Moules-frites cook along

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Going to start by cutting up some russet potatoes and soaking them in water for a bit

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For my first dipping sauce I'm gonna start by mincing some red and green peppers

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Lemme go cry for a while from these shallots ...

This is real time, I assume?

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>>9097000
Yeah boiiiiiiii!

Just put in some herbs for dip 1. Some parsley and some thyme.

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Finished off dip 1 with about half a cup of mayo, 2 cloves of garlic half a lemon, some salt and some white pepper! Now onto dip number 2.

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Roasting some garlic now, and in the mean time getting the potatoes dry for their first fry

This looks great. I'm landlocked and thus I distrust my local shellfish.

:^(

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everything looks on track so far

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>>9097127
>>9097125
Thanks guys!

Just put some chipotle peppers with some adobo sauce in with some mayo. Once the garlic is done then it's going straight in and boom sauce 2 done! Didn't take out any seeds so we'll see how spicy these peppers happen to be.. adventure!

>>9097127
I really, really like that pic.

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Round 1 of frying has begun!

>>9097170
Enjoying this thread OP thanks.

>>9097190
Glad to hear it!

As an after thought I decided to add some cilatro and lime to the chipotle and roasted garlic mayo dip. Definitely a good addition and I'm glad my upstairs neighbours let me grab herbs from their garden

>>9097147
I want in on that sauce.

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Round 1 of frying is all done! Just gotta let these guys sit for half an hour. Just gonna clear off my counter and do some dishes before starting on the mussels

I love this combo but I've only ever had it while in Belgium, apparently it's something of a national dish over there. Where you from OP?

I'm actually from Toronto. For the summer I'm working a part time job, so to keep myself busy on my days off I'm trying out making different recipes and national dishes from around the world. So today is Belgium! I've also make stuff from Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, South Korea, Phillipines, India and Bangladesh so far.

>>9097245
Oh shit, currently living in Scotland but originally from Toronto myself. You sound like a cool bro, good luck on the rest of your food crusade.

>>9097253
Thanks man! Appreciate it!

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Back to cooking! Sautéing some shallots and garlic in some butter

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In with the cream and some beer! I didn't have a huge selection of belgian beer so I went with hoegaarden.

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Second round of frying while the mussels are steaming!

>>9097379
Those are burnt. Your first fry should blanch fries for 4-5 minutes WITHOUT getting any color. You already had too much color on first fry, so now you have burnt potato sticks. feels bad man

>>9097379
what the hell, dude

those look burned

>>9097379
pls dont fuck up mussels bby

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The second batch of fries turned out much better. But now the mussels are done!

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There you have it! Moules-frites! :)

>>9097445
Good show OP

>>9097445
Looks good. I'd really like to try that chipotle dip. Generally I like mussels in a garlic white wine steam, but the beer should work good to. Don't let that steam liquid go to waste, I like to spoon it up with an empty mussel shell like soup.

>>9097445
Bravo Nolan!

>>9097502
>>9097537
Thanks! And that's exactly what I did! I've made mussels with a white whine sauce once before. I saw this variation online and thought I'd give it a try. I actually really liked the hoegaarden with the mussles. It gave it a nice subtle citrus undertone. The chipotle sauce turned out well too. Definitely would make this again.

>>9097445
looks pretty good.