Ovoli in Gratella

Amanita caesarea

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Patience Gray and Primrose Boyd

Published 1957

  • About

Ingredients

  • Porcini
  • gathered
  • fungi
  • a little olive oil and coarse salt</

Method

Amanita caesarea is esteemed in Florence where together with Boletus edulis (Porcini), it is gathered on the surrounding hillsides and brought in quantity to market in August and September.

The fungi are wiped clean. If they need washing they should be subsequently dried with a cloth. The stalks are removed, the caps are covered with a