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chanterelle

noun
chan·​te·​relle | \ ËŒshan-tÉ™-ˈrel How to pronounce chanterelle (audio) , ËŒshän-\

Definition of chanterelle

: a fragrant edible mushroom (Cantharellus cibarius) usually having a yellow to orange color

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For the same price at Burdock & Co., dive into family-style dishes such as chicken-liver pâté with sea asparagus pickle, elk bavette with chanterelle mushrooms, or blue cheese cheesecake with apricots and walnuts. Fortune, "Vancouver Is a Haven for Cheap but Delicious Tasting Menus," 18 Aug. 2019 In the maritime Northwest, chanterelles are coming in at least three weeks early. Tom Banse Northwest News Network, The Seattle Times, "Fall mushroom season starts early in Northwest," 12 Aug. 2019 In the maritime Northwest, chanterelles are coming in at least three weeks early. Tom Banse Northwest News Network, The Seattle Times, "Fall mushroom season starts early in Northwest," 12 Aug. 2019 In the maritime Northwest, chanterelles are coming in at least three weeks early. oregonlive.com, "Fall mushroom season starts early after mild summer," 11 Aug. 2019 But these delicacies also grow in Morocco, says Ramsay, along with mushrooms such as morels, porcinis, and chanterelles. Brooke Sabin, National Geographic, "How to explore the world like Gordon Ramsay," 15 July 2019 The excellent brigand’s hat pasta, strewn with meaty honeycombs of wild morel mushrooms and withered ramps in springtime, turns into a more keenly aromatic dish by June: now it’s chanterelle mushrooms lathered in basil-intensive butter. Patricia Escárcega, latimes.com, "Spago at middle age: Is Wolfgang Puck’s flagship restaurant still relevant?," 27 June 2019 The menu is seasonal Italian; recently, there were plates of chanterelles with goat's curd and sourdough crumbs, fried artichokes, and poussin with romesco. Jo Rodgers, Vogue, "The Best No-Reservation Restaurants for London Fashion Week," 17 Feb. 2018 While the political elite freaks out about their peers’ access to chanterelle-and-garlic-scape risotto, the restaurant community is coming together to protect the undocumented immigrant members of their family. Mari Uyehara, GQ, "Blacklist Every Last One of Them," 26 June 2018

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First Known Use of chanterelle

1777, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for chanterelle

borrowed from French, gallicization of New Latin Cantharellus, genus name, earlier a specific epithet, from Latin cantharus "large drinking cup with handles" (borrowed from Greek kántharos, of uncertain origin) + -ellus, diminutive suffix

Note: See note at cantharis

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