Chanterelles!

We had a good Chanterelle season in Scotland. I start picking in mid July and finish in October when thse first real frosts arrive :-)

Beautiful.

I don’t know a thing about mushroom hunting.  Rabbit hunting for me this weekend.

Craig I grew up with rabbit, sometimes hare, stewed in tomato sauce either over pappardelle ( wide egg noodles) or over polenta, moist shaved parmesan over it, olive oil. Getting hungry here….

But tonight it’s sauteed chanterelles with garlic and cilantro with black beans and rice and home made corn tortillas :)

Ps. the chanterelles are from right behind the barn and I only picked a fraction :)…year after year..

Send me a rabbit/hare recipe please!  I love it with pasta as well.  Also marinated for a day or two then breaded and fried.

Sorry to derail….wild cuisine is exciting.

I thought the first rule of mushroom hunters was to never, ever tell where they were from or when you do, you lie?! :)

I looked online through several recipes ( in English) and the closest one to what I remember my mom making is this one

http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/11707-rabbit-ragu-with-pappardelle

As far as the mushrooms….I tell on bpl but not a neighbour nor anyone else around here :)

I don’t even tell them I found mushrooms at all.

Dinner was exquisite .

omg your chanterelle tacos sound delicious!

We’ve had a bumper crop of woodland chanterelles too.  They’re almost too beautiful to cook.  We’ve had a lot of good oyster mushrooms too.  They aren’t as pretty but taste equally good.

I’m two years without them as my secret spots have been closed up. One on private land that now charges a large permit fee, and another closed by forest service. I do know a bumper-crop area but it’s wilderness…. and I’m following the law and not gathering and removing from the area.  I envy your secret spot…..

Kelly

Between Theodore-Korner Hutte and Lungoltz, on the Via Alpina.
Not, I suspect, quite as ‘nourishing’?

Amanita muscaria?

This has been the best year for chanterelles in a very long time. I have been finding them every few days since I started this thread. Yesterday i filled anothet  grocery bag.  Risotto, fettuccine stroganoff, omlettes, crostini, home made pizza, you name it. Good eating.

Amanita muscaria?
Most likely. Psychoactive, but may be eaten with suitable preparation (I am told).
What the ‘preparation’ is I do not know – hiding the sharp knives maybe?
Not as good as the chanterelles.

Cheers

Saw only a few chanterelles last time on the trail, but did see Porchini (King Boletus , Penny Bun, Boletus Edilus, “white mushroom”, etc). One was as big as my head – tasty :)

See my sunglasses for size reference.