Wild Boleti Soup

Soupe de Bolets

Preparation info
  • 6

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Savoie: The Land, People, and Food of the French Alps

By Madeleine Kamman

Published 1989

  • About

I do not remember exactly which species of mushrooms were used for this soup, but there were many kinds, all coming in August/September, after a solid rain and several days of high sunshine, under the evergreens. I distinctly remember Boletus edulis, of course, for we had to race the artisons (worms) if we wanted to eat the stems. There was also Boletus castaneus with its yellow-green tubes, Boletus badius in generous quantity, Boletus aureus, and the less