# Tigres (Tiger Mussels)

A recipe for making tigres, a type of Spanish tapas made with mussels.

- Servings: 12 servings
- Total time: 42 min
- Cuisine: Spanish
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 100 g white wine
- 50 g butter
- 50 g flour
- 500 g whole milk
- 70 g liquid from cooking the mussels
- 100 g homemade tomato sauce
- 70 g prawns
- 150 g mussel meat
- 750 g mussels with shells
- 13 g anchovies
- 1 bunch chopped parsley
- 1 dash Tabasco
- 1 salt

## Instructions

1. Clean the mussels and remove the seaweed.
2. Warm up a glass of white wine in a pot and add the mussels. Cover and cook for 2 minutes.
3. Drain the mussels and reserve the cooking liquid.
4. Separate the mussels from their shells.
5. Blend the mussel meat, prawns and anchovies into a coarse paste.
6. Make a bechamel sauce: melt butter, toast flour for a couple of minutes, add milk while whisking vigorously.
7. Add the reserved cooking liquid, tomato sauce, and parsley to the bechamel. Cook over low heat for 20-30 minutes.
8. Add Tabasco to taste.
9. Cool the bechamel and fill the mussel shells with it.
10. Coat the filled shells with flour, egg, and breadcrumbs.
11. Fry the tigres in hot oil at 190°C for 1-2 minutes.

## Equipment

- pot
- spoon
- knife
- bowl
- blender
- whisk
- baking pan

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE1-9mGtD9e/?igsh=Ym9seDRtanlubWF0
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/a9724304-0319-44fa-bf99-c99a16cd4485
- Extracted: 2025-03-04

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