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Beurre d'escargot

Name: Beurre d'escargot
Prep time: 47 min
Cook time: 4 min
Total time: 51 min
Yield: 450 g
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 250 g butter; 30 g parsley; 30 g shallot; 20 g butter; 50 g smoked ham; 50 g button or field mushrooms; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 garlic clove; 30 g ground almonds; 1 tablespoon mustard; salt; pepper

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.

84 K 3.6/5 (15 reviews)

55 min.

Easy

5.15 €

450 g

12 Ingredients

Last modified on: November 7^th 2018

For 450 g, you will need:

1 250 g butter
2 30 g parsley
3 30 g shallot
4 20 g butter
5 50 g smoked ham
6 50 g button or field mushrooms
7 1 tablespoon olive oil
8 1 garlic clove
9 30 g ground almonds
10 1 tablespoon mustard
11 salt
12 pepper
Total weight: 500 grams

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 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.

Chop 30 g parsley finely. Set aside.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 5 min.

Prepare 30 g shallot and chop very finely.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 1 min.

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.

Cut 50 g 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 50 g button or field mushrooms and dice very small.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 1 min.

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.

Peel and chop 1 garlic clove very finely.

Put in a bowl.

Stage 10 - ⌛ 2 min.

Add the chopped parsley, shallots, ham, mushroms, 30 g ground almonds and 1 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	20 RDI=7 %	20 RDI=2 %	270 RDI=40 %	2,610 RDI=130 %	10,910 RDI: 130 %
Per 100 g	3 RDI=1 %	3 RDI=0 %	50 RDI=8 %	520 RDI=30 %	2,180 RDI: 30 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: milk, Nuts, mustard

How much will it cost?

For 450 g : 5.15 €

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