Steamed Mussels In Coconut Cream Recipe

Name: Steamed Mussels In Coconut Cream Recipe
Ingredients: • about 2kg of mussels, fresh as you can get and beards off.; • 1 ltr coconut cream, if using canned which is 50% water.; • ½ cup dry white wine (optional and not doyle’s way); • 1 med onion chopped.; • 1 stalk celery, chopped. (no leaves); • 3 tbs butter; • 1 strip of bacon, chopped (optional); • generous pinch thyme, to taste; • generous pinch basil, to taste; • 1 good sized bay leaf; • 1 tsp sugar; • ½ tsp salt, to taste; • good grind of black pepper