Lumache Alla Marchigiana

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Course : Italian
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 4
 

Ingredients:

5 pounds snails -- purge overnight with 1/2 pound cornmeal
6 tablespoons virgin olive oil
2 medium onions -- thinly sliced
6 cloves garlic -- thinly sliced
2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme leaves
1 cup dry white wine
1 cup black olives -- with pits
1 cup basic tomato sauce
1 teaspoon salt -- to taste
1 teaspoon freshly-ground black pepper -- to taste
5 pounds snails -- purge overnight with 1/2 pound cornmeal
6 tablespoons virgin olive oil
2 medium onions -- thinly sliced
6 cloves garlic -- thinly sliced
2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme leaves
1 cup dry white wine
1 cup black olives -- with pits
1 cup basic tomato sauce
1 teaspoon salt -- to taste
1 teaspoon freshly-ground black pepper -- to taste
 

Preparation:

If live, steam snails 1 hour, or until they leave their shells. Remove and rinse. In a 12-inch to 14-inch sauté pan, heat olive oil until smoking. Add onions and garlic and cook over medium heat until soft and lightly brown. Add thyme leaves, snails, wine, olives and Basic Tomato Sauce and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and serve. Source: MOLTO MARIO with Mario Batali From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # MB-5709)