Mussels With Fresh Coconut And Mint - New Zealand

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 24 fresh mussels, in the shell
• 2 lemons, juice of
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 1 bunch fresh mint, shredded
• 1 coconut

Recipe

• 1 steam open the mussels by placing them in a saucepan with ½ cup water. as the water comes to the boil, keep the lid on the pan until all the mussels have popped open. remove from the pan. let them cool a little, then remove the top shell of each.
• 2 mix the lemon juice, oil, salt and pepper and spoon a little of this on to each mussel.
• 3 crack the coconut open by hitting it hard around the circumference with a hammer or cleaver. discard the water in the centre and, using a potato peeler or a very sharp knife, cut curls or shreds of coconut flesh.
• 4 top each mussel with a little shredded mint and coconut shreds. serve at once.