Ingredients Seafood Shellfish Mussel Moules à la Crème Be the first to rate & review! Chef Ludo Lefebvre shares his easy and delicious recipe for the Moules à la crème. For a step-by-step guide on how to make this classic French dish, watch this video. By Ludo Lefebvre Published on October 5, 2016 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Yield: 4 to 6 Ingredients 4 pounds well cleaned mussels 4 shallots 4 garlic cloves 1 fennel 4 bay leaves 8 branches thyme 4 tablespoons butter 1/2 bunch flat parsley chopped 4 cups dry white wine 2 cups crème fraîche 2 pinches chili flakes White pepper (to taste) Salt (to taste) Directions Peal the garlic and shallots slice them very thin (make sure you remove the green stem from the garlic cloves before slicing). Dice the fennel. In a large saucepan, bring the butter to sizzle but with no coloration. Add the shallots, fennel, bay leaves( make an incision) and thyme. Deglaze with the white wine and add the mussels. Make sure to cover all the mussels with the white wine. Add more wine if necessary. Cover the saucepan to strongly steam the mussels. Cook the mussels until they are all open. Add the crème fraîche to make a “liaison” (sauce), then chili flakes, parsley, white pepper and salt if necessary. Rate it Print