Big Johns Baked Escargot Recipes

BIG JOHN'S BAKED ESCARGOT

Steps:

• Rinse escargot in a colander in order to remove any sand and set aside.
• Grind spices together in a mortar until fine.
• Clean mushrooms and completely remove stems, making sure to create a place for escargot.
• Place in a large skillet with 1 tablespoon of the butter and sauté over medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring often.
• Remove from heat and place mushroom caps on escargot dishes stem side up.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Chop half of the mushroom stems up and place in small sauce pan with remaining butter, garlic and spices, discard the rest.
• Cook over medium heat for 3 minutes.
• Place one escargot on each mushroom cap.
• Spoon butter mixture over escargots and sprinkle with parmesan.
• Place escargot dishes onto a cookie sheet and bake in oven for 15 minutes or until cheese is browned and sauce is bubbling.
• Use bread for cleaning up the sauce.

ESCARGOTS GRATINéS

Steps:

• Drain and rinse the escargots.
• Put escargots, bay leaf and consommé in sauce pan.
• Simmer for 40 minutes without covering.
• Drain the escargots.
• Meanwhile melt butter and add the crushed garlic; set aside.
• Spoon escargots in garlic butter and let rest 2 hours on counter.
• Place escargots in each hole of escargot dish.
• Spoon on garlic butter.
• Cover with grated cheese.
• Set under broiler for 5 minutes.
• Serve with toasts.

BAKED ESCARGOT IN MUSHROOM CAPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Stuff one escargot into each mushroom cap.
• Arrange caps on an escargot dish, one to each indentation.
• In a small sauté pan heat 1 tablespoon butter over medium-high heat.
• Cook shallots and garlic until softened and beginning to caramelize.
• Using a teaspoon drizzle shallot butter into each mushroom cap.
• Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon flat leaf parsley.
• Cover mushrooms with parmesan and gruyere.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until cheese is completely melted and browned in spots.
• Sprinkle with remaining parsley and grate fresh nutmeg over top.
• Serve immediately with slices of crusty baguette.

BAKED ESCARGOT

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Melt butter over medium-low heat in a saucepan. Add snails, garlic, and parsley; cook and stir for 3 to 4 minutes.
• Place 1 snail along with some sauce in each cup of an escargot pan. Sprinkle tops with Parmesan cheese, salt, and pepper.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted, bubbling, and lightly browned, about 10 minutes.

BIG JOHN'S OYSTER MOTOYAKI

Steps:

• Scrub the oysters and rinse them off. Shuck the oysters(if you have trouble shucking try placing the oysters in a shallow pan of boiling water for a minute first). Always smell a freshly shucked oyster to make sure it's fresh, they should have no strong odor and merely smell like the ocean.
• Once the oysters are shucked, remove the meat and rinse it off in cold water, being sure to remove any shell fragments or the beginnings of a pearl(these are murder on your teeth) Discard the flat top half of the shell and keep the lower bowl shaped half, rinsing them out as well. Dry the meat by patting between 2 paper towel sheets.
• Whisk the mayonnaise, miso paste and peppers together. Set aside.
• Lightly saute the mushrooms and onion in butter to remove some of the water.
• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Spread a thin layer of mayo mixture on the bottom of each shell.
• Cut the oyster meat into 4-6 pieces per oyster and divide evenly onto the shells.
• Divide the onion & mushroom mixture evenly into shells and top off thickly with the mayonnaise mixture, being sure to completely cover everything in the shell with the mixture.
• Place the shells on a baking sheet or arrange them in a shallow pan as level as you can.
• Place oysters in the oven on the top rack and bake for 20-25 minutes. The tops should be a nice dark brown when done.
• Remove oysters from the oven, placing a small amount of Masago on each and serve with a lemon wedge.

ESCARGOT A LA BOURGUIGNONNE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine the butter, parsley, shallots, garlic, and brandy in a bowl and blend well.
• Place a snail in each shell and fill the cavity with the seasoned butter. (If you do not have shells, you can use escargot baking dishes - this is actually how I prefer to make them. Most of such dishes hold 6 escargot apiece.).
• Place on a baking pan and bake for twelve minutes.
• Serve hot, as an appetizer, on individual snail dishes - or on small folded napkins on plates, to keep the shells from sliding about. Also, small silver forks to easily eat them with are a good idea.
• Make sure to have plenty of good bread alongside, to mop up the delicious butter sauce! :).
• Also good with a bit of Parmesan sprinkled on top of each.