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    Home » Wild Mushroom Recipes

    Mushroom Appetizer and Starter Recipes

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    Mushroom appetizers and side dishes are one of the best ways to enjoy your foraged mushrooms, or mushrooms you buy from a store. I have a big selection on this site.

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    Morilles a la Creme (Morels with Cream) 

    Baked Oyster Mushroom Croutons 

    Simple Roasted Hen of the Woods 

    Classic Fried or Breaded Morels 

    • Mushroom Ceviche
    • Champinones al Ajillo: A Spanish Garlic Mushroom Tapa
    • A plate of cooked porcini mushroom ravioli on a plate with a brown butter sauce, spinach and sauteed fresh porcini.
      Caramelized Dried Porcini Ravioli
    • Rich and Creamy Mushroom Dip
    • A dish of crisp fried berkeley's polypore with fried rosemary.
      Crispy Berkeley's Polypore with Fried Rosemary
    • Grilling fall oyster mushrooms and king oyster mushrooms on a grill.
      Wood Fire-Grilled Oyster Mushrooms
    • Close up image of tempura mushrooms on a plate garnished with nasturtium leaves and dipping sauce.
      Mushroom Tempura
    • Porcini, puffball, and oyster mushroom jerky on a plate.
      Homemade Mushroom Jerky (With a Dehydrator)
    • Chanterelle toast with shallots, herbs, wood sorrel and creeping bellflower leaves.
      Chanterelle Toast
    • Black truffle deviled eggs on a plate garnished with sliced truffles and chives.
      Ultimate Black Truffle Deviled Eggs
    • A bowl of mushroom soup with pasta and parmesan cheese
      Italian Mushroom Soup (Zuppa di Funghi)
    • fried wild mushroom chebureki with seasoned sour cream on nasturtium leaves
      Wild Mushroom Chebureki
    • Mixed sauteed wild mushrooms with chipped cheese, flatbread and salad
      Sauteed Wild Mushrooms with Chevre and Flatbread
    • Huitlacoche or corn mushroom elotes recipe
      Huitlacoche Elotes
    • Quesadilla de huitlacoche cut into triangles
      Traditional Mexican Huitlacoche Quesadilla
    • Huitlacoche choriqueso in a pan with chips
      Choriqueso Dip with Mushrooms
    • Stuffed parasol mushroom caps with wild rice
      Parasol Mushroom Caps Stuffed with Wild Rice
    • raw mushroom salad with greens and parmesan
      Raw Porcini Salad with Greens and Parmesan
    • Marinated Honey Mushrooms recipe
      Marinated Honey Mushrooms
    • Beef carpaccio with beefsteak mushrooms, acorn oil, parmesan and shaved sochan
      Carpaccio with Beefsteak Mushrooms
    • Mushroom and walnut sarmasi with black walnuts and wild grape juice
      Hollyhock Sarmasi with Mushroom-Walnut Filling
    • Baked morels with garlic herb butter and breadcrumbs recipe
      Baked Morels with Garlic Butter (Escargot)
    • Morilles a la creme French morel mushrooms with cream recipe(8)
      Morilles à la Crème (Morels with Cream)
    • Fried Gyromitra Caroliniana
      Crispy Gyromitra Mushrooms
    • Eggs with dried morel cream and shrimp Eggs de Gaulle
      Eggs de Gaulle with Morels and Shrimp
    • Chicken Fried Yellowfoot Chanterelles Recipe (4)
      Fried Yellowfoot Chanterelle Mushrooms
    • A welsh rarebit dish filled with baked stuffed morels topped with breadcrumbs and herbs on a napkin.
      Crab Stuffed Morel Mushrooms
    • sesame enoki mushroom pancake
      Chinese Enoki Mushroom Pancakes
    • Steamed cauliflower mushrooms with ponzu recipe
      Steamed Mushrooms with Ponzu Sauce
    • Oven baked mushrooms with old bay baked on a sheet of parchment.
      Oven Fried Shrimp of the Woods
    • Italian chicken of the woods mushroomrecipe
      Sicilian Chicken of the Woods (Fungo del Carrubo)
    • A tray of baked oyster mushrooms next to fresh golden oyster mushrooms.
      Crispy Baked Oyster Mushrooms
    • Braised burdock and pheasant back mushrooms recipe
      Braised Burdock and Wild Mushrooms
    • Morel mushrooms stuffed with morel cream sauce
      Morels Stuffed with Morel Sauce
    • Venison meatballs in Ischnoderma mushroom gravy
      Meatballs with Mushroom Gravy
    • Ischnoderma resinosum or wild mushroom kimchee recipe
      Fermented Wild Mushroom Kimchi
    • Easy roasted hen of the woods mushroom recipe
      Simple Roasted Hen of the Woods
    • Beefsteak mushroom salad with olive oil and wood sorrel recipe
      Beefsteak Mushrooms with Sorrel
    • Stropharia or wine cap mushrooms cooked in embers with crushed parsley and garlic sauce
      Grilled Wine Cap Mushrooms with Herb Sauce
    • Crown Tipped Coral Mushroom or Artomyces pyxidatus Croutons or Cheese Crackers
      Crown-Tipped Coral Mushroom Croutons

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