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.
55K 15 3.6
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Last modified on: November 7th 2018

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For 1 kg 350 g, you will need:

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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 3 min.
Beurre d'escargot
Cut 774 ml 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 90 ml parsley finely. Set aside.

Stage 3 - 5 min.
Beurre d'escargot
Prepare 90 ml shallot and chop very finely.

Stage 4 - 1 min.
Beurre d'escargot
Melt 61.92 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.
Beurre d'escargot
Cut 150 ml 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 375 ml button or field mushrooms and dice very small.

Stage 8 - 1 min.
Beurre d'escargot
Still using the same pan, heat 3 tablespoons 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 3 cloves garlic very finely.

Put in a bowl.

Stage 10 - 2 min.
Beurre d'escargot
Add the chopped parsley, shallots, ham, mushroms, 204.3 ml ground almonds and 3 tablespoons French 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
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
7,817 Kcal or 32,728 Kj55 gr49 gr822 gr
391 %21 %5 %125 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
521 Kcal or 2,181 Kj4 gr3 gr55 gr
26 %1 %<1 %8 %
% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).
Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Nuts, Mustard
How much will it cost?
  • For 1 kg 350 g : 15.42 €

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