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Mousserons, Oronges, Giroles
Created by Chef Juliette
Three wild mushrooms, one hot pan, and enough butter to make them gleam. Keep them dry, cook each briefly, then bring them together while their woodland characters remain distinct.
Mousserons, Oronges, Giroles (three wild mushrooms tossed in butter) is a lesson in restraint. These mushrooms want heat, butter, and very little conversation. The one true thing to know before touching the pan is that they must be dry and uncrowded. Give them space and they bronze; heap them together and they surrender their liquor, then stew in it.
The old entry is scarcely more than a sentence because it assumed a trained cook, a daily market basket, and enough wide sauté pans to keep brigade quantities moving. It needed no saucier, stockpot, or salamander. At home, one broad skillet and three short batches accomplish the same intent. Multiple pans were brigade scaffolding and can go; dry mushrooms, real butter, and quick contact with a hot pan are the dish and must stay. One cook, one stove, one evening.
Buy these only from a specialist who can identify them with certainty, especially the oronges. Once that is settled, dry them completely before the butter goes into the skillet. That small act decides everything that follows.
Ingredients
fresh mousserons
Quantity
2 loosely packed cups (475 ml / 150 g)
expertly identified, trimmed, and brushed clean
fresh oronges
Quantity
2 loosely packed cups (475 ml / 150 g)
expertly identified, trimmed, and sliced 1 cm thick
fresh giroles, also sold as girolles or chanterelles
Quantity
2 loosely packed cups (475 ml / 150 g)
expertly identified, trimmed, with larger mushrooms halved lengthwise
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| fresh mousseronsexpertly identified, trimmed, and brushed clean | 2 loosely packed cups (475 ml / 150 g) |
| fresh orongesexpertly identified, trimmed, and sliced 1 cm thick | 2 loosely packed cups (475 ml / 150 g) |
| fresh giroles, also sold as girolles or chanterellesexpertly identified, trimmed, with larger mushrooms halved lengthwise | 2 loosely packed cups (475 ml / 150 g) |
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