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Boiled Mussels

4 servings

Ingredients

• mussels (as needed)
• 1 pcs onion
• heavily salted, boiling water (as needed)
• anchovy sauce (as needed)
• butter (alternative) (a little)
• mustard (alternative) (a little)
• lemon wedges (alternative) (a little)

Instructions

1. Clean the mussels thoroughly with a brush, discarding any dead mussels with gaping shells.
2. Place the mussels along with an onion in heavily salted boiling water, cover the pot, and cook for a few minutes.
3. Remove, extract the animals from their shells, and serve with anchovy sauce, or alternatively, with butter, mustard, and lemon wedges.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.