This easy chanterelle mushroom crostini combines crusty bread, creamy ricotta and perfectly cooked chanterelle mushrooms. A little drizzle of honey is the finishing touch on this chanterelle ricotta crostini that makes it one delicious bite!
Hi everyone! How was your long weekend? It’s absolutely amazing that we are a week into September. My mind is blown. Blown, I tells ya! When I look at my calendar and see the date, I think it must be a mistake or something.
Before we get into the ever-so-popular pumpkin spice everything season, I want to share this delicious chanterelle mushroom recipe that makes use of locally grown chanterelle mushrooms.
This chanterelle mushroom crostini is like a fancy (and super delicious) mushrooms on toast recipe that you’re sure to love.
So, if you’re a fan of mushrooms on toast and ricotta toast, then this recipe is for you!
As you know, I’m no stranger to enjoying bits and bites. It’s honestly one of my favourite things and, most times, hubby and I would much rather enjoy apps than a big meal. How about you?
The season for chanterelle mushrooms is really short around here, so we have to enjoy them while they’re here. Plus, why not share something delicious?!
Funny story: I told my mother that I was gifted some fresh local chanterelle mushrooms that a friend had foraged around his property.
Mom looked at me straight in the face and said “Mushrooms?! You better know if they’re the edible kind!!”
My response: “Um, mom, they’re actually all gone.”
Mom looked relieved … I think.
Chanterelle Mushrooms
I absolutely adore mushrooms. I enjoy all varieties and love the heartiness they add to a dish. My mother-in-law, on the other hand, not so much. Though, way back I did made her an awesome mushroom risotto and she absolutely loved it!
Maybe it was the creamy goodness of the Arborio rice or the copious amount of cheese. Who knows?! If I convinced her then that mushrooms taste fantastic, maybe I can again with this chanterelle mushroom crostini. What do ya think?
Chanterelle mushrooms can be super expensive so they are a real treat when I can get my little hands on them! When cooked, they have a lovely texture and, like mushrooms, taste earthy and just delicious!
I, personally, probably wouldn’t go foraging for mushrooms cause I’d be too afraid (aka paranoid) I’d pick the wrong thing, but I’d gladly take some from someone who knows what they’re doing.
How To Prepare Chanterelle Mushrooms
Normally with, say, baby bella mushrooms I’d wipe any dirt off with a damp cloth or tea towel to prevent any excess moisture getting into them.
However, wild or foraged mushrooms, like these chanterelle mushrooms, can be quite dirty and a quick wipe just ain’t gonna do.
Cut a little from the base of the chanterelle mushrooms (the dirty part where they were in the ground) and discard. Give them a rinse under fresh, cold water to remove any dirt and debris. Pat dry with a tea towel and use.
You can leave the smaller chanterelle mushrooms whole and cut the larger ones to suit your tastes.
How To Make This Recipe
This gorgeous chanterelle mushroom crostini can be prepped and made in roughly 20 minutes. Awesome, right?
Basically, the bread is toasted, the mushrooms are cooked for just a bit and then it’s all assembled. It makes for a delicious and impressive little appetizer when you have friends or family over. Full details are in the recipe card below, but here are the basics:
- Brush some bread with olive oil and bake to get a little golden brown and crispy. Lay to one side.
- In a pan, add olive oil and butter. When butter is melted, cook garlic for a little.
- Then, add those beautiful fresh chanterelle mushrooms. Season with a little salt, pepper and thyme and cook just a bit.
- Spread some creamy ricotta cheese on your prepared bread and top with the chanterelle mushrooms. Give everything a little drizzle of honey and enjoy! Easy peasy, right?
Me, being a huge fan of savoury and sweet combos, really enjoy the touch of honey over top. It really adds a little somethin’ somethin’ to this recipe. You don’t need a lot, just a kiss as I like to say!
Tips and Variations
- Remember, if you do get mushrooms from friends (or even pick them yourself), just make sure you know what they are! Educate yourself and if you’re not sure, don’t eat!
- Like most little bites, this app is best enjoyed right away so the bread doesn’t get soggy.
- You can use another variety of cheese if you like. Goat cheese would work lovely.
- I happened to have a few little flowers remaining on our thyme from our herb garden and decided to garnish with some. If you’re feeling extra fancy (and have some on hand), do the same if ya like!
- Some finely minced chives would work lovely on these too.
More Easy Crostini Recipes
If you make this chanterelle mushroom recipe, be sure to leave a comment below!
