Steam cooking
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Mussels
Fresh
Warning - danger of food poisoning!
Only cook mussels which are closed. Do not eat mussels which have not
opened after being cooked.
Steep fresh mussels in water for a few hours before cooking to rinse out any sand.
Then scrub the mussels thoroughly to clean them.
Frozen
Defrost frozen mussels before cooking.
Duration
The longer mussels are cooked, the harder they become. Use the cooking dura‐
tions given in the chart.
Settings
Temperature: see chart
Duration: see chart
[°C]
[min.]
Goose barnacles
100
2
Cockles
100
2
Blue mussels
90
12
Scallops
90
3
Razor clams
100
2–4
Vongole
90
2–4
Temperature /
Duration
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