Rabbit & Pickled Chanterelles

Loin of rabbit with prunes wrapped in Serrano ham, ragu of rabbit  leg, rabbit kidneys, white carrot, baby carrot, carrot purée, pickled yellow chanterelles, spinach, madeira & marjoram sauce. A good way of preserving any excess wild mushrooms is to lightly pickle them, they will keep for upto six months in pickling jars in the…

Mushroom season

Mushroom season is well underway here in Aquataine, stunningly beautiful fresh mushrooms. Yellow Chanterelles, Trompette Noir & Girolles. King of the fungi, the mighty Cep mushroom ( Boletus edulis ), so lucky to be working with such great ingredients. One of the tricks to cooking really fresh Ceps is to remove the spongy part underneath…