Mushroom powder
Dried mushrooms ground to dust, used as a seasoning.
Why
Powdered dried mushroom is pure glutamate and it does to a dish what anchovy or parmesan does. Black trumpet powder in particular is close to truffle at a fraction of the price, and it keeps for a year in a jar.
How
- 01Dry until brittle. Anything with any flex left will gum up a grinder rather than powder.
- 02Grind in a spice or coffee grinder in short bursts. Let the dust settle before opening the lid, or you will lose half of it into the room.
- 03Sieve, and re-grind the coarse fraction.
- 04Use in pasta dough, in a burger mix, on popcorn, in a cream sauce, or stirred into stock.
What this step actually needs
What this step needsSpice grinder$25.19
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Species this matters most for
The other techniques
Brush, do not wash
Clean with a brush and a damp cloth, not under a tap.
The dry sauté
Hot dry pan first. Fat only after the water has gone.
Cook it properly, and cook it through
Eight to ten minutes minimum, and longer for anything thick.
Drying
The default preservation method, and for some species an improvement.