Foraged Foods
Easy Mushroom ‘Soy’ Sauce
There are many ways to preserve mushrooms, but this one may be the easiest. This sauce stays good in the fridge for months, and can be used on any number of things.
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Foraged Foods
Breathtaking BBQ Maitake Mushroom
This special technique comes from Wicked Healthy (check out wickedhealthyfood.com for more amazing vegetarian recipes!) with a couple small flourishes of my own. By brining and pressing the mushroom, you end up with an extra meaty texture.
Foraged Foods
Kake Soba with Pan Seared Maitake Mushrooms
Kake Soba is a basic Japanese recipe for soy, mirin, and dashi broth poured over cooked soba noodles. In this recipe, lightly inspired by a Bon Appétit recipe, the broth gets simplified and the soup is topped with crispy and meaty Maitake mushrooms and an assortment of crunchy and spicy accoutrements.
Foraged Foods
Miso-Kabocha Risotto with Maitake Mushrooms
This fusion of Italian and Japanese elements work as a perfect backdrop to show off the prized Maitake or Hen of the Woods wild mushroom.
Foraged Foods
Vietnamese Bún with Puffball Mushroom
Bún is a traditional Vietnamese dish of rice vermicelli noodles topped with meat, veggies, and sometimes chopped spring rolls. It is served with nước chấm, a bracing sauce made primarily of fish sauce.
Foraged Foods
Seared Wild Goose and Duck Hearts with Hazelnut-Sage Oil
These seared wild goose and duck hearts are unbelievably tasty, especially with a hazelnut-sage oil drizzled over them!
Foraged Foods
Smoked Za’atar Puffball Mushroom
Manakish is a Levantine dish consisting of pita bread, slathered in za’atar, cheese, or minced meat and baked, almost like an Arabic pizza. Giving puffball mushrooms a similar treatment makes for seasoned crunchy on the outside, tender on the inside deliciousness!
Beef
Mapo ‘Mushroom’ with Giant Puffball
With it’s likeness to soft tofu, giant puffball mushroom works wonderfully in its place in this classic spicy Sichuan dish.
Breakfast
Homemade Maple-Nut Granola
This granola is easy to make, and has the benefit of being able to accept any dried fruits, nuts, seeds, or flavourings you can throw at it!
Fish
Crispy Fried Whole Panfish
This dish is all about getting messy and gluttonously eating with your hands. Limits on panfish are usually quite high, so if you can catch yourself a pile of them, and don’t mind some prep work, you can have your own little fish fry!
Beef
Mapo Tofu
Mapo Tofu is a comforting spicy dish that originated in China’s Sichuan province. Its name loosely translates to Pockmarked Old Woman’s Tofu and points towards the dish’s creator in the city of Chengdu.
Fish
Largemouth Bass Congee with Stinging Nettle and Crispy Garlic
This silky and delicious Cantonese style congee is a type of a savoury rice porridge and in this case is made with freshly caught wild largemouth bass and foraged stinging nettle leaves.