Escargots Bourguignonne - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
    1 teaspoon shallot, chopped
    1 teaspoon parsley, chopped
    1 1/2 teaspoons garlic, minced
    1 lemon, juice of
    1 dash Worcestershire sauce
    1 dash Tabasco sauce
    salt and pepper
    1 tablespoon Pernod
    escargot, drained and rinsed
    dry white wine
    snail shells, for serving
Preparation
    In a bowl cream together the butter, shallots, parsley, garlic, lemon.
    juice, Worcestershire and Tabasco, salt, pepper, and Pernod.
    Simmer the drained escargots in a little wine for a few minutes [long enough for them to absorb the wine].
    Drain them.
    Place some of the creamed mixture in each snail shell [using half of the creamed mixture], place escargots on top [one per shell], then top with remaining creamed mixture.
    Place the shells in an oven-proof serving.
    pan and bake them at 450 degrees F. until the butter begins to sizzle.
    Just before serving, sprinkle each escargot with a little dry white wine.

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