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Been out mushroom picking? From simple sautés, soups, sandwiches, pasta, risotto, and burgers all the way to a wild mushroom cake, here are all the best wild mushroom recipes after a day of foraging. Find easy recipes to fancy chef recipes, that use boletes, chanterelles, cauliflowers, lobsters, maitake, morels, milk caps and more. These are the best recipes for mushroom lovers everywhere!
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- Chanterelle Mushrooms
- Cinnabar Chanterelle In A Vegan Cake
- Morel Mushrooms
- Lobster Mushrooms
- Boletes + Porcini Mushrooms
- Cauliflower Mushrooms
- Lions Mane Mushroom
- Saffron Milk Caps
- sh*take Mushrooms
- Maitake aka Hen Of The Woods
- Oyster Mushrooms
- Enoki Mushrooms
- Truffle Mushrooms
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My dad taught me to hunt mushrooms and I've been foraging for mushrooms ever since. Chanterelles, hedgehog, oyster, lobster, cauliflower and boletes are most common where I am, and the main mushrooms that I pick. I am not confident in picking pine mushrooms, though I know they grow here and morels are much less common on Vancouver island and I've only found a few.
I have a couple of great mushroom knives. I love this Opinel mushroom knife with a brush and they have a super cool camp kitchen set with everything you need to prepare a meal in the forest. Both make great gifts for foragers, too. All that the rain promises and more is my favorite foraging guide, it is quirky and adds humor along with all the important information and photos.
Check out my gift guide for mushroom lovers for some great gifting ideas too.
Chanterelle Mushrooms
Fresh cantharellus cibarius mushrooms are such a treat and chanterelles are some of my favorites and easy to forage for. This chanterelle mushroom risotto is my favorite recipe to enjoy them, other than simply pan fried with butter and garlic. To make it a full meal, check out these side dishes in what to serve with mushroom risotto.
Classic Chanterelle Mushroom Risotto
This is a classic risotto recipe with made with arborio rice, white wine and olive oil. Fresh thyme adds extra fragrant and earthy flavor before finishing the chanterelle risotto with grated parmesan cheese. Wild mushroom risotto is a great side dish or vegetarian main course any time of year, but especially during the holiday season.
Chanterelle Mushroom Risotto
Best Chanterelle Mushroom Stew
Sautéed wild mushrooms and protein-rich lentils make healthy winter meals. This easy vegan mushroom recipes is delicious and satisfying. Serve it up with mashed potatoes or wild rice and a side of steamed carrots or sweet potatoes.
Chanterelle Lentil Stew
Sablefish with Chanterelles
A gourmet entrée with less than 5 ingredients? Pair buttery wild Alaskan Sablefish with Chanterelles, woodsy and local, and it’s a “yes.”
Sea Bass w/ Cauliflower Puree & Chanterelles
This is an incredibly flavorful seabass recipe with cauliflower puree and delicious chanterelles. Perfectly balanced, it is a must-try recipe. Enjoy! Sea
Sautéed Chanterelle Mushrooms
How to sauté chanterelle mushrooms. How to sauté chanterelle mushrooms. A simple and quick recipe, to bring out the flavor intensity of wild mushrooms and highlight their pleasant meaty texture.
Easy Barley Risotto with Mushrooms and Goat Cheese
Easy and Healthy Pearl Barley Risotto Recipe with Mushrooms, Goat Cheese and Sage: Creamy perfection packed with nutrients and exquisite flavors!
Cinnabar Chanterelle In A Vegan Cake
Woodsy Cinnabar Chanterelle Vegan Carrot Cake
This vegan carrot cake has a special twist- candied cinnabar chanterelles! Sweet, earthy, and warm, and beautifully orange. Carrot cake is a great way to incorporate these special, vibrantly colored mushrooms that keep their color even after baking.
Morel Mushrooms
Got morel mushrooms? Simple sautéed morel mushrooms are a tasty treat and this creamy morel mushroom pasta makes a delicious dinner. Morchella are a wild food delicacy that command a high price. They are well worth it, but it makes it all the more exciting if you've found your own.
Fresh Pasta with Morel Cream Sauce - Forest For Dinner
The earthy flavor of morel mushrooms pairs so well with pasta and heavy cream in one of my favorite mushroom recipes. These popular mushrooms have a short season but they dry well. This morel mushroom pasta uses dried morels for a recipe that can be made all year.
