IRISH Mussels with Creamy Cider Sauce!

This recipe allows for a great sharing bowl of comfort food, made superbly flavoursome with Irish cider, bacon & cream. Serves: 4 Time: 25 mins Ingredients (US & METRIC): 2kg/ 4 ½ lbs fresh mussels 25g/ ¼ stick butter 125g/ ⅔ cups bacon lardons or streaky bacon, diced 1 large shallot, peeled and finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, finely sliced 3 sprigs fresh thyme 1 heaped tsp Dijon mustard 300ml/ 1 ½ cups cider 4 tbsp double cream Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper Handful flat leaf parsley chopped To serve: Crusty bread Get the full recipe: Get a copy of my new book: US AMAZON: UK AMAZON: BARNES & NOBLE: ?