In the pan
Leave them whole. Hot pan, butter, don’t touch for eight minutes, then salt. The caps go crisp and the stems stay tender.
Chestnut
Pholiota adiposa
Nutty, firm, a little sweet. The one people photograph.
Fruiting now
In the fridge
Paper bag, 5–7 days. Don’t wash until you cook.
In the room
Fruits at roughly 14–18 °C and high humidity. A block gives two or three harvests, a week or two apart.
Try it as
- Whole, in butter, on toast
- Roasted with thyme
- Pickled for a week
Pairs with
Butter, thyme, sherry, eggs, sourdough