Snails Bourgugnonneescargots A La Bourguignonne Food

ESCARGOTS A LA BOURGUIGNONNE

Steps:

• In a small bowl mix the butter, shallots, garlic, parsley, salt and pepper until the butter is soft and the ingredients are thoroughly combined.
• Put about 1/4 tablespoon of the butter in each shell, followed by a snail, and then another 1/4 tablespoon of butter.
• Place on individual oven-proof serving dishes and bake in a 400F (200C) oven for 10 to 15 minutes, until the butter begins to bubble.
• Serve with crusty French bread (baguette) for sopping up the sauce.
• * Canned escargots (snails) can be bought, complete with empty shells for serving, in most supermarkets in the US.

ESCARGOT A LA BOURGUIGNONNE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine the butter, parsley, shallots, garlic, and brandy in a bowl and blend well.
• Place a snail in each shell and fill the cavity with the seasoned butter. (If you do not have shells, you can use escargot baking dishes - this is actually how I prefer to make them. Most of such dishes hold 6 escargot apiece.).
• Place on a baking pan and bake for twelve minutes.
• Serve hot, as an appetizer, on individual snail dishes - or on small folded napkins on plates, to keep the shells from sliding about. Also, small silver forks to easily eat them with are a good idea.
• Make sure to have plenty of good bread alongside, to mop up the delicious butter sauce! :).
• Also good with a bit of Parmesan sprinkled on top of each.

CLASSIC ESCARGOTS à LA BOURGUIGNONNE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Purée butter, garlic, parsley, and shallot in a food processor. Season with salt and pepper.
• Divide half the garlic butter among sterilized snail shells. Stuff with snails (1 per shell) and remaining garlic butter.
• Bake 10 minutes.

L'ESCARGOT BOURGUIGNON (SNAILS):

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Rinse and drain the snails and set aside.
• Combine all of the ingredients in a bowl, except the dried parsley flakes, and mix well.
• Place the shells on oven proof snail serving plates that usually hold 6 shells per plate. Make sure that the shell openings are facing directly up.
• Place a small dab of butter mixture into each shell.
• Stuff a snail into each shell, slightly pushing it half way into the cavity of the shell.
• Place about 3/4 of a teaspoon of butter mixture on top of each snail.
• Sprinkle the top of each snail with the dried parsley flakes.
• Place the plates and snails into the oven and bake for 10 minutes.
• Remove from oven and serve hot with plenty of crusty French bread for sopping up the leftover sauce.

SNAILS BOURGUGNONNE/ESCARGOTS A LA BOURGUIGNONNE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• In a small bowl mix the butter, oil, onion, garlic, parsley, and pepper until all are thoroughly combined.
• Chill till firm about 2 hours.
• Put about 1/4 tablespoon of the mixture in each shell, followed by a snail, and then top each snail with the remaining mixture.
• Spread kosher salt in a shallow baking dish and nestle shells, butter sides up, in salt.
• Optional:.
• If using mushrooms towel dry off the dirt, oil caps, pre-bake in oven for 5 minutes then top with snail and top with butter oil mixture.
• Bake in oven for 10 minutes, until the mixture begins to bubble.
• Remove to serving platter without loosing any of the sauce.
• Serve with crusty French bread (baguette) for sopping up the sauce.