What can I make with loads of mushrooms?

[LilMissHissyFit]

Ive got a huge load of mushrooms from my food co -op bag and they are going to go off unless I cook em.

My kids dont like them much so I need to get suggestions for things I can make and freeze in small portions for me.

any recipes to share anyone??

 

[Hocus Eye.]

Soup, once you have made it and frozen it you can then add it to other recipes, and of course have it as soup. Just use some chopped onion as a base.

 

[Pinette]

Soup, once you have made it and frozen it you can then add it to other recipes, and of course have it as soup. Just use some chopped onion as a base.

You could microwave sliced mushrooms. I sometimes put thinly sliced onions in a dish, micro for 4 mins (oh, add a bit of water first) then add sliced mushrooms and cook for a further four mins adding a little more water if necessary. This mixture can then be frozen and used as the basis for a spag boll or carbonera or a creamy sauce for chicken or anything like that.

 

[Strumpet]

Icecream.

 

[stuff_it]

Ive got a huge load of mushrooms from my food co -op bag and they are going to go off unless I cook em.

My kids dont like them much so I need to get suggestions for things I can make and freeze in small portions for me.

any recipes to share anyone??

Risotto - lots of recipies online. Or soup. Or try drying them in the airing cupboard?

 

[killer b]

Make your own mushroom ketchup!

 

[Upchuck]

Lots of mushroom and onion gravy. Just have that on mashed spuds for the next fortnight. My idea of heaven.

 

[telbert]

Pickle em.

 

[5t3IIa]

A fool of yourself

 

[madzone]

String them together for a unique and fun necklace

 

[Looby]

I wouldn't make anything I was going to freeze tbh. Even in spag bol the mushrooms go slimey and manky. Mushroom ketchup or something is a good idea. Why not make a huge mushroom stroganoff or risotto and just eat that for a couple of days.

I put them in pretty much everything so they wouldn't last long in this house.

 

[Hoss]

If you can't use them all now, dry them out on some kitchen towel on a tray. They should retain a lot of condensed flavour and can then be added to risottos in the future (not the space-future but a month or 2 down the line).

 

[Fedayn]

mushroom curry, mushroom stroganoff, with fried rice... lots.

 

[Cloud]

I love them battered and deep fried

 

[cesare]

Mushroom pate

Garlic mushrooms

Baked mushrooms with a topping of breadcrumbs and parmesan

 

[Looby]

Mushrooms on toast with lots of worcester sauce. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[crustychick]

there's a good mushroom and barley soup on the bbc good food website. I like it very much. you also need some dried porcini mushrooms though... it freezes well though. I make it lots.

 

[Herbsman.]

roasted mushrooms

fried mushrooms

mushroom cake

mushroom pie

 

[idioteque]

Stroganoff ftw.

 

[trabuquera]

Duxelles - best way to reduce a mountain of mushrooms to a manageable size, and very storeable too. Basically you chop the mushrooms reasonably fine (about the size you'd chop onions into); melt a bit of butter & oil in a pan, sweat a bit of onion and garlic in the fat (don't brown it them, but let them soften completely), then add in the mushrooms and cook down for quite a while - could be 20 to 40 minutes depending on what quantity you're making - over a medium heat, until it's no longer leaking any more liquid or juices - and means your stuffed-to-the-brim pan will now have only a smallish heap of duxelles paste sizzling away in it.

The paste will keep for at least a week in the fridge and much longer if you freeze it in small portions - like tablespoonfuls - and take them out to defrost as needed. Duxelles paste can then be put into the centre of an omelette, put into / onto pastry of various sorts for tarts/pies/filo packages, or used as a base for any number mushroomy sauces/soups/butters in the future.

 

[Louis MacNeice]

Slice and then dry them on a tray in a very low oven (this takes a few hours) and then store in clean, dry warmed jars. They will last for months and can be added to all sorts of dishes once they have been rehydrated in a little boiling water.

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

 

[crustychick]

well - what did you do LMHF? or are the mushrooms still awaiting their fate?!

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

String them together for a unique and fun necklace

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Ooh, mushroom stroganoff and garlic mushrooms ftw!

I like to make a simple creamy mushroom sauce - chop garlic, fry, add sliced mushrooms, brown, add a pot of double cream and some freshly ground black pepper and sea salt - and pour over fresh tagliatelle. Serve with a green salad and some garlic bread.

Not really a recipe for freezing though, but very simple and lovely.

 

[1927]

Slice mushrooms, fry in some butter, add a dash of brandy, lots of worcester sauce and some coarsely ground black pepper corns, add a few dollops of creme fraiche and serve on some lovely toasted bread. yum yum yum

 

[Looby]

Slice mushrooms, fry in some butter, add a dash of brandy, lots of worcester sauce and some coarsely ground black pepper corns, add a few dollops of creme fraiche and serve on some lovely toasted bread. yum yum yum

Ooh, that sounds lovely.