Beurre d'escargot


Beurre d'escargot
Beurre d'escargot is the typically French flavoured butter added to snails before they go into the oven.

In principal, this a simple mixture of butter, chopped parsley and garlic, but here is a more sophisticated gastronomic version with a flavour that simply oozes French savoir-faire.
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Last modified on: November 7th 2018
For 450 g, you will need:

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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 50 min.
Cooking: 4 min.
All in all: 55 min.
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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 3 min.
Beurre d'escargot
Cut 250 g butter into pieces, put these in a bowl and leave at room temperature for 2 hours (it's important).

Stage 2 - 5 min.
Beurre d'escargot
Chop 30 g parsley finely. Set aside.

Stage 3 - 5 min.
Beurre d'escargot
Prepare 30 g shallot and chop very finely.

Stage 4 - 1 min.
Beurre d'escargot
Melt 20 g butter in a small frying pan on medium heat, then add the chopped shallot.

Cook for 1 minute without colouring, then set aside.

Stage 5 - 3 min.
Beurre d'escargot
Cut 50 g smoked ham into small pieces.

Stage 6 - 2 min.
Beurre d'escargot
Lightly fry in the same pan as used for the shallot.

Set aside.

Stage 7 - 5 min.
Beurre d'escargot
Peel 50 g button or field mushrooms and dice very small.

Stage 8 - 1 min.
Beurre d'escargot
Still using the same pan, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil. When hot, add the diced mushrooms.

Cook for 1 minute without colouring.

Set aside.

Stage 9 - 3 min.
Beurre d'escargot
Peel and chop 1 garlic clove very finely.

Put in a bowl.

Stage 10 - 2 min.
Beurre d'escargot
Add the chopped parsley, shallots, ham, mushroms, 30 g ground almonds and 1 tablespoon Mustard.

Stage 11 - 2 min.
Beurre d'escargot
Mix well, salt and pepper.

Stage 12 - 3 min.
Beurre d'escargot
Soften the butter by stirring for a few minutes with a spatula or fork.

Stage 13 - 2 min.
Beurre d'escargot
Add to the mixture in the bowl and mix together.

Stage 14 - 3 min.
Beurre d'escargot
Your beurre d'escargot is ready for use on a batch of snails.

You can also prepare it to use later by transferring it into a forcing bag.

Stage 15 - 5 min.
Beurre d'escargot
Pipe butter "sausages" on a sheet of plastic film.

Stage 16 - 1 min.
Beurre d'escargot
Then roll up the butter in the film to make as even a cylinder as possible and twist the ends to seal.

Stage 17 - 5 min.
Beurre d'escargot
Make as many rolls as you can and freeze them.

Your beurre d'escargot can be used later, either for snails or in another recipe: just take out a roll and cut off pieces as you need them.
Remarks
No difficulty with mushrooms, use use what you got.
Keeping: Several days in the fridge. Freezes very well.
Source: Based on a recipe by Alain Ducasse.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe20 RDI=7 %20 RDI=2 %270 RDI=40 %2,610 RDI=130 %10,910 RDI: 130 %
Per 100 g3 RDI=1 %3 RDI=0 %50 RDI=8 %520 RDI=30 %2,180 RDI: 30 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man
Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Nuts, Mustard
How much will it cost?
  • For 450 g : 5.15 €

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