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Tigres: Spanish Stuffed Mussels

Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Spanish
Servings: 8 - 10 tigres
Author: LydiaF

Ingredients

  • 6 mussels cleaned and cooked
  • 2 tablespoons minced onion 1/4 medium onion
  • 2 tablespoons minced red and/or green pepper 1/4 pepper...I used jarred roasted red peppers
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1/4 cup olive oil or a mix of olive oil and butter
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1/4 teaspoon smoky paprika
  • pinch cayenne pepper optional
  • 1 cup whole milk cream or half and half (I used cream)
  • bread crumbs seasoned with a little dried parsley and garlic powder
  • more oil for frying the tigres

Instructions

  • Saute the onions and peppers in the olive oil until the onions have softened and changed color.
  • Stir in the flour and cook for a couple minutes until the flour begins to change color.
  • Season with the salt, pepper, paprika and cayenne.
  • Stir in the cream in batches and continue to stir as the sauce thickens.
  • Use kitchen scissors to chop the mussels directly into the sauce.
  • When nice and thick, remove the sauce from the heat and allow to cool while you clean up the mussel shells and prepare a plate of seasoned bread crumbs.
  • Spoon a generous amount of sauce into empty mussel shells and press them, sauce side down, into the bread crumbs. Remove to a tray and repeat for the other mussels. You may have extra shells.
  • At this point the mussels can be frozen on the tray. After they are frozen they can be placed in a freezer bag or other container. You don't have to thaw your tigres to cook them if they're frozen.
  • To cook, estimate the height of the filling and add oil to the same depth in a skillet. Heat over medium high heat. Place the tigres shell side up in the oil and fry until the bread crumbs are a nice color and the the filling is heated through.