Sautéed wild mushrooms

Serves for 4

Ingredients:

• Around 600 g wild mushroom
• 3 tablespoon olive oil
• 50 g unsalted butter
• 3 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
• 1 small bunch flat leaf parsley, leaves picked from the stalks, sliced
• salt and freshly ground pepper

Method:

• Preheat your oven to 180 C
• Heat a large heavy frying pan with the olive oil until it is smoking, then add the mushroom in a single layer and just leave them for a couple of minutes to let the heat get back into the pan.
• Toss them a little, then fry them for a further minutes until they are well coloured.
• Next add the butter and let this cook until it is golden brown and has a healthy smell of nuts.
• Sprinkle over the garlic and parsley and as soon as you are hit by their aroma, season the mushrooms and serve and eat them immediately, as a starter or accompaniment.

Recipe by Alex Mackay and photo by Peter Knab