What Are Mushrooms, morel and How Can I Use Them?

Mushrooms, morel rewards a little know-how: how to choose them, cook them, store them, and substitute in a pinch. Browse 13 recipes to cook with them.

In Chinese:: 蘑菇，羊肚菌
British (UK) term:: Mushrooms, morel
en français:: champignons, morilles
en español:: setas, morel

Recipes using mushrooms, morel

There are 13 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Thyme-Roasted Chicken Breast with Morel-Madeira

A succulent chicken dish is going to win everyone at the dinner table.

Braised Morels

Fresh morels braised in butter with shallots, garlic, sherry, and brandy, finished in heavy cream and tossed with pasta. A luxurious wild mushroom dish that freezes beautifully.

Asparagus & Morels in Wild Mushroom Vinaigrette

Fresh asparagus and earthy morel mushrooms dressed in a wild mushroom vinaigrette celebrating the best of spring. Elegant first course that showcases seasonal ingredients with refined simplicity.

Very Best Monkeyed-Up Lobster Dish

Butter-tossed lobster tails in a bourbon and white wine cream sauce with sauteed shallots and morel mushrooms, plus bonus tomalley croustades with Gruyere.

Fresh Morels with Apples & Butter Noodles

Sauteed fresh morel mushrooms with Granny Smith apples, asparagus tips, and butter noodles flambed with Calvados. A spring-foraged dish with chipotle heat and watercress garnish.

Herbed Chicken with Spring Vegetables

Herbed chicken with spring vegetables: thyme, parsley, and fennel-seed butter stuffed under crispy chicken skin, served with cipollini onions, baby carrots, snap peas, and morels. A restaurant-style one-skillet dinner.

Pan-Seared Bison Tenderloin

Chili-rubbed bison tenderloin pan-seared and served over creamy morel mushroom linguine with charbroiled vegetables. A wild game dinner that feels like fine dining.

Potato Gnocchi with Wild Mushrooms

Potato gnocchi with wild mushrooms: pillowy handmade gnocchi from salt-baked potatoes, tossed with morels, porcini, shiitakes, and oyster mushrooms in a garlic-shallot pan sauce with Parmesan.

Beef Tenderloin with Morels & Tarragon-Marsala Sauce

Beef tenderloin with morels and tarragon-Marsala sauce pan-sears filets and finishes them in a cream sauce built on earthy morels, sweet Marsala, and anise-tinged tarragon. Restaurant-plate dinner without the prix fixe.

Simple Vegetable Ragout with Parsley

Vegetable ragout with carrots, new potatoes, zucchini, peas, dried morels, and fresh mushrooms simmered in vegetable stock. Finished with a full cup of fresh parsley and mint.

Sea Bass Braised in Apple Cider Tarragon

Sea bass fillets braised in apple cider with tarragon, morel mushrooms, and shallots, served over an egg yolk sabayon with roasted tomatoes and apple slices.

Forest Fettucine with Morels & Breast of Pheasant

Forest fettucine with morels and breast of pheasant: handmade morel-powder pasta tossed in a morel cream sauce, topped with seared pheasant breast and buttered fiddlehead ferns. Spring foraging season on a plate, fine-dining style.