Dried shiitakes are a pantry staple for me, they go into most stocks I make, especially pork or seaweed-based stocks for Japanese-style soups.
Ground shiitakes are basically umami powder and I'll put a spoonful into anything that needs more depth and meatiness, including things like spaghetti sauce, lentils, hamburgers, and meatloaf.
I love fresh mushrooms, so I'll fry them and then add some eggs to scramble, make ...shoot, I forgot the name, the dish with beef mushrooms and sour cream?, add them to soups, add them to rice dishes, add them to pasta sauces either red or white. I've actually never roasted them?
I'd say almost anything where you start by frying an onion will benefit from having some mushrooms fried in there too, if you like mushrooms. Even something like... basic rice or lentils, fry the mushrooms and lentils in a little oil before adding water and letting them cook, it'll be amazing for adding depth of flavour. Granted, I'm super into frying my dried rice before cooking it right now.
I'll also dip button mushrooms in hummus or blue cheese dip, along with carrots and whatnot.
Even straight-up cream of mushroom soup is great.
I love the idea of having enough to pickle them but have never done that, and honestly if they dry easily then I may not get around to it until I need a good antipasto tray.
Now I'm thinking about a roasted mushroom and white bean dip with lots of olive oil, that also sounds nice?
Sausage-stuffed grilled shiitake caps would be truly amazing.
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Dried shiitakes are a pantry staple for me, they go into most stocks I make, especially pork or seaweed-based stocks for Japanese-style soups.
Ground shiitakes are basically umami powder and I'll put a spoonful into anything that needs more depth and meatiness, including things like spaghetti sauce, lentils, hamburgers, and meatloaf.
I love fresh mushrooms, so I'll fry them and then add some eggs to scramble, make ...shoot, I forgot the name, the dish with beef mushrooms and sour cream?, add them to soups, add them to rice dishes, add them to pasta sauces either red or white. I've actually never roasted them?
I'd say almost anything where you start by frying an onion will benefit from having some mushrooms fried in there too, if you like mushrooms. Even something like... basic rice or lentils, fry the mushrooms and lentils in a little oil before adding water and letting them cook, it'll be amazing for adding depth of flavour. Granted, I'm super into frying my dried rice before cooking it right now.
I'll also dip button mushrooms in hummus or blue cheese dip, along with carrots and whatnot.
Even straight-up cream of mushroom soup is great.
I love the idea of having enough to pickle them but have never done that, and honestly if they dry easily then I may not get around to it until I need a good antipasto tray.
Now I'm thinking about a roasted mushroom and white bean dip with lots of olive oil, that also sounds nice?
Sausage-stuffed grilled shiitake caps would be truly amazing.
What dishes do you tend to eat?