faux-cargots

June 10th, 2008 by justJENN

Oh, Ratatouille cookbook, you complete me. While it’s filled with FANTASTIC recipes, great for adults, this is the one that sold me. The Kid thought it was hilarious. The Baby thought it was disgusting. I like the simplicity of it and the entertainment factor. I changed the ‘recipe’ of course. I always do.

ingredients:
Tortillas
cheese
luncheon meat
mini gehrkins
dill

Lay a large tortilla flat. Layer cheese and ham, I only did one layer each since you will be rolling it, you don’t want a giant ass snail. Or do you? Hm…

I cut away the curved sides and slowly and carefully rolled it up, laying it seam side down.

Cut a gehrkin at an angle to make a ‘snail head’. Here’s where it starts to take shape, take a toothpick and poke two holes in the ‘head’ of the snail. Cut off the end of some dill and poke them in. The Baby was HORRIFIED by the ‘snail horns’. I thought it was funny.

I’m sure you can make an entire scene on the plate with a forest of broccoli or what have you, but who has time for that, I barely have time to make snail horns.