Ingredients:
1 dozen green mussels
250 ml water
500 ml dry white wine
5-6 lemon balm leaves
4 thai red chilli (dried)
2 teaspoons fish sauce
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper.
Method:
> Clean Mussels and rince in water.
> Take a sauce pan with water and simmer add leamon balm, chilli and mussels, cover and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes or until shells open, shaking pot several times.
> When shells open, transfer to a bowl, reserving liquid in pan.
> Reduce the liquif by boiling.
> After the liquid has reached to half its volume add wine and recuce heat add the fish sauce, pepper and mussels.
> Simmer again for 5 minutes. don't over cook the mussels.
> Remove to serving platter, spoon remaining liquid over mussles if desired :)
*TIP: To Clean Mussel, Remove beards on mussels, and scrub shells well with a brush.
Discard opened or cracked mussels, or any heavy ones (they're filled with sand)
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