Grilled Ribeye Steak & Red Wine Morel Mushroom Recipe
This traditional morel mushroom recipe uses red wine and is paired with a grilled ribeye steak, perfect for the spring morel mushroom season - dinner for two!
Lobster Mushrooms
I love getting bright red-orange lobster mushrooms. Big and meaty, they are one of my favorite mushrooms. Also try hypomyces lactifluorum in these delicious lobster mushroom rolls, a riff on an East Coast lobster roll that's so fun!
Cantonese Ginger and Scallion Lobster Mushroom
This Cantonese ginger and scallion lobster mushroom stir fry is an incredible way to enjoy a nice little haul of lobster mushrooms!
Lobster Mushroom Pasta Recipe
Lobster mushroom pasta is a great Italian recipe. It's rich, decadent and easy to make, ready in less than 30 minutes and a great option for vegetarians. Delicious lobster mushrooms in pasta with a creamy simple mushroom sauce is extra tasty with fresh parmesan and ground pepper. One of the best mushroom pasta recipes.
Boletes + Porcini Mushrooms
Bolete mushrooms aka porcini are meaty and rich. Try them in this great French dish, a cheesy mushroom bake called bolete julienne. Boletus edulis are known by many names including porcini, cep, penny buns, and there are many other names for the hundreds of species within the genus. (While most are edible, there are some that are not so be sure of your mushroom identification when foraging.)
Porcini Risotto
The ultimate comfort with our Porcini Risotto recipe—earthy porcini mushrooms blended with creamy Arborio rice, creating a luxurious, flavorful delight.
Tagliatelle with Porcini Mushrooms
This delicious classic Italian recipe for tagliatelle pasta with porcini comes from Tuscany. With a simple mushroom sauce, this is a family favorite. You can also use pappardelle or fettuccine and be sure to cook your pasta in a large pot of salted water so it's evenly seasoned.
Drying Porcini Mushrooms - and other magical mushroom techniques
If you’re foraging and collecting wild mushrooms or buying fresh mushrooms in the store, it’s imperative to know how to dry mushrooms expertly (including drying porcini mushrooms), so they’ll be perfect when you’re ready to add these magic morsels from the wild to your dish, to add flavor and umami.
Chicken Liver Pasta With Porcini Mushrooms
This chicken liver pasta with porcini is a delicious nutritious traditional Italian dish. This is a rich and luxurious pasta that's extra tasty in the winter. Easy for family meals yet special enough for guests.
Cauliflower Mushrooms
Sparassis crispa is an apt name for this tasty mushroom that retains a great texture and firmness after cooking. Because they stay so lovely and firm after cooking, they can be used in almost any of the other wild mushroom recipes here.
Cauliflower mushrooms are deliciously fragrant and can be torn in large pieces and sautéed and used to top thin slices of toast. Top with a little cheese and broil if you like.
Wild Cauliflower Mushroom Gratin Casserole
Creamy mushrooms, loads of garlic and parsley and a parsley bread crumb mixture make this rich, tasty wild mushroom casserole. Cauliflower mushroom gratin is a great side dish for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner.
Cauliflower Mushroom Gratin
Lions Mane Mushroom
This soft and shaggy mushroom is known by many names. It's Latin name is Hericium erinaceus but it's also known as yamabush*take (mountain priest mushroom), bearded tooth fungus, and bearded hedgehog. It feels delicate but cooks up well with a less dense texture than many other mushrooms. Try it fried over gently heat until it starts to brown, then season with a pinch of salt, or try the tasty mushroom 'crab' cakes below.
Lion’s Mane Mushroom 'Crab' Cakes
These Lion’s Mane Mushroom Recipes will blow your mind, featuring a Lion’s Mane Mushroom Crab Cake so delicious you won’t believe it is meatless!
Saffron Milk Caps
Despite it's name, lactarius deliciosus is not known as one of the tastiest mushrooms but is enjoyed by many, especially in Europe. Many recipes include lots of olive oil, garlic and lemon juice.
