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Snails Cauderan / Escargots A La Cauderan

Cuisine: French
Courses: Starters and appetizers
Serves: 8 people

Recipe Ingredients

6 tablespoons 90mlLard
  Chicken stock
3 oz 85gRaw country ham
  Salt and pepper
10   Shallots
  Bouquet garni
  Fresh white breadcrumbs
100   Petits-gris snails
1/4 cup 59mlDry white Bordeaux

Recipe Instructions

Preparation time 1 hour. Cooking time 1 hour.

Melt the lard in a saute pan and brown the ham and chopped shallots; add a small amount of breadcrumbs soaked in the wine.

Moisten with stock and season with salt and pepper. Add the bouquet garni and cook for 20 minutes.

Add the starved and well-washed snails. Cook over a low heat for 40 minutes, turning often.

From "Larousse Traditional French Cooking."]

Source:
Red Caldwell

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