I tried roasting some farmer's market shiitakes and they really do taste like bacon. Now I want to grow some. Is maple a good wood for them? I can get a bunch of it from a neighbor for free.
I tried roasting some farmer's market shiitakes and they really do taste like bacon. Now I want to grow some. Is maple a good wood for them? I can get a bunch of it from a neighbor for free.
How exactly do you roast them, any idea?
They should do fine on maple. The key is getting it fresh so it has a high moisture content and isn't already populated with an aggressive native species
Fresh. Gotcha.
I just Googled "roasted shiitake mushrooms" and Martha Stewart's recipe came up. I had previously washed the mushrooms with water, so I had to leave them in longer, but otherwise it worked great.