Champignons De Paris Stuffed With Escargot Garlic Parsley And Almonds Recipes

FRICASSEE OF CHAMPIGNON DE PARIS IN WONTONS

Steps:

• Soften the dried mushrooms in hot water for about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat saucepan, and 2 tablespoons of the olive oil, onion, garlic, and Thai pepper. Season with the sea salt, and cook for 5 minutes.
• Drain the mushrooms, squeeze dry, and mince finely. Strain the liquid into the pan with the vegetables. Add the minced mushrooms, sliced white mushrooms, and chopped parsley to the pan. Stir well and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes over low heat, or until soft and almost dry.
• To make the raviolis, use 2 wonton wrappers for each ravioli. Place a spoonful of mushroom mixture in the center of 1 wrapper. Brush the edges with a small amount of water and place a second wonton on top, pinching edges closed. Repeat with remaining ingredients.
• Add ravioli to boiling, salted water and cook for about 8 minutes.
• To make the sauce, quarter the tomatoes and saute in a small skillet with 1 tablespoon olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
• Drain the ravioli and plate on a large dish. Top with the tomato sauce and dress with the remaining olive oil and season with salt, pepper, and a few drops of lemon juice.

ESCARGOTS BOURGUIGNONNE

Steps:

• In a bowl cream together the butter, shallots, parsley, garlic, lemon.
• juice, Worcestershire and Tabasco, salt, pepper, and Pernod.
• Simmer the drained escargots in a little wine for a few minutes [long enough for them to absorb the wine].
• Drain them.
• Place some of the creamed mixture in each snail shell [using half of the creamed mixture], place escargots on top [one per shell], then top with remaining creamed mixture.
• Place the shells in an oven-proof serving.
• pan and bake them at 450 degrees F. until the butter begins to sizzle.
• Just before serving, sprinkle each escargot with a little dry white wine.

JULIA CHILD'S STUFFED MUSHROOMS (CHAMPIGNONS FARCI)

Steps:

• Remove the stems and reserve.
• Wash and dry the caps and bush with melted butter.
• Arrange hollow side up in a baking dish.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Wash and dry the stems.
• By handfuls twist in a corner of a clean towel to extract as much juice as possible.
• Sauté with the scallions in butter for 4 or 5 minutes until the pieces separate.
• Lower the heat and add the flour. Stir for a minute or two until thickened.
• Stir in the cream and cook until thickened.
• Stir in the parsley and seasonings.
• Fill the mushroom caps and top each with 1 tsp of cheese and dribble on any remaining butter.
• Fifteen minutes before serving preheat the oven to 375°F Bake in the upper third of the oven until lightly browned on top.

EASY GARLIC ESCARGOTS

Steps:

• Place escargots in a small bowl, and cover with cold water; set aside for 5 minutes. This will help to remove the canned flavor they may have.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease an 8x8 inch baking dish.
• Drain the water from the escargots and pat dry with a paper towel. Melt butter with the garlic in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the escargots and mushroom caps; cook and stir until the mushroom caps begin to soften, about 5 minutes.
• Whisk together wine, cream, flour, pepper, and tarragon in a small bowl until the flour is no longer lumpy. Pour this into the skillet, and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring occasionally until the sauce thickens, about 10 minutes.
• Remove the skillet from the heat, and use a spoon to place the mushrooms upside down into the prepared baking dish. Spoon an escargot into each mushroom cap. Pour the remaining sauce over the mushroom caps and into the baking dish. Sprinkle grated Parmesan cheese overtop.
• Bake in preheated oven until the Parmesan cheese has turned golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes.

ESCARGOTS AUX CHAMPIGNONS

Steps:

• Pre-heat the broiler.
• Cream the softened butter with all the rest of the ingredients, except the mushrooms and snails.
• Remove the stems from the mushrooms caps (reserve for other use).
• Stuff each mushroom cap with a snail.
• Cover each snail with a spoonful of the butter mixture.
• Broil stuffed mushrooms for six to eight minutes.

ESCARGOT WITH WILD MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Saute 1 chopped shallot with 1 tablespoon butter until the shallots are soft. Add the sliced mushrooms and saute until the mushrooms have released their liquid and it has evaporated. Set aside and keep warm.
• In a separate pan, saute the remaining chopped shallot in 1 tablespoon butter. Add the snails and the garlic to the pan and toss. Remove the pan from the heat and add the Cognac. Ignite the Cognac with a lighter or by tilting the pan carefully towards the open flame and letting it catch. Flambe the Cognac until it is almost reduced. Add the Cabernet, bay leaf, and thyme, and reduce the liquid in the pan by two-thirds. Pour the veal stock into the pan and let the sauce simmer for 5 minutes.
• After the snail mixture has simmered for 5 minutes, add in the mushrooms and remove from the heat. Whisk in the remaining butter and stir in the truffle oil. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper and top with chives. Serve the snails divided between warm shallow bowls.