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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.

74 K 3.6/5 (15 reviews)

55 min.

Easy

5.15 €

225 g

12 Ingredients

Last modified on: November 7^th 2018

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For 225 g, you will need:

1 4.5 oz butter
2 0.5 oz parsley
3 0.5 oz shallot
4 0.4 oz butter
5 0.9 oz smoked ham
6 2.2 oz button or field mushrooms
7 ½ tablespoon olive oil
8 ½ garlic clove
9 1.2 oz ground almonds
10 ½ tablespoon Mustard
11 salt
12 pepper

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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.

Cut 4.5 oz butter into pieces, put these in a bowl and leave at room temperature for 2 hours (it's important).

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Chop 0.5 oz parsley finely. Set aside.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Prepare 0.5 oz shallot and chop very finely.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Melt 0.4 oz 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.

Cut 0.9 oz smoked ham into small pieces.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Lightly fry in the same pan as used for the shallot.

Set aside.

Stage 7 - 5 min.

Peel 2.2 oz button or field mushrooms and dice very small.

Stage 8 - 1 min.

Still using the same pan, heat ½ tablespoon olive oil. When hot, add the diced mushrooms.

Cook for 1 minute without colouring.

Set aside.

Stage 9 - 3 min.

Peel and chop ½ garlic clove very finely.

Put in a bowl.

Stage 10 - 2 min.

Add the chopped parsley, shallots, ham, mushroms, 1.2 oz ground almonds and ½ tablespoon Mustard.

Stage 11 - 2 min.

Mix well, salt and pepper.

Stage 12 - 3 min.

Soften the butter by stirring for a few minutes with a spatula or fork.

Stage 13 - 2 min.

Add to the mixture in the bowl and mix together.

Stage 14 - 3 min.

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.

Pipe butter "sausages" on a sheet of plastic film.

Stage 16 - 1 min.

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.

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 recipe	9 RDI=4 %	8 RDI=1 %	140 RDI=20 %	1,300 RDI=70 %	5,460 RDI: 70 %
Per 100 g	3 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 225 g : 2.60 €

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