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Chanterelle Mushrooms

Chanterelle MushroomsChanterelle Mushrooms
© Denzil Green

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  • 1 Cooking Tips
  • 2 Equivalents
  • 3 Storage Hints
  • 4 Related entries

There are many different varieties of chanterelle mushrooms. Though the most common variety is just called a “chanterelle” or “common chanterelle”, the rest are distinguished by various adjectives stuck on.

Chanterelle mushrooms are shaped like the ends of trumpets, only with scalloped edges. The colour can be white, yellow, orange, apricot, golden-brown or black. The caps can be 5 to 7.5 cm wide (2 to 3 inches.)

They are very fragrant, with a firm texture, which means that they can be tossed around in cooking and won’t crumble apart.

North American varieties are larger than Asian or European ones.

So far (2004), no one has succeeded at cultivating chanterelles; they are collected from the wild and sold on to stores.

Cooking Tips

Even though you’re always told never to soak mushrooms in water, it doesn’t hurt to swish chanterelles briefly around in cold water as dirt tends to stick in their gills.

If you rehydrate dried chanterelles, discard the water. Unlike the water from rehydrating other dried mushrooms, the liquid from dried chanterelles tends to be bitter to most people’s tastes.

Don’t overcook or they go tough.

Equivalents

1 pound (450 g) fresh chanterelles = 3 oz (85 g) dried

Storage Hints

Common chanterelles don’t dry very well. They lose flavour and become rubbery.

Related entries

  • Horn of Plenty Mushrooms
  • White Chanterelle Mushrooms
  • Winter Chanterelles
  • Yellow-Footed Chanterelles

Other names

AKA: Common Chanterelle, Egg Mushroom, Golden Chanterelle, Trumpets, Yellow Chanterelles
Scientific Name: Cantharellus cibarius
Italian: Canterello, Finferlo, Galletto, Gallinaccio, Garitole, Girolla
French: Chanterelle, Girolle
German: Eierschwammerl, Pfifferling
Dutch: Cantharel
Spanish: Hongo cantarelo, Rebozuelo
Portuguese: Cantarelo

This page first published: Jun 20, 2004 · Updated: Jun 17, 2020.

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