mg | 9% |
| Sodium | 529mg | 22% |
| Potassium | 114mg | 2% |
| Sugar | 0g | 0% |
| Vitamin A | 315IU | 6% |
| Vitamin C | 0.4mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 114mg | 11% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.