Mushrooms? But no....
Everyone knows that the so-called "Paris mushrooms" are, in reality, mushrooms from the Saumur region, where about three quarters of French production comes from!
Indeed, the slopes along the Loire, made of soft tufa, are admirably suited for man to dig multiple galleries and deep cellars. And these cellars have a particularity: the same temperature, rather cool (about 13°), and the same humidity, rather high. Ideal conditions for mushroom cultivation.
The mushroom is galloping!
A button mushroom (not... Saumur!) consists of a foot, and a hat. If you voluntarily let it grow far beyond its usual size, it grows... logical! And his hat, which grows, grows, gets heavier, and ends up tilting, then falling off. It rolls from the top of the small mound of land on which the mushrooms are grown.
Anyway, he's galloping around! Hence its name, of course, the "galipettes".
Enjoy the "galipette"!
Why try to obtain large enough mushroom caps? Simply because, presented upside down, they form a small plate in which you can put parsley garlic butter, shallots butter, or rillette, for example.
Place them on embers (or in a very hot oven) after filling them, and while they are cooking, all this will melt slowly, and soak them with their flavours.
These "galipettes" are to be enjoyed exclusively in the Bruges region!
An address?
Among many others, we can propose the "Saut aux loups",
Avenue de la Loire (D 947),
Phone : 02 41 51 70 30
49730 Montsoreau
After admiring the view, enjoy the galipettes in a cave room, then, as a short digestive walk, go for a walk in the huge underground galleries: 2 ha of exposure!
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