La Cargolada is the friendliest and most popular culinary event in the Mediterranean Pyrenees. The snails are cooked in the open air, with a drop of melted bacon or simmered with a spicy tomato sauce.
Beyond having a feast, this meal is a great opportunity to fill up on a good mood!
The preparation…
Remove dirt and dried slime threads.
Dip each of the snails in the salt-pepper-chilli. Knock off the excess.
Arrange them on a wire rack tightly.
Add a drop of melted bacon per squirrel. Put them on the fire after burning the vine shoots and rabassos (vine stumps) until a live ember is obtained.
Place the filled grill on the embers.
Remove it as soon as the snail slime freezes.
They are eaten hot, bon appetit!
Els cargols i els peixos neixen amb acutea i moren amb vi! *
* Catalan proverb: Snails and fish are born with water and die with wine!
