Recipe: Jacques and Suzanne Escargots
For 4 Persons
Category: Appetizer
------------------------------ESCARGOT BUTTER------------------------------
14 oz (1-3/4 cups) unsalted butter
1/2 oz (5 medium-sized cloves)
-garlic; finely chopped
1/2 oz (1-1/2 tablespoons)
-shallots; finely chopped
1 1/2 oz (4 tablespoons) parsley;
-finely chopped
1/2 Piece anchovy filet; finely
-chopped
1 Piece filbert; chopped
2 1/2 ts Salt
1 pn White pepper
1 pn Cayenne pepper
1/4 Lemon; juice of
1 ts Pernod liqueur
2 ts Dry white wine
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3/4 c Whipping cream
24 Snail pieces
1 1/2 c Dry white wine
1/2 c Whipped cream
Prepare all ingredients for escargot butter. Place garlic, shallots,
parsley, anchovy filet and filbert in blender and blend thoroughly. Place
butter and dry seasonings in mixing bowl and beat until butter is well
incorporated with air. Add puree mixture from blender, lemon juice, Pernod
and white wine and continue beating. Place snail butter in covered
container and refrigerate for several days. Butter can be frozen if not for
immediate use. For service, butter should be at room temperature. Heat 24
snails in dry white wine. Place the snails in escargot dishes. Reduce 3/4
cup of whipping cream by half. Remove from heat and when it is tepid, using
a French whip, incorporate piece by piece 11/2 cups of the soft (room
temperature) butter. Fold in the 1/2 cup of whipped cream. Pour the
prepared butter-cream mixture over the snails and glase them quickly under
the broiler. Serve with crusty French bread.
RESTAURANT JACQUES AND SUZANNE
(CHILL SEVERAL DAYS)
From
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