Thursday, November 26, 2009

Cèpes d'un marronnier


Two years ago, a large chestnuttree fell over in our forest. No particular reason to be found, I harvested the tree and we are actually burning it now. When I checked for other trees to be harvested I found the stump of the chestnuttree and decided to do something with it. A friend of ours had bought a giant wooden mushroom and uses it as a decoration in his garden. So I thought I should try to make one or more out of the stump. They turned out as porcini, cèpes bronzé, or "boletus aereus" as they are officially known. They grow in our forest and are delicious.