Chanterelle Mushroom Crostini with Ricotta
Ingredients
- 8 slices bread, approximately 2-inch x 2-inch wide and ½-inch thick
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- ½ tablespoon butter
- 2 cloves garlic, finely minced
- 8 ounces fresh chanterelle mushrooms, cleaned up and cut into thirds or quarters depending on size (about 225 grams)
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- t tablespoon minced fresh thyme (leaves only)
- ½ cup ricotta cheese
- 1.5 tablespoons honey
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Place bread on a baking sheet and brush or drizzle with about 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Bake about 10 to 12 minutes or until bread has reached desired doneness. Carefully remove from oven and set aside.
- Meanwhile, heat olive oil and butter in a 10-inch skillet or frying pan over medium-high heat. Add garlic and cook 30 seconds to a minute, stirring and being careful not to burn.
- Add mushrooms, salt, black pepper and thyme. Stir, then cook 5 to 8 minutes or so or until the mushrooms cook down and begin to lose some of their moisture.
- Place about 1 tablespoon of ricotta cheese on each slice of bread. Distribute mushrooms evenly over top and drizzle with honey. Serve and enjoy immediately.
Nutrition estimate (if provided) is based on 1 Serving.
Nutrition information (if provided) is provided as a courtesy and should be considered an estimate only. Ingredients can vary and Girl Heart Food makes no guarantees to the accuracy of this information. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
A note on times provided: appliances vary, any prep and/or cook times provided are estimates only.
Tried this recipe?
If you do make this recipe, thank you!! It would mean so much if you could leave a comment below. Love to know how you enjoyed it, and it helps other readers too!
Sam | Ahead of Thyme
Wow this looks so fancy!! How have I never tried chantrelle mushrooms!! Going to see if I can get my hands on some tomorrow
Dawn - Girl Heart Food
Thanks Sam! They’re quite special and totally delish 🙂
Cathleen @ A Taste of Madness
Right?? Where does the time go? I feel like it was just yesterday that summer started.
This combo sounds insane! Bookmarked to try soon 🙂
Dawn - Girl Heart Food
I know! Crazy how fast time goes by! Thank you Cathleen 🙂 Hope you love it!
Kim | The Baking ChocolaTess
Dawn, glad those mushrooms were the edible kind! This looks so delish! We love mushrooms and this crustini with the ricotta, thyme and honey takes it over the top! Lovely!
Girl Heart Food
I know, right?? Thank you so much, Kim!
Jenny | The Baking Skillet
I cannot imagine my refrigerator without mushrooms. They are my go to veggie! You have such sweet friends you gift you these gorgeous mushrooms Dawn!! Such a beautiful way to highlight them.
Girl Heart Food
I hear ya! I definitely do 😉 Thanks so much Jenny!
Jolina
Those mushrooms look amazing. We love mushrooms too, though Red takes care of all the cooking and such so I’m not really sure what kind I’m eating haha (will your mom be horrified? Moms are the best!). Hope we can find chanterelle mushrooms here. Have a wonderful week!
Girl Heart Food
Thank you Jolina! Have a wonderful week too!
Ashika | Gardening Foodie
OH…I LOOOOOOVE Chanterelle mushrooms and your recipe sounds absolutely divine. It is so quick to prepare but so delicious and makes an amazing appetiser.
PS.Your pictures look really stunning
Have a great week Dawn!
Girl Heart Food
Thank you so much for the sweet comment Ashika!! You’re too kind 🙂 Have a great week too!
Kathy @ Beyond the Chicken Coop
How lucky you are to receive such a gift! I’ve been told chanterelles grow here, but I’ve never found any. I did pick a bunch or morel mushrooms last year. They were amazing. I love that you used these mushrooms in an appetizer. It looks amazing….especially with a touch of honey!
Girl Heart Food
I know! Thank you Kathy! It was pretty tasty!
Heather (delicious not gorgeous)
ahhh those mushrooms look gorgeous!!! not to mention that these crostini sound awesome, and just the kind of thing that i would most certainly spoil my dinner with (;
Girl Heart Food
Thank you Heather! Haha! I totally know what you mean 😉
Milena | Craft Beering
Finally made it over and so glad to see the awesome treat you have prepared for us:) It’s the weekend! Yeay!! I knew you’ll do something tasty with these chanterelles from when you first said you got them, but these crostini honestly surpass anything I could have imagined! So beautiful and for once I am pretty sure that I will chose wine. An oaky Chardonnay to be exact. Thank goodness we have some in the fridge. I will be imagining your crostini:) I mean, the thyme and the honey kiss and I just love ricotta. So yummy! Pinned! Have a great weekend!
Girl Heart Food
High five to that!! Wow! You and wine? Can’t go wrong with wine and this recipe, that’s for sure! Thanks so much, my friend! Have a great weekend too!
Katherine | Love In My Oven
Your Mom is hilarious!! This looks so good Dawn! The ricotta with the honey would be so yummy. I also love my bits n bites 😉 Pinned!! Have a great weekend!
