Snails to the Madrileña

I hate this meal, I think about the snails and its like.. argg!. But people like my father or my uncle like it because it has loads of proteins (or that say). My uncle was the only in my family that eat this little animals and it's for him that I put this recipe. You have to taste it because you may like it, all depends on preferences. Enjoy it! :)

Ingredients:

-1 Kg. vineyard snail
-4 tomatoes
-1 large onion
-4 cloves garlic
-150 grs. serrano ham
-1 liter beef broth
-1 tablespoon olive oil
-1 pinch of cumin
-1 teaspoon paprika
-1 small chilli
-salt
-pepper

Ingredients for the broth: 1 onion, 3 carrots, 2 leeks, 3 cloves of garlic, ¼ cabbage or celery, tomato, 1 large piece of veal shank, ¼ chicken, a knee bone of veal, a ridge of bonepork, ham bone...

Preparation:

Step 1: First of all snails leave fasting for several days.

Step 2: Next, put the snails in water, salt and vinegar, so just drop all the slime.

Step 3: Wash several times, changing the water.

Step 4: put in a pot with cold water to take out the horns, when throw-in, will be hovering around the body and then turns up the heat to high and cook for a while.

Step 5: The water is changed again grows cold water, but the high heat. In that water is put a knotted handkerchief herbs: Thyme, bay leaves, fennel and chilli. Should boil 3 hours and half the salt is added.

Step 6: Prepare the beef broth, with the ingredients listed, strain and reserve one liter, for this dish.

Step 7: Cut the onions into strips and garlic into thin slices.

Step 8: Sauté onions and garlic in a pan with oil, with a little salt.

Step 9: Cut the ham into small cubes, and mash tomatoes.

Step 10: When the onion begins to brown, add the ham, chilli and paprika. It gives you a few laps and they burn the paprika, add the tomato and cumin.

Step 11: Then, you add the snails, mixing well with the sauce.

Step 12: Joined the broth to the sauce and cook everything together, and simmer for 20 minutes. Correcting the salt if necessary.

The plate is now ready, prepared for a new experience? :) (400)