August 2015's Recipe of the Month: Cranberry Chanterelle Duxelle

Cranberries are a major crop on the southern Oregon coast, offering not only an economic boon to the growers and processors but also a positive aesthetic bonus as the bogs ripen in late fall, filling their beds with carpets of festive red berries. 

Fall is a time of year that we always look forward to.  Of course, there's fall mushrooming, but for us it's also cranberry time.  Thanks to our mild climate, the berries here are thought to be a darker and sweeter fruit than is harvested in other areas, and we gleefully fill our freezer with bags of fresh cranberries to help us survive until the next year's crop is available.