Sautéed Mushrooms and Escargots on Toast

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- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
2-4
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 small yellow onion, peeled and finely diced
- 1 shallot, finely diced
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
- 3⁄4 lb mixed mushrooms, stemmed, washed, dried and thinly sliced
- 1 (200 g) can snails, rinsed and drained
- 2 tablespoons dry sherry
- 1⁄2 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons fresh basil, slivered
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley (fresh)
- 4 square slices toasted bread, halved
directions
- Heat a large saucepan over medium heat. Add olive oil and the diced onion and shallot. Season with salt and pepper and cook until tender, 3-5 minutes.
- Add the minced garlic and lower the heat. Add the mushrooms. Season with salt and pepper. Cook until the mushrooms are tender and a lot of the liquid has evaporated at the bottom of the pan, 8-10 minutes. Add escargots last 4 minutes,.
- Add the Sherry to the mushrooms and cook until the flavor of the alcohol has mellowed considerably, 3-5 minutes.
- Add the sour cream and allow it to melt over the mushrooms. Check the seasoning. Add the lemon juice,basil and parsley; taste for seasoning. Bring to a simmer and serve on toast immediately.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Sageca
Canada
I love to cook, read recipe books and food magazines,spend time in kitchen stores, grocery stores, gourmet shops, learning new cooking techniques, trying new kitchen gadgets,tasting exotic foods,enjoying a wonderful meal. I've always had a herb garden; now I have containers on my patio with my must have herbs. It seems, everything tastes better with fresh herbs!