
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Welcome Guest @BarbaraRoss with Genevieve's Mussels #recipe #giveaway
Today we're thrilled to bring back Barbara Ross, who is celebrating her third Maine Clambake Mystery, Musseled Out with a lovely recipe--and a giveaway of the new book! Welcome Barbara!
The book takes place in the run up to Columbus Day weekend,
the traditional end of the season at the Snowden Family Clambake. Julia Snowden
has successfully saved the business from bankruptcy and finally has time to
think. Maybe too much time. Will she go back to her venture capital job in
Manhattan, or stay in Busman’s Harbor, Maine?
There’s a fly in the ointment, though. Shifty David Thwing,
The Mussel King, has been scouting for a place in town to offer a “dining
experience.” Thwing’s executive chef, Genevieve Pelletier, is a full-on cooking
prodigy, and it looks like they’ll provide formidable competition for the
clambake. So when Thwing is found sleeping with the fishes, Julia’s brother-in-law,
Sonny, becomes suspect #1.
I enjoyed creating the character of chef Genevieve
Pelletier. My husband, Bill Carito, as always my cooking advisor, enjoyed
creating her signature mussel dish.
Genevieve Pelletier has built the reputation
of her restaurants on her mussels, and if you make this dish you’ll see she
certainly deserves the praise she gets for them. Genevieve serves this hearty
dish as an appetizer, but it’s more than capable of carrying a meal as the
entree.
6
ounces chorizo, divided. Half diced, half sliced into thin rounds
2-3
cloves garlic, chopped
¾ cup
onion
¼ cup
celery, diced
¼ cup
red pepper, diced
salt
and pepper
½
Tablespoon smoked paprika
1 cup
diced tomatoes
½
Tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
½ cup
white wine
½
Tablespoon Dijon mustard
½ cup
heavy cream
1-1½
pounds mussels, scrubbed and de-bearded
1
Tablespoon chopped parsley for garnish
Heat
the olive oil on medium heat in a wide saucepan with a tight-fitting lid.
Add
the diced chorizo. Cook until lightly browned.

Stir
in tomato and thyme, cover pot, and simmer together for three to five minutes.
Add
wine and let bubble on high heat for about a minute.
Stir
in mustard and heavy cream and cook another minute. Taste and add additional
salt or pepper, if necessary.
Spoon
mussels into bowl, pour sauce over, and garnish with parsley
Barbara
Ross is the author of the Maine Clambake Mysteries, Clammed Up, Boiled Over and
Musseled Out (which will be released on April 28). Clammed Up was
nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel and was a finalist
for the Maine Literary Award for
Crime Fiction. Both Clammed Up and Boiled Over were nominated for the RT Book Reviews, Reviewer’s Choice Best
Book Award for Amateur Sleuth (2134 & 2014).
Barbara
writes on the big front porch of the former Seafarer Inn at the head of the
harbor in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. She blogs with a wonderful group of Maine
mystery authors at Maine Crime
Writers and with writers of New England-based cozy mysteries at Wicked Cozy Authors. You can reach
her at her website www.maineclambakemysteries.com
Don't forget to leave a comment with your email to be entered in the drawing for Musseled Out...
This series sounds great and the mussels sound yummy! Thanks for the opportunity!
ReplyDeleteangelhwk68@yahoo.com
Delicious seafood recipe and great book! EMS591@aol.com
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the first two books in this series.
ReplyDeletesgiden at verizon(.)net
Looks like a fun series, thanks for the chance :)
ReplyDeletejslbrown2009 at aol dot com
I've never eaten mussels - and I'll pass! - but I do enjoy the series and would be pleased to read about them!
ReplyDeletekpbarnett1941[at]aol.com
Musseled Out sounds like a great read. Thank you for a chance to win.
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I'm looking forward to reading this series. Maine is one of my favorite places in the world. Thank you for the recipe too. rencw@verizon.net
ReplyDeleteThat recipe had me at chorizo, LOL. It sounds amazing, and I bet some crusty bread to soak up the sauce would not go amiss. I live in Maine, and will definitely give this a try. Oh, and the book sounds like fun too, hehe.
