Escargots Bourguignonne

Recipes Ingredients:

3/4 lb Sweet butter
1/4 ts Salt
2 tb Shallots
1 ds Pepper
Clove Garlic 1
pn Nutmeg
2 tb Chopped parsley
4 Dozen Snails

Recipe Instructions:

For the butter... Cream in a bowl the Butter and add all the rest of the ingredients, except the snails. Preheat an Oven to 400 degrees F. Wash and clean the snails according to package directions; wash and clean the shells according to package directions... Put a little of the Snail Butter into the bottom of each shell; add the snails; and fill the shells with more of the Snail Butter. Place the shells in small dishes,with open ends up. Sprinkle with dry Bread crumbs. Pour 2 Tablespoons dry white Wine in bottom of each dish. Bake for 8 minutes. Serve with warmed French Bread to mop-up the extra sauce... From: A Treasury of Great Recipes, by Mary and Vincent Price