grilled mussels with smoked paprika cream

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 large fresh fennel bulb (fronds reserved for garnish) halved lengthwise and cut into 8 wedges
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 (18 x 18-inch) sheets of reynolds wrap® heavy duty aluminum foil
• 1 1/2 pounds mussels, scrubbed and debearded
• 1 shallot, finely diced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 cup dry white
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon flake sea salt, plus more to finish
• 1 lemon, halved

Recipe

• preheat an outdoor grill for high heat.
• brush the fennel wedges with olive oil and sprinkle with salt. place on prepared grill until cook until deeply charred and the fennel is just starting to soften, about 10 minutes. cool slightly. roughly chop 4 of the wedges.
• line a wide shallow bowl with three layers of heavy-duty aluminum foil.
• place the cleaned mussels in the middle of the foil. add the shallot, garlic, chopped fennel, white , cream and 1 teaspoon flake salt.
• seal the foil, first in the center, rolling up the edges tightly and then drawing in the outside flaps.
• place packet on grill, and grill until the juices are bubbling and the mussels have opened, about 12 minutes.
• during the last 2 minutes of cooking, grill the lemon halves until charred and juicy.
• finish with a squeeze of the grilled lemon, the reserved grilled fennel wedges, a sprinkling of fennel fronds and a pinch of flake salt.