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The Black family dining table: with the Black Chanterelle.

Dark, mysterious, and elusive, the "Black Chanterelle"
"Horn of Plenty", or "Trumpet of Death" is one of the
finest edible fungi.

 

Black Chanterelle and Gorgonzola Fettucine Sauce

Ingredients

• 1/2 oz. dried Craterellus cornucopioides (Black Chanterelles)
  (about 4 oz. if fresh)

• 4 oz. gorgonzola cheese  

• 3 T butter

• 1/2 cup heavy cream

• 1 pound fresh fettucine

Directions

Clean and chop the Craterellus (if you are using dried fungus, soak them in 1/2 cup hot chicken stock or water and drain, reserve the liquid). Sauté the Craterellus in the butter over medium low heat for 3 minutes (if you have reserved liquid from soaking the dried fungus, add it to the pan, turn up the heat and boil off the liquid). Crumble the gorgonzola into the butter and fungus mixture and melt the cheese over medium low heat.

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the fettucine and cook al dente. This should take 60-90 seconds for most fresh pasta.

When the gorgonzola is melted and smooth, stir in the cream and bring to a boil. Boil the mixture for 30 seconds, stirring constantly. Mix the sauce and the pasta and serve immediately.

This dish will serve 4-8 as a side course. Serve a red wine appropriate for the main course such as a Cabernet Sauvignon.


Substitutions: Any blue cheese will work in this dish, but the creamier the better. An great substitution for the gorgonzola is cambazola or blue costello. These very creamy cheeses make an even smoother sauce. Morels are an acceptable substitute for the Craterellus, but the strong flavors of gorgonzola and Craterellus are marvelous together. I use black pepper fettucine, but plain or garlic pasta also work very well. And of course you can substitue any good dried pasta.

The proportions of ingredients are not critical to the success of this recipe. That, along with the few ingredients and steps, make this a very simple dish to prepare.

Molly Weasley Cooks
at Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place, London

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