Snails Menetrel
1 lb Butter 1/2 c Parsley, chopped 1 tb Crushed garlic 3 tb Shallots, chopped 12 Canned anchovy fillets 1 tb Salt 1 ts Pepper 1 tb Quatre-epices 100 Canned snails 1/2 c White wine ...
Ingredients
- 1lbbutter
- 1/2c parsley, chopped
- 1tb crushed garlic
- 3tb shallots, chopped
- 12Canned anchovy fillets
- 1tb salt
- 1ts pepper
- 1tb quatre-epices
Directions
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1 lb Butter 1/2 c Parsley, chopped 1 tb Crushed garlic 3 tb Shallots, chopped 12 Canned anchovy fillets 1 tb Salt 1 ts Pepper 1 tb Quatre-ep
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Cooking time 8 minutes
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Make snail butter by working the butter with a mixture of chopped parsley, garlic, shallots and anchovy fillets
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Season with the salt, pepper and spice, then work through a fine sieve
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Quatre-epices is a plant from the Antilles (West Indies) whose fruit is at the same time reminiscent of pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg and clove
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mkm] Place a piece of butter the size of a bean inside each snail shell
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Add the snail, then close up the shell with some more butter, pressing it down firmly
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Arrange the snails on a dish and moisten with the wine if liked