How Can I Cook Chanterelles?

To cook chanterelles, you must first clean them. There are several possibilities for that. Since you often buy the wild mushrooms on the market pre-cleaned, a brush is a simple tool. With a little more dirt, however, this quickly reaches its limits. Washing in water also works as long as you dry the roe deer with kitchen paper afterward. Thoroughly. Because the mushrooms quickly absorb too much water, losing their taste and firmness. You can remove coarser dirt by putting the chanterelles with flour in a freezer bag and then shaking everything well. Our EDEKA experts know exactly how to clean chanterelles. To prepare the chanterelles after cleaning, remember that you should always cook them for around 15 minutes and not eat them raw. Otherwise, chanterelles present too great a challenge for digestion. Fried in oil or butter, they taste great with a summer salad, just as well with pasta or meat. Try our tagliatelle with chanterelles, for example. Creamy (white wine) sauces also go well with the noble forest mushrooms. Chanterelles with eggs are also a very popular recipe idea.

Prepare the chanterelles – or freeze them first

As wild mushrooms, chanterelles are tied to their season. This lasts from early summer to autumn but can be extended if you freeze chanterelles. To do this, you should blanch them first – i.e. boil them briefly in salted water – otherwise, they will taste bitter after thawing. If you want to prepare frozen chanterelles properly, put them directly into the pan or pot. Slow thawing would be counterproductive. When buying, make sure that the mushrooms are firm and the yolk yellow. Nothing should be wet or spongy. Dry patches also indicate longer storage. If you discover rotten sections after shopping, do not eat the wild mushroom again. To avoid this happening at home, you should clean and prepare chanterelles promptly after purchase. You can store them for around three days if you fill them loosely in a paper bag or wrap them in kitchen paper and store them in the fridge.