Ingredients

• 50 black mussels
• 125 ml dry white wine
• 3 tbls butter
• 2 gloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1 cup parsley, finely chopped
• 1 large onion finely chopped
• 1 tomato, skinned and chopped
• pinch of dried thyme
• freshly ground black pepper to taste
• juice of 1 lemon
• 6 prawns
• 250 ml fresh cream

Method

1. Put the wine in the Potjie
2. Add the butter, garlic, parsley, onion, tomato, thyme, pepper and the mussels
3. Cover and simmer slowly for approximately 15 minutes
4. Sprinkle with lemon juice and add the crayfish or prawns
5. Simmer for a further 10 minutes.
6. Add the cream
7. Serve with French bread, chips or rice

 
Serves 4