Sauces · Finnish

Chanterelle Sauce

Chanterelle sauce is one of the greatest delicacies of the mushroom season! In this version, the sauce gets a new twist from nutmeg. Boiled potatoes are delicious served alongside this warming, spiced sauce. Recipe by Mari Moilanen.

Machine-translated, original language: Suomi.

Kantarellikastike
Prep 20 min Cook 10 minTotal 30 minInspired by valio.fi

Method

  1. 1

    Clean and chop the chanterelles into a few pieces. Small chanterelles can be used whole. Peel and finely chop the yellow onion.

  2. 2

    Sauté the chanterelles in a frying pan until all the moisture has evaporated from the mushrooms.

  3. 3

    Add the onion and butter to the pan. Sauté for a few minutes. Stir in the flour and cook for another couple of minutes.

  4. 4

    Pour the cream into the pan. Stir, and season with salt, nutmeg, and black pepper. Simmer the sauce over low heat for 10 minutes.

  5. 5

    Finely chop the chives and sprinkle them over the sauce. Serve the sauce with boiled potatoes, for example.

  6. 6

    You can also use this same recipe to make sauces from other mushrooms.