Seafood parcel Recipe

Seafood parcel Recipe

  • 2 tbsp white wine
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled, chopped
  • 2 shallots, peeled, chopped
  • 1 tomato, chopped
  • a few fresh basil leaves, torn
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 6-8 mussels, cleaned, debearded (discard any that do not close tightly when tapped)
  1. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
  2. Place two layers of tin foil in a frying pan over a high heat. Add the wine, garlic, shallots and tomato and heat until simmering.
  3. Add the basil, lemon juice and mussels and scrunch the foil closed over the top to form a parcel.
  4. Cook the parcel in the oven for 8-10 minutes. Open up the parcel and discard any mussels that haven't opened.
  5. Serve the foil parcel on a plate.