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Snails Menetrel / Escargots A La Menetrel

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This French appetizer features Butter 1 teaspoon Pepper, Parsley, chopped 1 tablespoon Quatre-epices, Crushed garlic 100 ea Canned snails, Shallots. It delivers aromatic, well-seasoned taste, smooth, comforting richness. Ideal for parties, potlucks, or as a starter before the main course. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.
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Difficulty: Intermediate
Servings: 8
Calories: 819.4
Description
This French appetizer features Butter 1 teaspoon Pepper, Parsley, chopped 1 tablespoon Quatre-epices, Crushed garlic 100 ea Canned snails, Shallots. It delivers aromatic, well-seasoned taste, smooth, comforting richness. Ideal for parties, potlucks, or as a starter before the main course. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.
Ingredients
  • 1 lbs Butter
  • 1 teaspoons Pepper
  • 1/2 cups Parsley, chopped
  • 1 tablespoons Quatre-epices
  • 1 tablespoons Crushed garlic
  • 100 whole Canned snails
  • 3 tablespoons Shallots, chopped
  • 1/2 cups White wine (optional)
  • 12 whole Canned anchovy fillets
  • 2 cups Fresh white breadcrumbs
  • 1 tablespoons Salt
Directions
  1. 1
    Make snail butter by working the butter with a mixture of chopped parsley, garlic, shallots and anchovy fillets.
  2. 2
    Season with the salt, pepper and spice, then work through a fine sieve.
  3. 3
    [Quatre-epices is a plant from the Antilles (West Indies) whose fruit is at the same time reminiscent of pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg and clove.
  4. 4
    mkm] Place a piece of butter the size of a bean inside each snail shell.
  5. 5
    Add the snail, then close up the shell with some more butter, pressing it down firmly.
  6. 6
    Arrange the snails on a dish and moisten with the wine if liked.
  7. 7
    Sprinkle with the breadcrumbs and bake in a hot oven for 8 minutes.
  8. 8
    Dry white wines: Macon-Vire, Bourgogne-Aligote, Rully, Pouilly-Fuisse.
  9. 9
    [From "Larousse Traditional French Cooking."]

Nutrition Facts

Servings 8

Amount Per Serving
Calories 819.4kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 92.0g142%
Saturated Fat 57.9g290%
Cholesterol 244.0mg82%
Sodium 15355.4mg640%
Total Carbohydrate 1.4g1%
Dietary Fiber 0.1g1%
Sugars 0.2g
Protein 1.3g3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Keywords: 100, anchovy, appetizer, baking, breadcrumbs, butter, canned, chopped, crushed, escargots, fillets, french, fresh, garlic, menetrel, optional, parsley, pepper, quatreepices, salt
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