Mushroom And Escargot Soup Food

EASY GARLIC ESCARGOTS

Steps:

• Place escargots in a small bowl, and cover with cold water; set aside for 5 minutes. This will help to remove the canned flavor they may have.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease an 8x8 inch baking dish.
• Drain the water from the escargots and pat dry with a paper towel. Melt butter with the garlic in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the escargots and mushroom caps; cook and stir until the mushroom caps begin to soften, about 5 minutes.
• Whisk together wine, cream, flour, pepper, and tarragon in a small bowl until the flour is no longer lumpy. Pour this into the skillet, and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring occasionally until the sauce thickens, about 10 minutes.
• Remove the skillet from the heat, and use a spoon to place the mushrooms upside down into the prepared baking dish. Spoon an escargot into each mushroom cap. Pour the remaining sauce over the mushroom caps and into the baking dish. Sprinkle grated Parmesan cheese overtop.
• Bake in preheated oven until the Parmesan cheese has turned golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes.

CREAM OF MUSHROOM & ESCARGOT SOUP

Steps:

• Combine mushrooms, onion, chicken stock and simmer 20 minutes.
• In another pot, melt 4 Tbs butter at medium heat, stir in flour.
• Add milk and cream, cook stirring constantly until thickened and smooth.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Stir mushroom-chicken stock mixture into sauce.
• Saute escargot, garlic, parsley and green onion in remaining butter (1-2 minutes only).
• Add to soup with wine.

ESCARGOT WITH WILD MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Saute 1 chopped shallot with 1 tablespoon butter until the shallots are soft. Add the sliced mushrooms and saute until the mushrooms have released their liquid and it has evaporated. Set aside and keep warm.
• In a separate pan, saute the remaining chopped shallot in 1 tablespoon butter. Add the snails and the garlic to the pan and toss. Remove the pan from the heat and add the Cognac. Ignite the Cognac with a lighter or by tilting the pan carefully towards the open flame and letting it catch. Flambe the Cognac until it is almost reduced. Add the Cabernet, bay leaf, and thyme, and reduce the liquid in the pan by two-thirds. Pour the veal stock into the pan and let the sauce simmer for 5 minutes.
• After the snail mixture has simmered for 5 minutes, add in the mushrooms and remove from the heat. Whisk in the remaining butter and stir in the truffle oil. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper and top with chives. Serve the snails divided between warm shallow bowls.

BLACK FOREST ESCARGOT SOUP

Steps:

• Beurre Manie: Combine butter and flour in a small bowl and blend well.
• Soup: Melt butter in a large heavy sauce pan over low heat, add shallot and cook 5 minutes.
• Stir in garlic, cook 1-2 minutes, add mushrooms and cook 15 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Pour in wine, broths and creme fraiche, simmer 20 minutes.
• Stir in escargot, reserved liquid, chives, parsley and aniseed.
• Pinch off bits of Beurre Manie and whisk into soup, one at a time.
• Beat 1 tbsp of hot soup into the egg yolks, add 3 more tbsp one at a time, whisking vigorously.
• Add egg mixture to soup, stir in Pernod and let soup "mellow" over low heat (do not boil) 1-2 minutes.

SAUTéED MUSHROOMS AND ESCARGOTS ON TOAST

Steps:

• Heat a large saucepan over medium heat. Add olive oil and the diced onion and shallot. Season with salt and pepper and cook until tender, 3-5 minutes.
• Add the minced garlic and lower the heat. Add the mushrooms. Season with salt and pepper. Cook until the mushrooms are tender and a lot of the liquid has evaporated at the bottom of the pan, 8-10 minutes. Add escargots last 4 minutes,.
• Add the Sherry to the mushrooms and cook until the flavor of the alcohol has mellowed considerably, 3-5 minutes.
• Add the sour cream and allow it to melt over the mushrooms. Check the seasoning. Add the lemon juice,basil and parsley; taste for seasoning. Bring to a simmer and serve on toast immediately.

MUSHROOM AND ESCARGOT SOUP

Steps:

• Combine mushrooms,onion and chicken stock in soup pot and simmer for 20 minutes.
• In another saucepan, melt four tablespoons butter over medium heat gradually stirring in the flour until smooth. Remove from heat and gradually stir in the milk and cream. Return to medium heat and cook stirring constantly, until thickened. Season with salt and pepper. Stir mushroom-chicken stock into sauce.
• In a small frypan heat the remaining two tablespoons butter and add escargot, garlic, parsley and green onion, sauté for 2 minutes. Add to soup along with wine.

MUSHROOM AND ENDIVE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil and butter in a Dutch oven or soup pot over medium heat. Add the onion, 1/2 cup of cilantro, and mushrooms; cook and stir until tender. Season with salt and pepper.
• Pour in the chicken broth, and bring to a boil. Stir in the endive and remaining cilantro. Add the milk, and simmer for about 30 minutes over low heat. Season with cayenne pepper to taste.
• Place the yogurt in a separate pan or bowl, and gradually ladle in about 2 cups of the hot broth while stirring constantly. Stir this mixture back into the main soup pot, and remove from heat. If this procedure is not followed, the yogurt will break down into little bits. It will still taste good, but does not look the same. Ladle into bowls, and garnish with additional fresh cilantro.