Difficulty Level Easy

Last week my husband and I feasted on chanterelles on toast that I got at the farmers' market. In addition to those mushrooms, Seth from Forbes Wild Foods also had lobster mushrooms, so named because of their flavor, and yellow boletus. I don't like seafood, so I took a pass on the lobster mushrooms, but I wanted to taste the boletus.

Unlike the chanterelles which held their shape during cooking, the boletus broke down quite a lot. Only the smaller caps which I left whole stayed a bit firm. They threw off a lot of liquid and turned quite sauce-like. They completely melted in the mouth. The boletus had an earthier taste than the chanterelles, possibly a bit closer to the taste of a morel. I added some heirloom tomatoes that I got from the farmers' market, some basil from my garden and topped it off with some Ontario sheep's milk cheese. I realize the odds of you finding yellow boletus mushrooms are pretty limited, so make this with any wild mushrooms, or a combination of them. You can use any pasta shape you like. I was caught short at the cottage and ended up using Chinese noodles. This was a "toss together" recipe, so the measurements are approximate.

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