Thread: Marinated mussels.

Steam and shell mussel. You will need
One medium red onion
Raw sugar 4 Tbl spoon
Sweet chilly sauce 2 tbl or to taste
Malt vinager 500

Mix sweet chilli and raw sugar with 100 mills of vinager until sugar is disk led
Add rest of vinager bit by bit to suit your taste ... You don't want it to sweet as the mussel reduce the vinagers bite over night

Slice red onion in halve then into thin strips
Mix red onion and mussels (gently ) pour vinager/chilli/ sugar over these. Cover refrigerate until cold
Enjoy.

That is a perfect brew!

An small change is drop the sweet chilli and add really chilli's. And or cooked open the mussels in a hot smoker then do the above..... I think I need to grab some mussels this week...

Those things were bloody awesome on crackers.

@stingray, my tongue is hanging out. Just watch out for it when you close the drawer.

Will give that a go this summer.....

Originally Posted by gadgetman

@stingray, my tongue is hanging out. Just watch out for it when you close the drawer.

Forum fishing trip in Feb.... Reckon we can get a few down our necks that weekend eh.

Salted mussels are better than marinaded ones.............................................. .....................for bait

Bloody hell Mikee no wonder you never go fishing you see everything as bait...
Me scallops .. Mikee ..bait!
Me mussels ... Mikee .. Bait.
Me squid ... Mikee .. Bait.
Me kaiwhai .. Mikee bait
Me .. Me ... Mikee ... Hmmmm shark bait!!

Well I have just ordered a 13kg box of "food grade" squid for bait so I guess if I dont catch anything i really can eat the bait!!!!!

Actually the only shellfish I eat is scollies straight from the sea.

Sounds like a good recipe but just not for me I'm afraid..............................means more for the rest of you guys

Originally Posted by stingray

Forum fishing trip in Feb.... Reckon we can get a few down our necks that weekend eh.

I'm in!

@stingray Hi mate, did this at the weekend, started friday night they were 'wolfed' down saturday arvo....everyone complemented 'me' on the taste....cheers mate

will do next time with 'Hot' sweet chilli sauce and some sliced garlic....cant wait

Cheers @Scouser!! Really like your ideas. It's going to be a tasty summer!

stingray me old china -the mere sight of that brew suffices to induce a rajah on an amoeba!-Gimme,gimme,gimme.
PS gadget -if ya don't remove ya tongue it'll get chomped too!

My Son and I ate half of them while cooking and opening them, those that remained went into this brew slightly modified.
I didnt have enough malt vinegar and used cider vinegar to top off, added crushed garlic and and ghost chilli flakes.

They look good, I might give a bit of chilli a go next time. I do
1 vinegar,
1 sugar
2 water
1 onion
They need to be cold when they go in or they go mushy. I did mussels rapted in bacon last night, they went pretty quick.