Escargot (Snails)

Traditional Escargot Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened
• 1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
• 1 tablespoon minced shallot
• 1 7-oz can snails, rinsed

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Purée butter, garlic, parsley, and shallot in a food processor. Season with salt and pepper.
• Divide half the garlic butter among sterilized snail shells. Stuff with snails (1 per shell) and remaining garlic butter.

Buy Escargot

Escargot can be purchased cleaned, and canned .  You can buy Escargot Shells Meat Dishes and Tools at Amazon.com or, look for them in the gourmet section of well stocked grocery stores.  To use these you just need to rinse them.  Prepare your sauce, stuff the escargot in the shells and bake.

Sometimes you can find the escargot, prepared with the sauce, frozen. I've purchased these at at grocery store in France and they were delicious!  All you do is put them in the little escargot dish and bake.  These are very convenient.  Again, look for these in gourmet specialty stores.  You may find them online as well but requires overnight shipping.