ReplyDeleteHi Luanna--I hope you enjoy both the mussels and my depiction of Maine.
DeleteI'm happy to see you here, Barbara! We are thinking about a trip to Maine for a few days this summer. Can you recommend where we should go to get a real good feel for the Maine coast, without a lot of driving? I look forward to reading your books.
ReplyDeleteElaineE246 at msn dot com
Hi Elaine. The Maine coast is so jagged, it's actually as long a California's. If you don't want to do a lot of driving on your vacation, I'd pick one area and stay with it. There will be more than enough to do. Areas to consider might be, Southern Maine--Ogunquit, Kennebunkport, up to Portland which is a wonderful city, or Midcoast Maine where my books are set, including Wiscasset, Boothbay Harbor, Damariscotta and Pemaquid Point up to Rockland and Camden, or farther north, the Bar Harbor Region, or even father, Down East. And that's just the coast! Maine is an amazing tourist destination, but you'll have more fun and be more relaxed if you focus on one part of it.
DeleteThank you so much! We will look at the different areas and decide. We will be coming from near Albany, New York, so your list will be very helpful. I have always wanted to visit the coast since I read Elisabeth Ogilvie's books. And I look for other books that take place along the coast. Maybe I will get to see it this summer! Thank you so much!
DeleteElisabeth Ogilvie is amazing!
DeleteI love this series and own the first two book in it. I'd be thrilled to win this new book to add to my home library.
ReplyDeleteI'll be passing the recipe along to some friends who enjoy eating mussels.
I recently picked up this series and loved it!!!
ReplyDeletepurplewyytch@icloud.com
Seafood isn't my first choice, but I devour Barbara's series. I truly enjoyed the first 2 and eagerly look forward to Mussled Out. Thanks for the giveaway chance.
ReplyDeleteTennisace50(@)yahoo(dot)com
Thank you, everyone for the kind words about my series. Good luck with the contest and (for those of you who love seafood) with the recipe.
ReplyDeleteI love this series, I always walk away hungry though with a strong urge to travel to Maine and go to a clambake.
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I love this series and this recipe reminds me so much of some amazing food my husband and I ate last summer in Boothbay. In fact, we planned a trip to Maine because of this series. We were going to Boston for a conference and just decided to add some days in Maine, went to Kennebunkport and Boothbay and did the clam bake suggested in the back of the book. Thanks Barbara for writing a series so captivating, it also helped us to plan one of our favorite vacations :)
ReplyDeleteAmy--I'm so glad you enjoyed Maine and the Cabbage Island Clambake! As you experienced, the family and island are nothing like the books, but the delicious food is the same.
Deletethis recipe sounds DE-LISH!!!
ReplyDeletethank you for it & the giveaway....
cyn209 at juno dot com
The recipe sounds really good---now if I could only find some fresh mussels here in landlocked Minnesota. Thanks for the contest, I'd love to read the book.
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I had not heard about the Maine Clambake Mystery series. Am intrigued with that and the recipe shared here. I'll admit that I have only ever tried to make the usual mussels in white wine. Looking forward to trying something new.
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The recipe and, most of all, the new book sounds great. Thank you for the opportunity to win. dmskrug3 at hotmail dot com
ReplyDeleteLove this series and cant wait to get the new release. Mussels not so much a fan, but have a dear friend who love, love, loves them. So will definitely share the recipe with her. Reading about where Barbara writes these delicious books makes me wicked jealous. Thanks for the great books and the recipes.
ReplyDeleteNever read the series but hope to.
ReplyDeletegloriawalshver@yahoo.com
Thanks for the recipe - I love mussels! And I loved Clammed Up, but haven't yet read Boiled Over. I love reading books set in Maine, as they remind me of family trips to York Beach. I'm hoping to be able to take both my girls there during our New Hampshire trip this summer!
ReplyDeleteLove this series but will pass on this recipe. I'm going to see if your hubby will friend me. Love Maine settings in books. Ruth Nixon
ReplyDeleteBarb! You're so lucky to have a husband with cooking talent! I'm jealous. Thanks for joining us today. The book and the recipe look wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Krista. And you're right. I don't appreciate him nearly enough.
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