Halina's Escargot (France)

Submitted by lazy gourmet

"Halina is my stepmom, and this is her recipe. I didn't even like escargot until she convinced me to try it. For you seafood haters, it's not fishy at all. (I don't like much seafood at all because of that.) And the best thing is you don't have to mess with fresh seafood (which makes me go "ewww"). These are canned! You can usually find canned snails in the same place as the canned tuna in your grocery store."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 (7 ounce) cans snails, rinsed under very hot water and drained
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 4 -6 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 bunch parsley, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup white wine
• 1 tablespoon whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1⁄2 cup seasoned breadcrumbs
• salt and pepper, to taste

directions

1. Melt butter in a small/medium skillet on medium heat. Sweat garlic in the butter for one minute, then add the parsley, wine, salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer.
2. Remove from heat and add in the cream. Stir until blended and add the snails. Turn snails in the sauce until coated through.
3. Divide snails and sauce among 4 small ovenproof dishes or ramekins and top with the breadcrumbs. Bake at 20-25 minutes at 350°F.

Reviews

[Zurie]

The taste of the sauce was not exactly right (well, to my taste) so I added a little more than a teaspoon of sugar, and I squirted in some lime juice. I also added more cream than the recipe says. Then it tasted fine. So all in all, we enjoyed this escargot dish. Next time I might use more wine and boil it down first, and only then add the butter, so the butter does not boil too much. I baked it as instructed, and enjoyed with stoneground flour ciabatta. Thanks!

 

[KateL]

Tasty, but did not convert DH to escargots. Made for ZWT5 for French Region.

 

[Sageca]

We love escargots and this recipe was great. I cooked some mushrooms in garlic butter and place the escargot on top, then added a bit of cheese that I place in the toaster oven; Wow! It is a taste sensation, served with toasts. I hope you don't mind that I added things. Thank you for posting. I made this for ZWT5. Rita

 

[Mulligan]

I've never made escargot before, but this recipe made it easy! I cut the recipe in half since there were only 2 of us and the 7 oz cans run about $10. Keep in mind the 7 oz cans contain about 16 snails. I had my suspicions about canned snails, but it was actualy very good. In fact, I was serving this with barely toasted french bread. I kept dipping the bread in the garlic butter sauce. I used a Pinot Grigio and had a glass of it along with the escargot. Yum! Hubby didn't like the breadcrumbs so I'll probably leave it out next time (I personally liked it). It's been requested to be in a more regular rotation going forward. Thanks for posting! Made for ZWT5-RRR.