Simple chanterelles

[salad]

Hello

I was out today and managed to have the good luck of coming across some chanterelles.
So I thought I would share my dinner with you that I have just had

First get yer ingredients together

Next chop up the mushrooms and some garlic (I like lots of garlic).

Fry the garlic and mushrooms in some olive oil and butter( if your mushrooms are a bit soggy then all you need to do is cook em for a bit longer untill the extra moisture is cooked out, wet mushrooms are still good.

When you are almost done frying add a pinch of salt

Now you are almost ready, so just sling in a couple of spoonfuls of cream and let it cook in for 1 or 2 mins depending on how much cream you put in

Now just serve up. I have mine with some fresh baguette, local dry cured venison sausage and a bit of salad. The cheese on the side is a local mountain cheese which I like to grate a small amount of the rind all over the plate. It tastes better than parmesan.( don't chuck out your old cheese rinds

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And there you have it fast shrooms

 

[Lynx]

What sort of habitat do these usually like to grow in?

 

[yomperalex]

Yum - I had chantrelles in garlic and cream last night.

Great find.

Alex

 

[salad]

What sort of habitat do these usually like to grow in?

Mine came from, the bank of a river in mixed woodland. But in the past I have found them in all sorts of places both coniferous and broadleaf woods. The best indicator of having the right mushroom is the smell

 

[Lynx]

Mine came from, the bank of a river in mixed woodland. But in the past I have found them in all sorts of places both coniferous and broadleaf woods. The best indicator of having the right mushroom is the smell

Is it unique to chanterelle or does it smell like anything else I might know of? ...or should I simply buy one first and take in the smell before I go hunting!

 

[salad]

The smell is a kind of fruit like smell, before I ever went out and picked any mushroom by myself I went out with someone who all ready knew what they were doing, that is the best in my opinon.

Here is a couple of photos of my best ever chanterelle find it was a couple of years ago in the lake district in september

 

[welshwhit]

Looks very tasty!

I'd love to get better at fungi ID, need to find a friendly person to reassure my ID's!

Nice knife by the way! Do you mind if I ask what it is?

 

[salad]

Looks very tasty!

I'd love to get better at fungi ID, need to find a friendly person to reassure my ID's!

Nice knife by the way! Do you mind if I ask what it is?

Knife is a large sebenza mate

 

[Lynx]

I've done quite a bit of mushrooming in my time but we clearly don't get these in my neck of the woods or I would definately have identified them looking at the shape and colour.

...by the way that was one heck of find in the lake district by the look of those pics!!!!

 

[welshwhit]

Cheers mate! Nice salad chopped by a nice knife!

 

[ged]

They're the only mushrooms I really like. You've made me hungry now so I have to go and eat something!

 

[Mafro]

Your photos of the lake district have made me want to spend the next few hours in the car

 

[Woodcutter2]

A tasty meal indeed, yum yum, thanks for sharing the identification pictures most useful

 

[salad]

Your photos of the lake district have made me want to spend the next few hours in the car

I had been up there camping for a week and looking for mushrooms with only limited success compared to previous trips, then on the last day I looked over the fence not far from where I had the tent pitched and saw that lot. Typical

 

[Mafro]

I had been up there camping for a week and looking for mushrooms with only limited success compared to previous trips, then on the last day I looked over the fence not far from where I had the tent pitched and saw that lot. Typical

Were were in the New Forest a few months back, and I found some whilst there, and the biggest find was only a few minutes from the main car park. Its quite often the way isn't it

 

[sasquatch]

Jealous! I never find chanterelle around here but it won't be long until hedgehog fungus is out which are just as nice in my opinion. I can't wait as your post has made me hungry! that's pretty much exactly how I cook mine as well, usually served on a baguette or fresh bread nicely toasted with a bit of cheese...