chicken of the woods pie

Chicken of the Woods - what a find just around the corner from home in Welwyn Garden City! I hve not eaten this mushroom since I was a kid so I was very excited to finally find a decent specimen which was fit for the kitchen!

Katie and her Daddy checking out the lovely yellow Sulpur Polyphore on the trunk of a cherry tree.

Now it is time for Mummy to make something yummy from our find...

Cue Chicken of the Woods Pie...

Mushroom cleaned,

tough bits discarded and rest finely sliced,

2 x onions fried slowly in butter and vegetable oil,

mushroom added and cooked down gently for 30 minutes or so,

Elmlea cream, chicken stock and seasoning added, simmered for a further 20 minutes,

Made into a pie with normal shortcrust pastry (1 part butter, 1 part lard and 4 parts flour)

Yummy!!!