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How to clean live snails

  1. FLUSH ELIMINATION
  • Immerse the snails in a pan with water at room temperature and wait 10 minutes, the time for each snail to emerge from the shell, rinse the shells and proceed with deburring
  • . Immerse the snails for 40 minutes, large islands and half a glass of vinegar, turning them occasionally. In this way the snails will lose a lot of slime, which is why they will have to be rinsed several times until they no longer release their foam.
  • So let's see in detail how to cook snails.
  1. BOILING
  • At this point, gastronomic tradition requires that they be left to boil in boiling water. Immerse the rinsed snails in a saucepan with cold water and light the heat.
  • From the start of boiling, wait 40 minutes, helping yourself from time to time with a slotted spoon and remove the residues on the surface, throwing them away. When you have finished cooking, the now softened mollusc will be easily removable from its shell.
  • At this point you can proceed with the creation of your recipe,

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