Artichokes with Snail Butter
Artichokes with Snail Butter. To be sure there were no snails consumed in this dish. Snail butter simply refers to the butter you make to stuff into snails, if you stuff snails that is.
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 4 trimmed artichokes
- 1/3 cup butter
- 3 TBSP minced garlic
- 1/3 cup chopped flat leaf parsley
- pinch of salt
- pinch of pepper
- 2-3 drops lemon juice
Instructions
- steam or boil 4 trimmed artichokes until a leaf plucked from it comes out easily and the bottom 1/3 of the petal is tender
- while they cook melt the butter in small sauce pan over low heat
- once melted add the garlic and let in cook for 20 minutes or so
- don't let your butter cook away or brown just keep the heat low and let the garlic steep
- add the parsley, salt and pepper
- continue warming until the artichokes are done
- let the artichokes drain and then serve warm
- divide the snail butter between 4 small ramekins and serve as well