Girl Heart Food
Haha! I know! Thanks Katherine! Have a great weekend too 🙂
Sarah @ Champagne Tastes
Those mushrooms are SO PRETTY!!! I love mushrooms, but I haven’t learned enough about them yet to know all the differences between varieties. I need to try more kinds!
Girl Heart Food
Aren’t they, though?? Love mushrooms too 🙂
Shashi at Savory Spin
Dawn, it’s appetizers like this that make me say to heck with the meal cos I sure could make a meal of these! Those Newfoundland chanterelle mushrooms are ..or rather, were…GORGEOUS!!! You did such a fantastic job coming up with this appetizer! I adore sweet and savory combos too – and wow – my minds blown at all the different tastes and flavors and textures each of these bites carry! Happy 2nd weekend in September – how fast is 2017 eh?!?
Hope you and your hubs have a wonderful weekend! XOXO
Girl Heart Food
I totally know what you mean, Shashi!! Thank you very much! It really is amazing how fast time flies! Have a wonderful weekend too, my friend! XOXO
Luci's Morsels
Chanterelles are such fun mushrooms, I love their spotlight in this recipe! The crostinis look so perfect, too pretty to eat!
Luci’s Morsels | fashion. food. frivolity.
Girl Heart Food
Thank you Luci!!
karrie @ Tasty Ever After
Wish your friend was my friend too so I could get me some ‘shrooms too! LOL! Seriously, I love chanterelle mushrooms and to get fresh picked ones would be a total dream. I’ll have to get some regular ol’ store bought ones to make it for game day apps. Bet it will still be super yummy 🙂 Cheers to a great weekend, my friend.
Girl Heart Food
Right? Me too! Enjoy! Have an awesome one! XOXO
Jagruti
Saving your recipe straight away as I’m making it very soon, like it very much.
Girl Heart Food
That’s awesome to hear! Thank you Jagruti 🙂
Nicole @ Foodie Loves Fitness
This is my kind of appetizer! They look delicious. I can be a little picky with mushrooms, but I love portobello burgers and putting mushrooms in risotto.
Girl Heart Food
Woo hoo! Thanks Nicole! I hope you give ’em a try 🙂
Ginny
Crostini is one of my favorite things and now you’ve added chanterelle mushrooms. Delicious!
Girl Heart Food
Me too Ginny! Thanks so much 🙂
lauren
Yum! Looks so delicious. Definitely saving this for later!
Girl Heart Food
Yay! Thanks Lauren 🙂
Dannii
I am so excited for all the autumn food and this looks just beautiful. Great flavour combo
Girl Heart Food
I am too! Thanks Dannii 🙂
Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen
Moms are so funny. I guarantee mine would have exactly the same reaction as yours 🙂 You’re soooo lucky to have such amazing friends to bring you mushrooms. Ugh. I might have to move up there so I can be their friend too 🙂 This crostini just looks to die for!
Girl Heart Food
Haha! I know 😉 It definitely was a treat! Thanks Kelsie!
Gaila
I love chanterelles, and these sound so perfect Dawn! good to be back!
Girl Heart Food
Me too Gaila! Thank you so much 🙂
Mindy Fewless
These are gorgeous!! I bet they taste amazing!
Girl Heart Food
Thank you Mindy! That do taste pretty delish 🙂
Karen @ Seasonal Cravings
What a flavorful app! I’ve never used those mushrooms but the color is so pretty. Football snacks for me!
Girl Heart Food
Thank you very much Karen! They are definitely a unique colour and they totally would make a delicious snack 🙂
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Wow! First of all – you know how I feel about crostini! And this flavor combination has me all sorts of giddy!! I can imagine that drizzle of honey at the end…just puts it over the top! Thank you fro sharing one of my faves! This is a keeper! Have a beautiful day, my friend! XOXO
Girl Heart Food
I do, I do!! Thank you Annie! So happy you like it 🙂 Have a fab day too! XOXO
Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice
Mushrooms are my favorite! I could eat them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, I just love them SO much! Crostini is one of my favorite appetizers, so I’m loving this fun dish. Sounds delicious with the fresh thyme and honey, too. My kind of appetizer! Pinned! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Girl Heart Food
Me too!! Thanks so much, Gayle. Have a wonderful weekend yourself 😉
Jennifer @ Seasons and Suppers
What a wonderful way to enjoy those wonderful mushrooms! I’ll take a dozen 😉
Girl Heart Food
It surely was! You got it Jennifer 😉
Mary Ann | The Beach House Kitchen
You put those mushrooms to great use Dawn! This little appy looks amazing ! And one that we’d all enjoy! Thanks so much for sharing it!
Girl Heart Food
Thanks Mary Ann! It was super delish 🙂