Sautéed Saffron Milk Cap Recipe
Simple way to cook saffron milk cap mushrooms at home. Including serving ideas to enjoy tour beautiful mushrooms.
sh*take Mushrooms
More commonly bought at the store than foraged, lentinula edodes is one of the more easily cultivated wild mushrooms. sh*take mushrooms are very earthy tasting, with slightly sweet, nutty and almost smoky flavors. These are versatile and very popular mushrooms in Asia and around the world.
Vegan Ramen with sh*take Mushrooms
Vegan Ramen with sh*take Mushrooms, a simple ramen soup recipe that is made with vegan broth and ramen noodles.
Maitake aka Hen Of The Woods
Grifola frondosa resemble oyster mushrooms from the top or side, but are polypores so the underside is a more even texture. That is different from the underside of oyster mushrooms which have gills. They are often found near oak trees and are considered a delicacy.
Vegan Maitake (Hen Of The Woods) Tacos
Vegan maitake tacos are the perfect application for this wild, foraged mushroom. Just marinade and cook them up!
Oyster Mushrooms
Another wild mushroom that is easy to cultivate, you can buy these at many grocery stores and farm markets. Delicate feeling clusters pull apart like string cheese and hold up really well to cooking. There are many different types of oyster mushrooms from blue to pink to king oyster mushrooms. They can all be used in these recipes. If you want to make vegan 'scallops', you'll want the stems of the king oyster mushroom.
Fried Oyster Mushrooms
Serve these fried oyster mushrooms up as a side dish or use them to top slices of toast for a simple Italian mushroom crostini or 'fancy' French bruschetta!
Fried Oyster Mushrooms
Easy Thai Oyster Mushroom Curry With Coconut Milk
Quick and easy with all the flavors of Thailand in a creamy coconut curry filled with meaty oyster mushrooms. Only one pot and 30 minutes!
Thai Oyster Mushroom Curry
Vegan Oyster Mushroom Burger with Black Beans
This Vegan Oyster Mushroom Burger with Black Beans is a delicious vegan burger recipe. Rich and hearty with lots of umami.
Vegan Caesar Oyster Mushroom Chickpea Wrap
This vegan Caesar oyster mushroom chickpea wrap is a delicious vegan wrap recipe with meaty texture from mushrooms and classic flavors of Caesar salad.
Lemon Oyster Mushroom Soup
This Lemon Oyster Mushroom Soup is an easy keto soup recipe, geared for combating keto flu. The recipe is also gluten-free. I couldn’t resist the lovely golden oyster mushrooms at my local farmer’s market this morning.
Enoki Mushrooms
Enoki mushrooms grow wild but most of us know them from Asian markets. If picking them yourself, be extra careful about identifying as they have some toxic look-alikes. Flammulina filiformis are very tender and lovely in soups, broth, on their own or in these tiny beef roll ups.
Enoki Beef Rolls Appetizers
Enoki mushrooms enveloped in thinly cut (carpaccio style) beef slices with a dash of Tamari and black sesame seeds for a simple and fun bite at your next dinner party. A Savory Bite These Enoki Beef Rolls savoury appetizers originate from Japon, a tender meat rolled around crunchy Enoki mushrooms, a drop of Tamari and
Truffle Mushrooms
Possibly the hardest to forage on your own, most successful mushroom hunters have a trained dog or pig to help sniff them out of the ground. If you find some (in the wild or in a market) you are lucky! Enjoy them shaved over eggs, pasta, soup or risotto. (Here is a French classic, truffle scrambled eggs.)
Wild Mushroom & Truffle Gnocchi Recipe by Chef Rodney Murillo
This delicious wild mushroom & truffle gnocchi recipe is brought to you by Rodney Murillo, Culinary Director at Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse.
Truffle Pizza
Truffle pizza is a fantastic topping option whether you use fresh truffle or truffle products. It’s a pizza you’ll make over and over again!
Truffle Mushroom and Leek Risotto
Truffle Mushroom and Leek Risotto is a decadent restaurant-worthy Italian dish! It features creamy al dente risotto with sautéed leeks, truffle purée, and a mushroom medley, topped with grated cheese.
Recipes Using Any Wild Mushrooms
These recipes use a variety of mushrooms or pick your favorite wild mushrooms. (You can even use a mix of mushrooms including regular button mushrooms in a pinch.) For even more vegan mushroom recipes, check out the best vegan mushroom recipes.
