For 2 servings

  • 400 g fresh porcini
  • 2 small sweet potatoes
  • 10 chestnuts
  • 1 organic lemon
  • 1 shallot
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 1 sprig thyme
  • flat leaf parsley
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • sea salt
  • black pepper

This entry could have also been called „The endless search for Lake Nino with sudden discovery of Porcini“. In the mountains of Corsica, you will find nothing but vastness and you can just hear the wind blowing. You get the feeling that no one visited these wonderful places and landscapes in ages. You will find nothing but nature. The mountains embedded in dense fog which comes up from one to the other minute and overruns the valley like a wave.
We left for Lake Nino and everything was fine. We strolled through the fragrant pine forest with the small creek and found the crest after the hike over some pebble. After more than 3 hours there was still no lake in sight. Just fog and the certainty that it would be dark soon. The journey is the reward, they say. We found that this is true after all we saw; nevertheless it’s a weird feeling to go back without reaching the destination. We went the same way back with the difference that we kept our eyes on the dusky floor instead of the landscape. That’s when we suddenly found the porcini, awesome porcini! Just in time, before nightfall, we reached the car, leaving the last meters at the double behind. However, the nice view at more than 200 m height, surrounded by clouds and with yummy porcini in our bags, let us quickly forget about the lake we weren’t able to find. And on our way back to the apartment, there was only one thing on our mind: What do we cook with these nice mushrooms?

Cut the fresh chestnuts crosswise at the top and roast them in the oven for 20 - 30 minutes at 200°C. Peel directly after baking, when still hot. If this is too time-consuming for you, you can also buy pre-cooked chestnuts. In the meantime, peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into wedges. Season with thyme-lemon-garlic-salt. To prepare this, zest a lemon, chop the garlic, pluck the thyme leaves and mix everything with 1 teaspoon of sea salt. Sprinkle the salt and 1 tablespoon olive oil over the sweet potato wedges and bring in with your fingers. Then also bake them for 20 minutes in the hot oven until they are crispy.
Finally clean and slice the porcini. Dice the shallot and sweat with olive oil in a pan. Add the porcini and chestnuts. Then season with salt and pepper and decorate with parsley. Drizzle some olive oil over the whole dish before serving. You can serve this mushroom dish well with a fresh salad.

13 Comments

  • Wieder einmal wunderbare Bilder und die Zutaten klingen sehr harmonisch.
    Mal schauen, ob ich am Wochenende schöne Steinpilze bekomme…

  • Traumhaft schön – diese Natur! Und Pilze sind einfach mit das Beste, was die Schöpfung zu bieten hat. Danke, für diesen Einblick!

    • Den hier haben wir auf unserer Tour nach Bonifacio in einem kleinen, süßen Laden gefunden. Und noch drei andere wirklich schöne Teller. Wir müssen unbedingt noch einmal nach Frankreich. Dieses Mal mit leeren Koffern :)

  • Ich mag keine Pilze – doch eure Bilder lassen mich das fast vergessen.
    Ich mag eure Gericht-Kompositionen sehr, den Stil eures Blogs finde einfach super gut!
    Toll!!

  • vorzüglichste angerichtet!
    so herrliche bilder!

    mit maronen nach hause gezogen, fehlen nur noch die süßkartoffeln und alles ist beisammen.
    heut abend nachgeschmaust!

    • Alma, das freut uns. Lass es dir schmecken! Bei uns gibt es heute Maronengnocchi mit Rosenkohl. Das Rezept kommt auch bald. So lecker!

  • Hallo, ich bin dank der Zeitschrift ‘Couch’ auf euren Blog gestoßen und ich bin verliebt. So viele leckere Gerichte zum nachkochen und wundervolle Bilder. Welche Kameras werden benutzt? Falls diese Frage schon beantwortet wurde, tut mir das leid.. Ich stöbere gerade nur ein bisschen hier herum und mir ist diese Frage aufgekommen.
    Liebste Grüße aus Frankfurt

    • Hallo Beatrice, schön, dass du zu uns gefunden hast und dir unser Blog so gut gefällt! Wir fotografieren mit der Canon 5D MKIII. Allerdings macht ja bekanntlich nicht die Kamera das Bild ;) LG und einen tollen Sonntag, Susann

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