
This is a small clip from "full on food". A program which used to be on uktv food. Recipe below.......... Snail porridge Heston Blumenthal Serves 6 Ingredients For the snail butter 25g/1oz garlic cloves, peeled 40g/1½oz button mushrooms, finely chopped 40g/1½oz shallots, finely chopped 200g/7¼oz butter, at room temperature 25g/1oz Dijon mustard 20g/¾oz ground almonds 5g salt 100g/37frac12;oz flatleaf parsley, chopped 40g/1½oz Parma ham For the snails 72 cooked snails (this allows for about 12 per person, but can be reduced) 1 carrot, peeled and thinly sliced 1 onion, peeled and thinly sliced 1 fennel bulb, finely sliced 1 stick of celery, finely sliced 100g/3½oz button mushrooms, finely sliced 2 garlic cloves bouquet garni made from bay leaves, thyme and rosemary For the porridge 10g/½oz Parma ham 1 small fennel bulb 200ml/7¼fl oz snail cooking stock 60g/2¼oz porridge oats 70g/2½oz snail butter the cooked snails knob of butter 1 tsp sherry 3 tsp walnut oil Method 1. For the snail butter, blanch and refresh the garlic three to four times. 2. Heat 50g/1¾oz of the butter in a frying pan, and sweat the mushrooms and shallots for 5-10 minutes until softened. Keep to one side. 3. Put the remaining snail butter ingredients in a food processor and purée until smooth. 4. Rub the mix through a fine-meshed sieve, then mix in the Parma ham, mushrooms and shallots. 5. Mix in the Parma ham, mushrooms and shallots. 6. Place on a sheet of cling film and roll into a cylinder. Store in the <b>...</b>
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