{"id":325848,"date":"2026-07-01T11:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/325848\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:41:15","slug":"in-the-chefs-kitchen-at-alsace-french-bistro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/325848\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Chef&#8217;s Kitchen at Alsace French Bistro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 It&#8217;s a traditional French dish courtesy of Chef David Weiss. Weiss is the Chef and owner of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsacefrenchbistro.com\/\" style=\"color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alsace French Bistro <\/a>in Tierra Verde.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">And he&#8217;s also the author of the cookbook &#8220;Let&#8217;s Cook French: The Alsace French Bistro Cookbook.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">You can find this recipe there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">Moules Marini\u00e8res | Serves 2<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">Ingredients<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">2 lb. mussels<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">2 oz of butter<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">3 French shallots, finely chopped<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">1 clove of garlic, finally chopped<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">1 cup of dry white wine<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">2 cups of heavy whipped cream<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">Salt and Pepper to taste<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">2 tbsp of chopped parsley<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">Directions<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">Rinse the mussels<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">In a large pot add the butter, the chopped shallots and the garlic cook for 2 minutes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">Add the white wine and the heavy whipped cream and bring to a boil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">Season the sauce to taste with salt and pepper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">Add the mussels and cover.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">Cook for 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">Sprinkle the chopped parsley on top and serve immediately.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">Tip:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5rem 0; line-height: 1.6;\">For a nice and interesting twist, just add 2 tbsp of Dijon mustard to the dish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 It&#8217;s a traditional French dish courtesy of Chef David Weiss. Weiss is the Chef&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[7147,274,7152,28,575,14608,115,4094,7149,139,202,204,203,199,201,200,135,278,7148,835],"class_list":["post-325848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-app-chefs-kitchen","tag-app-top-stories","tag-chefs-kitchen","tag-florida","tag-food","tag-food-and-dining","tag-news","tag-on-the-town","tag-on-the-town-app","tag-orlando","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-tampa","tag-top-stories","tag-virginia-johnson","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}