Garlic Conch (Pressure Cooker)

Garlic Conch is made with fresh spices and cooked in a garlic and butter sauce; it is full of flavor and will entice your palette. It can be served as an appetizer. It is simple to make, tasty, and enticing. A conch recipe does not only have to be cooked creole style (spicy tomato sauce) or fried. And who said you could not make Garlic Conch? A wonderful recipe such as Garlic Conch should be shared only with friends I value very much. You are the friends I value. The first time I stumbled on this recipe, I thought about one thing. WARM BREAD. Have you ever seen a recipe or read the ingredients and the instructions and believed it would only taste better with warm bread and a glass of your favorite wine? Am I converting some of you to eat more seafood than I did with my family? I hope so because this is a recipe you must try.

1 lb conch (~4 large pieces)
1 bouquet garni; parsley, thyme, scallion
1 lemon, freshly juiced
8 cloves garlic
2 sticks butter
1 Tbsp. fresh parsley, chopped
kosher or sea salt
black pepper, freshly ground
crushed red pepper (optional)

Clean the conch; wash it in lemon and water and rinse.

Place the conch in a pressure-cooker; add 2 crushed garlic cloves, bouquet garni, juice of lime and 2 cups of water, or add enough water to cover the conch. Cook over low heat for about 45 minutes. Let cool in the pot still covered.

Drain, and then cut the conch into cubes.

In a saucepan, melt the butter, and add the remaining crushed garlic, the conch cubes, and the chopped parsley. Add salt and pepper to taste and crushed hot pepper or regular chopped hot pepper if using.

Makes 6 servings.