Fritters
How To Make Easy Mushroom Fritters (Italian Funghi Fritti Recipe)
A crispy and delicious Italian antipasti. With just 6 ingredients, mushroom fritters are easy to make and can be made with all different varieties of edible fungi. Serve them up with the easy lemon aioli recipe or simply a dusting of sea salt along with crisp white wine.
Mushroom Fritters
Soup
Mushroom soup is a classic but these are miles better than the old canned classic. Try the elevated traditional style or pick a totally different wild mushroom soup. Here's some great ideas on what to serve with mushroom soup, too.
West Coast Wild Mushroom Soup
The ultimate creamy mushroom soup, this one has a simple secret ingredient that will take your soup from good to great! Fresh thyme and mixture of wild mushrooms make for a deeply flavored, rich soup you'll make again and again.
Wild Mushroom Soup
Wild Mushroom Soup (DF, GF)
Creamy and decadent yet gluten-free and dairy-free, this wild mushroom soup is packed with savory umami flavor and cozy flair!
Polish Cream of Mushroom Soup - ZupęGrzybową
My Polish Cream of Mushroom Soup (with from-scratch stock instructions) modernizes a classic holiday meal by emphasizing umami flavors.
Sandwich
Vegetarian Mushroom Sandwich
A melty, cheesy mushroom sandwich with lots of garlic and parsley in a toasted loaf of French bread.
Wild Mushroom Melt
Pastries
These wild mushroom recipes are gorgeous and make a great centerpiece to your meal.
Venison and Wild Mushroom Hand Pies with Stout Beer
Venison hand pies (pasties) are the perfect handheld meal. These delicious little treats are made of flavorful venison and mushroom filling with stout beer gravy wrapped in a flaky Irish cheddar crust. Wild mushrooms pair great with red meat, sub in beef if you can't find venison.
Vegan Mushroom Wellington
Meaty mushrooms make delicious vegan dinner recipes and this vegan mushroom wellington is the perfect vegan holiday main course. It’s easy to cook, umami-packed, and a real crowd-pleaser.
Mushroom Tart with Goat Cheese
This recipe doesn't specify wild mushrooms but I guarantee it'll taste better with an assortment of wild mushrooms in place of button mushrooms. Whether it’s brunch, appetizer or dinner, this mushroom tart is the perfect dish for any meal. It’s quick easy to make too!
Salad
A great way to use a mix of mushrooms is in a salad. Try this Asian sesame ginger salad or toss your sautéed fungi with spinach or arugula, a little goat cheese and a classic homemade vinaigrette recipe or try this simple hedgehog mushroom and fennel salad.
Mushroom Salad with Ginger Sesame Dressing
This warm mushroom salad is tossed with bitter greens and a ginger sesame dressing, and is a perfect way to use wild, homegrown, and specialty mushrooms.
Quiche
Mushroom Quiche with Wild Mushrooms
This mushroom quiche uses eggs, mushrooms, and goat cheese, and is easy to make ahead of time for a flavor-packed breakfast or brunch. This is a perfect way to use wild or store-bought mushrooms!
Pasta
Wild mushroom recipes with pasta are deliciously comforting yet elegant enough for company.
Chicken and Wild Mushroom Skillet
This Chicken and Wild Mushroom Skillet was fabulous paired with creamy polenta. Just add a simple green salad on the side, and your healthy dinner is done!
Traditional White Ragu with Mushrooms
This traditional white ragu uses a combination of ground meats, pancetta, and mushrooms, giving you a rich umami dish.
Pumpkin and Wild Mushroom Stuffed Shells with Cheese
Scrumptious pumpkin and wild mushroom stuffed shells with gruyere and ricotta cheese are baked until the cheese gets nice and melty.
Creamy Wild Mushroom Pasta
This Creamy Wild Mushroom Pasta recipe is a vegetarian dish that’s rich, creamy, delicious, and easy to make. Makes a perfect dinner option.
Vegan Smoked Garlic & Wild Mushroom Pasta
A delicious and easy recipe with indulgent smoked garlic, delicious wild mushrooms on a base of vegan pasta. Perfect for date night!
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Cheers and happy cooking, Friends! Sabrina
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Classically French trained cook, photographer and food stylist living on beautiful Vancouver Island, BC.
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