Lumache con Gorgonzola -- Snails with Gorgonzola Cheese
- 4 dozen Helix snails, shelled
- 48 button mushroom caps
- 1/3 lb. compound butter (not oleo)
- 3/4 lb. gorgonzola cheese
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 dash nutmeg
- 1/3 cup finely chopped fresh parsley
- 3 cloves garlic
- Prepare compound butter as follows: Rinse and dry about 1/3 cup Italian parsley leaves, omitting stems.
- Place parsley leaves along with 3 cloves garlic into a blender.
- With blender on high, add 1/3 pound butter a small piece at a time.
- Blend until a smooth paste forms.
- Stop blender and scrape butter mixture from the side of the blender occasionally.
- To this mixture add 2 egg yolks and 3/4 pound of gorgonzola, broken into small pieces, and added slowly to the running blender.
- Scrape the mixture into a small bowl and refrigerate for approximately 1/2 hour.
- Meanwhile, saute mushroom caps in a small amount of butter for 4-5 minutes.
- When mushroom caps are done, begin to assemble the Babbaluci.
- In a snail dish (usually ceramic with indentations for the snails), place, first a mushroom cap, then a 1/2 teaspoon of compound butter into each indentation.
- Top this with a snail in each indentation, then follow with another teaspoon of compound butter.
- Make sure each snail is covered.
- Place the completed dishes into a 400F preheated oven for approximately 10-12 minutes or until the butter is bubbling.
- Serve with ample crusty bread to sop up the butter and gorgonzola compound cheese.
helix snails, mushroom caps, compound butter, gorgonzola cheese, egg yolks, nutmeg, fresh parsley, garlic
Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/18756 (may not work)