Dried wild mushrooms

[steve garro]

Well, I bet I have 10 quart jars of dried mushrooms - anything really good to make I haven't thought of?
Tonight is white pizza with golden chantrelles!

Like, good cream of mushroom soup, or maybe an oriental soup?

Whatchu got?

PS, I have Lobsters, Boletus, Chantrelles, and Caesars.....
- Garro.

[zetroc]

Wild About Mushrooms - one of my very favorite cookbooks. i'll see if i can find you a hard copy, they pop up pretty often at the used bookstores here.

[Too Tall]

Mushroom Pate. Bonus, it will freeze nicely if you wrap it tight. I'll pasted an Emril recipe that will work. Leave out the truffle oil and use a heavy non-reactive sauce pan natch.
Wild Mushroom Pate Recipe : Emeril Lagasse : Food Network

[Shinomaster]

Risotto, mushroom gravy over mashed potatoes, beef stew with mushrooms, puree of mushrooms on a pizza with asparagus, garlic, herbs, gorgonzola and fontina. etc..

[Too Tall]

Shino nails it, Risotto.

[caleb]

French Hunter's Stew with Chicken or Pheasant Recipe | Hunter Angler Gardener Cook

[ericpmoss]

For a nice risotto lesson, try this:

Personally, I'm just as happy with orzo pasta. Cheaper and more consistent, IMO.

If you need to use a lot of them up, try Hungarian Mushroom soup. The recipes vary quite a bit, but when done well, it's my favorite soup ever.

Oh, and from my favorite chef, a poached chicken and dried mushroom dish:

[Mark Kelly]

Place I "sommeliered" in when working my way through uni did a chicken mouselline tartlet topped with wild mushrooms in veal demiglace thickened with cream. Insanely good.

Of course in those days I could eat such things, I steadily lost weight on >10,000 calories a day.

[steve garro]

IMG_2685.JPGThanks, guys!
Keep 'em coming.

Gravy.....yes, gravy.

Risotto is something I have been making, using Lobsters I preserved with this method: Marinated Mushrooms Recipe - Italian Mushrooms Sott'olio | Hunter Angler Gardener Cook

Which is amazing, you can open a jar and just dig in with a fork, and I use the olive oil like truffle oil - it's delicious.

Here is last night's - the crust is rubbed with Lobster Oil from the recipe above, and chopped spinach and then topped with a sharp white cheddar and golden chantrelles, and torn smoked ham.......it was pretty damn A-OK, hard to spit out for sure!

And I forgot all about the jars of hot pickled puffballs......
- Garro.

[Too Tall]

Dang that looks good.
Hey I thought puffballs were for kicking. You eat those???

[steve garro]

Dang that looks good.
Hey I thought puffballs were for kicking. You eat those???

Yes!
They are just like tofu - just like it.
They have to be 100% firm, no spongy parts, should be a consistent white inside with no yellowing.
Impossible to mis-identify.
I posted a pic back in the summer of me with one 2x the size of my head.
Here is a great recipe as well as an excellent description: Puffball Mushroom Stir Fry Recipe | Hunter Angler Gardener Cook
- Garro.

[znfdl]

Yes!
They are just like tofu - just like it.
They have to be 100% firm, no spongy parts, should be a consistent white inside with no yellowing.
Impossible to mis-identify.
I posted a pic back in the summer of me with one 2x the size of my head.
Here is a great recipe as well as an excellent description: Puffball Mushroom Stir Fry Recipe | Hunter Angler Gardener Cook
- Garro.

I tasted some and they are quite good.

[steve garro]

I tasted some and they are quite good.

Those were from the Italian pickled recipe I posted above - they are good!
Damn.......see you soon, huh?
- Garro.