There's almost nothing better than fresh Chantrelles still moist from the ground. Still moist from the plane ride from beautiful British Columbia is not bad either ! So we picked some up from the Farmer's market at the Brickworks some weeks ago. It's the first time we had Chantrelles and we were so excited. I offered Julian some since this mushroom is heavily featured in one of his favourite books (Ikea's "The Hedgehog Leaves Home", where by a hedgehog leaves home and encounters a number of adventures, one being the discovery of the yucky poisonous toadstool mushroom and the yummy Chantrelle mushroom in the wild.)
They were surprisingly underwhelming.
I cooked them natural, brushed the dirt off them (no washing as per micologist best practice), but them in half, check for worms and then fried them in the pay with a bit of oil and butter, salt and pepper.
I must prefer morels or trumpet as the more fragrant mushroom.
So in the end, the texture was different but taste is comparable to a cremini i can get at any supermarket.
1 pint = $10 is also quite a hefty pricetag. However, $10 lesson is a cheap one.
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