You can make this coriander dressing for the mussels and cockles well ahead of time. To keep it vibrant and green, blanch the coriander then cool in iced water. Drain before placing in the blender ...

If you do collect your own mussels, make sure the waters are unpolluted. They are at their best in the colder months outside the breeding season. Shop around when buying mussels and select those ...

Cockles can be used in seafood pies or tossed into salads. They can steamed until their shells open, like mussels. Use them in soups, risotto and paella or stew them in a tomato sauce and serve ...

When cooked briefly, cockles often remain tightly closed, unlike clams and mussels, which open when heated. These cockles are blanched for only 30-60 seconds, so they are still basically raw.

They would pack their cockles into sacks ... which grows oysters, mussels and seaweed in a sustainable way. Their aim is to improve the coastal environment and improve the wellbeing of the ...

The EU has told British fishermen they are indefinitely banned from selling live mussels, oysters, clams, cockles and scallops to its member states. As the UK is now a separate country ...