Wild mushrooms come and go with the weather … about every two weeks brings a different shroomy composition … something comes into season, comes into peak season, or goes out of season in any little micro-climate. There are two broad wild mushroom peak seasons in my mind… morels in the spring and everything else in the Fall.
Everyone has their preferences, but in my opinion, there are two pinnacles of the year: one is happening right now and the other happens for a few weeks in October when the early fall mushrooms (lobster, chanterelle) overlap with the late fall mushrooms (black trumpet, hedgehog and matsutake among others).
I always say this, but right now is the best time of year because morels and porcinis are currently cohabitating in my fridge. I love my fall mushrooms, but there is something about fresh morels and fresh porcinis.
Here is a clearinghouse of our morel and porcini recipes, in case you find yourself with a happy marriage in the fridge. (currently our wild mushroom sampler is 1 lb. porcini, 1 lb. morel).
Porcini Recipes
● Grilled Porcinis Recipe
● Green Vegetable & Porcini Side Dish Recipe
● Porcini Mushrooms a La Plancha Recipe
● Porcini Duxelles Recipe – Great in this Baked Oysters Recipe!
● Pasta with Sausage & Porcini Mushrooms Recipe
● Porcini Mushroom Burger Recipe – amazing with Kobe Beef Burgers!
● Marinated Mushroom Canapes Recipe
Great Techniques for Enjoying Porcini Mushrooms
● How to Make Grilled Pizza
● How to Make Risotto
Also In Season: Fresh Morel Mushrooms!
Morel Recipes
● Vegetarian French Onion Morel Soup Recipe
● Morel Bruschetta Recipe
● Morel Pasta Sauce Recipe
● Nettle & Morel Gratin Recipe
● Marinated Morel Salad Recipe
● Butter Poached Morels Recipe
● Pasta With Sausage, Truffle Butter & Fresh Morels Recipe
(porcinis depicted, but you can use morels)
● Stuffed, Fried Morels Recipe
● Mushroom Duxelles Recipe
Amazing Morel Recipes Submitted by the Foodie Blogosphere:
● Fiddlehead & Morel Risotto Recipe
● Truffled Eggs with Morels Recipe
● 2010 Morel Recipe Challenge & 2009 Morel Recipe Challenge – these recipes were developed using dried morels, but you can adapt them to fresh morels by cutting any soaking steps & using these dried & fresh mushroom recipe conversions.
● 2008 Morel Recipe Contest