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!!!
