Escargots à l'amour - love snails


"Normally, snails are served à la bourguignonne, dripping of fat. But love food should be light! For a change, try this recipe for an early Sunday lunch."
Recipe by: diel

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Preparation Time:
20 Min
Serves:
2
Difficulty:
Moderate
Cost:
cost recipe

Main Ingredients:

24-48 snails
2 medium-sized tomatoes
1 green bell pepper
25-50 grams celery
50 grams butter
2 garlic cloves
0.2 grams saffron
thyme and sage
salt


Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

Proceed as follows:
Remove the skin and seeds from the tomatoes
Remove the seeds from one green bell pepper.
Chop the tomatoes and the bell pepper, together with a piece of celery, coarsely, using a food processor for 5 seconds.
Melt the butter, add two pressed garlic cloves, saffron and generous pinches of thyme, sage and salt to the melted butter
Let stand for a few minutes, then add the chopped vegetables.
Place 24-48 snails (depending on size) in special snail porcelain ramekins with handles or simply in two individual gratin dishes and cover with the butter-vegetable mixture.
Cook in the preheated oven (500 oF, 260 oC) for 10 minutes or until the vegetables begin to turn slightly brownish.
Serve together with a baguette type bread and a glass of Chablis

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