Mushrooms one night old are the best. They are little and red inside, closed at the top. Peel and then wash them in hot water and boil. If you want to put them in pastry, add oil, cheese and powdered spices.


8 pies

Dough
2,5 dl milk
250 g butter
about 700 g flour (use part of whole grain flour)

Filling
600 g fresh chanterelle
600 g fresh champignon mushrooms
200-300 g fresh funnel chanterelle
(or about 1,5 kg any edible fresh mushrooms you can get)
Olive oil for frying
1 tablespoon of powder fort spice mixture or any good powdered spices
salt if needed
250 g grated Gouda cheese

Heat the milk and melt the butter in it. Let it cool a bit and knead the flours little by little to the dough. Let the dough rest and make the filling. Fry cleaned and chopped mushrooms gently in a bit of oil until the water has come out and add the spices. Add salt if needed and more spices. Let the mushrooms cool and add the grated Gouda cheese. Roll out the dough and cut rounds by using small wooden bowl. Put the rounds into the wooden bowl and pinch the edges a bit over the bowl edges. Add couple tablespoons of filling on top of the dough. Cut smaller round pastry sheet on top of the filling and pinch the edges of the pie on top of the lid. Make a small hole on top of the pie. Carefully remove the made pie from the wooden bowl on top of the baking dish. Bake them in oven in 225 Celsius degree about 20-30 minutes or until the pies are golden brown.

Comments: These little pies goes well for a picnic too. Easy to carry with and easy to eat. The dough is an alteration of what Mervi bloogged in her blog about cooking at Castle Ronneburg.

(The Good Wife’s Guide, Le Menagier de Paris (end of 14th century), Greco-Rose, 2009)