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Escargot

  • 14 canned snails, drained
  • 1 large garlic clove, cut in very thin slivers
  • 1/4 cup butter, cold, sliced thin
  • the juice of half a lemon
  • 1/4 cup parsley, minced
  • sea salt and cracked pepper
  • 14 medium sized mushrooms, stems removed
  1. Preheat the oven to 400 F.
  2. Rub a baking dish with olive oil and the set the mushroom caps, cavity side up in the dish.
  3. Sprinkle with the lemon juice.
  4. Lay a sliver of garlic in each cavity.  Top with the escargot. 
  5. Lay a slice of the butter on each one and then season with salt and pepper.
  6. Roast in the oven for about 20 minutes.
  7. Sprinkle with the parsley.
  8. Serve with a baguette.

Spicy Shrimp with Baguette

  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 lb raw, shelled, deveined shrimp
  • 1 head garlic, peeled, sliced
  • 1 habanero, seeded, minced
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 1 tbsp dry sherry
  • the juice of 1 lime
  • sea salt
  • 1/4 cup minced cilantro
  • 1 ripe tomato, diced
  • 1 baguette
  1. Melt the butter in a dutch oven.  Add the garlic and habanero and saute until fragrant.
  2. Add the chicken stock, lime juice, dry sherry, cilantro and the tomato.  Season with salt.
  3. Bring to a boil and cook 5 minutes.
  4. Add the shrimp and stir until pink.
  5. Serve with a hot fresh baguette.

Escargot in Mushroom Caps

  • 24 snails, canned, rinsed, patted dry
  • 24 mushrooms, stems removed 
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 scallions, minced
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • cracked pepper
  • sea salt
  • 2 tsp lemon juice
  1. Combine the butter, with the garlic, scallions.
  2. Mix in cracked pepper, lemon.
  3. Preheat the oven to 400 F.
  4. Spoon some of the butter on to each mushroom cap and then nestle each snail in the centre.  Top with any remaining butter.
  5. Arrange the mushrooms in a baking dish and bake for 15 minutes.  Serve.

Escargot with Puffed Pastry

  • 5 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/2 lb butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup minced parsley
  • 1/4 cup minced chives
  • 1 minced shallot
  • cracked pepper
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp cognac
  • 24 ver large canned snails
  • 1 lb puff pastry, thawed
  1. Combine the garlic and salt into a paste.  Mash with butter.  Add the parsley, chives, shallots, pepper, lemon juice and pernod.
  2. Place a snail in each indentation of a snail dish, or simply in a pan.  Spoon about 2 tsp of the butter over each snail.  Chill 1 hour.
  3. Preheat the oven to 450 F.
  4. Using a small round cutter, cut 24 rounds out of the puff pastry sheet.  Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and arrange the round on top, cover with another sheet of parchment and top with a second baking sheet.  Bake 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown.  Cool.
  5. Keep the oven at 450 F.
  6. Bake the snails for 5 to 8 minutes, until the butter is bubbling.  Top each snail with a round of puff pastry and bake 30 seconds.
  7. Serve.

 

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