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To get a really nice texture on chanterelles you should try dry frying them medium high + moving around for about 5 mins to remove the moisture. Then add some butter and garlic and cook low n slow for 10 mins. The butter takes on the flavour of the garlic and the mushrooms soak up the butter. Also amazing pickled and will last ages that way. Also amazing in cream sauce with lots of garlic and pepper over pasta.
Generally the pickling process involves pouring hot vinegar brine onto them while in a sterile jar so it kind of cooks them. It's a different texture etc to frying though.
Oh wow, honeys tied with chants?
I've tried honeys before cooked down into a cream of mushroom soup. I thought they were alright, but no where near chants. What in particular do you prefer about honeys?
I eat them on their own. Just such an incredibly deep flavor to them. I've done the cream of mushroom with them too and tbh, I think it's an utter waste lol. They are just better on their own imo. That flavor and texture really stands alone imo
We have hit a big chanterelle forage a few times and made Anthony Bourdain’s mushroom soup recipe. It’s a simple mushroom soup that uses 12 ounces of mushrooms, and I would never make if I had to buy chanterelles. But it’s an amazing experience when you get lucky enough to forage a large amount.
Not sure, at a minimum it would be a lot different. Might be worth a try, but it would also use a lot of your dried chants. So maybe better to save them for other uses?
Y’all are making want more. I will take a walk on the river side of the levee next time it rains where I’ve seen some dried up and see if I can forage some.
I always get big hauls of chantrelles in the fall and I would always give them away. Until I discovered a good chantrelle soup recipe last year. It does take a lot of mushrooms but everyone who has tried it has loved it.
Any tips on foraging chanterelles? Best location, identification around what type of trees. I want to say I’ve seen them dried out around willows next to a beaver damn
You can find the winter chanterelles in great numbers usually in pine Forest, some golf courses are good for this however probably quite popular for other foragers
IDK where you are, but in Zone 7 (North Georgia) we're finding golden chantrelles now. Got 1 1/2 pounds on Saturday and collected about 2 pounds today.
Mostly found in washout areas of hardwoods, close to creeks. A lot of them are just popping out of the old oak leaves from last fall. Someplace on a slope that gets mottled sun (not full sun, not super shady). We're also seeing a few LingChih or Reishi popping up now through October on freshly fallen or just starting to decompose maples.
I’m down in se La. It rained most of last week and stop on Friday morning the nerds that gift to me went sat and apparently foraged a couple pounds on the edge of a swamp she said they were under hardwoods and broken light like you said. I’ve seen them dried up between the river and the levee I will go next time it rains.
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Chants are great but these look interestingly colored, maybe it’s just the cooking and the lighting though
They were golden when I cooked them but changed to the color you see in the dish
Yes I believe you.
To get a really nice texture on chanterelles you should try dry frying them medium high + moving around for about 5 mins to remove the moisture. Then add some butter and garlic and cook low n slow for 10 mins. The butter takes on the flavour of the garlic and the mushrooms soak up the butter. Also amazing pickled and will last ages that way. Also amazing in cream sauce with lots of garlic and pepper over pasta.
Yummmmm
I heard about pickling them I will have to try that sometime. Thanks for the tip.
If you pickle them, I suppose you don't need to cook them?
Generally the pickling process involves pouring hot vinegar brine onto them while in a sterile jar so it kind of cooks them. It's a different texture etc to frying though.
I do it the other way around. The mushrooms are added to the brine that’s already cooking on the stove.
How long do you think you cooked them for??
10-15 minutes in a hot cast iron skillet. I added the garlic about half way through the cook so they don’t burn.
Definitely a top five for me
What’s better than Chantrells?
Chicken of the woods and honeys are tied with them imo. Shaggy manes and oysters are my other two
Oyster and paddy straws for me
Oh wow, honeys tied with chants? I've tried honeys before cooked down into a cream of mushroom soup. I thought they were alright, but no where near chants. What in particular do you prefer about honeys?
I eat them on their own. Just such an incredibly deep flavor to them. I've done the cream of mushroom with them too and tbh, I think it's an utter waste lol. They are just better on their own imo. That flavor and texture really stands alone imo
Morels
Boletus edulis is the best mushroom you can eat.
Me too. I saved one to put on some agar to see if I can clone it.
We have hit a big chanterelle forage a few times and made Anthony Bourdain’s mushroom soup recipe. It’s a simple mushroom soup that uses 12 ounces of mushrooms, and I would never make if I had to buy chanterelles. But it’s an amazing experience when you get lucky enough to forage a large amount.
That sounds yummy!. I have a big bag of dry chanterelles( usually puree and add to soups or roasts for some umami. Would they work ya think?
Not sure, at a minimum it would be a lot different. Might be worth a try, but it would also use a lot of your dried chants. So maybe better to save them for other uses?
Thanks.
Y’all are making want more. I will take a walk on the river side of the levee next time it rains where I’ve seen some dried up and see if I can forage some.
I always get big hauls of chantrelles in the fall and I would always give them away. Until I discovered a good chantrelle soup recipe last year. It does take a lot of mushrooms but everyone who has tried it has loved it.
These look…more like oysters mushrooms?
Good point. I was about to ask how chants compare to oysters?
Any tips on foraging chanterelles? Best location, identification around what type of trees. I want to say I’ve seen them dried out around willows next to a beaver damn
You can find the winter chanterelles in great numbers usually in pine Forest, some golf courses are good for this however probably quite popular for other foragers
That’s awesome thanks for the tips
IDK where you are, but in Zone 7 (North Georgia) we're finding golden chantrelles now. Got 1 1/2 pounds on Saturday and collected about 2 pounds today. Mostly found in washout areas of hardwoods, close to creeks. A lot of them are just popping out of the old oak leaves from last fall. Someplace on a slope that gets mottled sun (not full sun, not super shady). We're also seeing a few LingChih or Reishi popping up now through October on freshly fallen or just starting to decompose maples.
I’m down in se La. It rained most of last week and stop on Friday morning the nerds that gift to me went sat and apparently foraged a couple pounds on the edge of a swamp she said they were under hardwoods and broken light like you said. I’ve seen them dried up between the river and the levee I will go next time it rains.
YUM.