Name: Steamed mussels with smoked Cretan apaki
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 20-30 cleaned mussels; 100 grams Cretan apaki; 1⁄2 white onion; 1 spring onion; juice and zest of 1⁄2 fresh lemon; a bit of dill; salt; pepper; olive oil

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Neatly clean the mussels in cold water, remove their ‘’mustache’’ (and any dirt) and their shells.
In a shallow frying pan, with a bit of olive oil, sauté the apaki for 2 minutes or until golden and then remove it.
Next, in the same frying pan, add the white and spring onion and sweat them on medium heat, for 2-3 minutes.
Add the mussels, deglaze with lemon juice or wine if you want and let it evaporate. Cover lid and steam them for 3 minutes.
Add dill, juice and zest of half lemon and mix well.
Serve in a deep plate, with a bit more dill, apaki, raw olive oil and zest of lemon and optionally, a bit of chili bell pepper and spring onion!!

Steamed mussels with smoked Cretan apaki

Steamed mussels with smoked Cretan apaki

Steamed mussels with smoked Cretan apaki

Ingredients

Instructions

Neatly clean the mussels in cold water, remove their ‘’mustache’’ (and any dirt) and their shells.

In a shallow frying pan, with a bit of olive oil, sauté the apaki for 2 minutes or until golden and then remove it.

Next, in the same frying pan, add the white and spring onion and sweat them on medium heat, for 2-3 minutes.

Add the mussels, deglaze with lemon juice or wine if you want and let it evaporate. Cover lid and steam them for 3 minutes.

Add dill, juice and zest of half lemon and mix well.

Serve in a deep plate, with a bit more dill, apaki, raw olive oil and zest of lemon and optionally, a bit of chili bell pepper and spring onion!!

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