Sautéed Petit-Gris Snails and Mashed New Potatoes with Garlic and Parsley Cream Recipe
Flavors of France
Cooking time: 1 hour
Total time: 1hr to 2hr
Preparation time: 1 hourCooking time: 1 hour
Difficulty: Average
Ingredients
Ingredients for 4 servings
- 8 dozen petit-gris Snails, cooked in court-bouillon
- 250 g (9 oz.)
- 30 g (1 oz.) thin green beans (about 20)
- 100 g (3 1/2 oz.) parsley cream
- A thin slice of bacon
- 2 slices of white bread
- 20 g (4 tsp.) finely chopped shallot
- 50 g (3 tbsp.) butter
- Salt and pepper
Garlic oil
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 50 ml (3 tbsp.) peanut oil
Method
Step 1
- Make the parsley cream
- Cook the snails
Step 2
- Snap the ends off the green beans and cook in boiling salted water. Cool immediately under cold water and pull each green bean apart down the middle.
- Cut the bread into small dice, brown in clarified butter and drain.
- Cook new potatoes in their skin in boiling salted water.
- Remove the skins from the potatoes and mash with a fork. Heat the potatoes with 40 g of butter and the bacon, cooked and cut into small pieces.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Sauté the snails with a pat of butter, add the chopped shallots, 2 tbsp. garlic oil, and salt and pepper.
Presentation
- Heat the green beans in some butter.
- Divide the mashed potatoes in the middle of four plates.
- Arrange the green beans in a ring around the potatoes and place the snails in the centre.
- Add a small spoonful of parsley cream between each green bean and top with a toasted bread cube.
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