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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.

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Last modified on: November 7^th 2018

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For 900 g, you will need:

1 516 ml butter
2 60 ml parsley
3 60 ml shallot
4 41.28 ml butter
5 100 ml smoked ham
6 250 ml button or field mushrooms
7 2 tablespoons olive oil
8 2 cloves garlic
9 136.2 ml ground almonds
10 2 tablespoons Mustard
11 salt
12 pepper

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 47 min.

Cooking: 4 min.

All in all: 51 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 3 min.

Cut 516 ml butter into pieces, put these in a bowl and leave at room temperature for 2 hours (it's important).

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Chop 60 ml parsley finely. Set aside.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Prepare 60 ml shallot and chop very finely.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Melt 41.28 ml 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 100 ml 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 250 ml button or field mushrooms and dice very small.

Stage 8 - 1 min.

Still using the same pan, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil. When hot, add the diced mushrooms.

Cook for 1 minute without colouring.

Set aside.

Stage 9 - 3 min.

Peel and chop 2 cloves garlic very finely.

Put in a bowl.

Stage 10 - 2 min.

Add the chopped parsley, shallots, ham, mushroms, 136.2 ml ground almonds and 2 tablespoons 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	40 10 %	30 3 %	550 80 %	5,210 260 %	21,820 260 %
Per 100 g	3 1 %	3 0 %	50 8 %	520 30 %	2,180 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 900 g : 10.28 €

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