Snail Omelette

* Exported from MasterCook *

SNAIL OMELETTE

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Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cheese/eggs

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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50 Petits-gris snails
Salt and pepper
Fennel
1 Dried fig leaf
6 Eggs, separated

Preparation time 15 minutes. Cooking time 1 hour.
Starve the snails and clean them well. Cook them for
1 hour in boiling water with added salt, fennel and a
fig leaf; drain and remove them from their shells.
Prepare an omelette mixture. Beat the egg yolks and
fold in the stiffly beaten whites. Make an omelette
in the usual way and fill with the snails. Wine: red
or white Haut-Poitou, Anjou or Touraine. [From
"Larousse Traditional French Cooking."]



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