What Is Mushrooms, porcini and How Can I Use It?
Mushrooms, porcini rewards a little know-how: how to choose it, cook it, store it, and substitute in a pinch. Browse 26 recipes to cook with it.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 cup, pieces or slices (70g)Where found
Mushrooms, porcini is usually found in the produce section or aisle of the grocery store or supermarket.
Food group
Mushrooms, porcini is a member of the Vegetables and Vegetable Products US Department of Agriculture nutritional food group.
How much does mushrooms, porcini weigh?
| Amount | Weight |
|---|---|
| 1 cup, pieces or slices | 70 grams |
| 1 cup, whole | 96 grams |
| 1 large | 23 grams |
| 1 medium | 18 grams |
| 1 slice | 6 grams |
| 1 small | 10 grams |
| ½ cup pieces | 35 grams |
Related
Vegetables and Vegetable Products
| In Chinese: | 香菇，牛肝菌 | |
| British (UK) term: | ||
| en français: | champignons, cèpes | |
| en español: | setas, boletus |
Recipes using mushrooms, porcini
There are 26 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Chilled Broccoli Soup with Porcini
Chilled broccoli soup pureed with potato and chicken stock, served ice cold with paper-thin raw porcini mushroom slices, chives, and ricotta toasts. A refined, restaurant-quality cold soup for summer.
Marinated Wild Rice with Mushrooms
Marinated wild rice salad with porcini and white mushrooms, julienned carrots, walnuts, and Dijon vinaigrette. A make-ahead grain salad that gets better as it sits.
Ciuffetti with Porcini Mushrooms
Ciuffetti pasta with porcini mushrooms in a creamy white wine sauce with garlic, basil, and parmigiano. Earthy, elegant Italian vegetarian main.
Savoury Mushroom Sauce
Savoury mushroom sauce is a rich vegan gravy made from dried porcini extract, tamari, maple syrup, and arrowroot. A gluten-free, dairy-free topping for rice, potatoes, or pasta.
Warm Porcini Soup
Warm porcini soup turned into a silky, airy foam: porcini and portobello cooked down with white wine and cream, blended smooth, strained, then charged in an iSi whipper for a cloud-light mushroom espuma.
Neapolitan Polenta Pie
Polenta pie with a cornmeal crust, pizza sauce, porcini mushrooms, and homemade yogurt cheese topped with capers and parmesan. A low-fat vegetarian take on deep-dish pizza.
Polenta Pasticciata - Polenta Lasagne
Polenta pasticciata layers firm cooled polenta squares with porcini-spiked beef ragù, plum tomatoes, and grated pecorino into a rustic Northern Italian bake. Lasagne, but with cornmeal instead of pasta.
Braised Veal Shanks
Braised veal shanks (osso buco-style) with porcini mushrooms, white wine, rosemary, and a classic mirepoix. Oven-braised until fork-tender, with a reduced pan sauce.
Condimento Ai Funghi (Wild Mushroom Topping)
Italian wild mushroom topping with dried porcini, fresh portobello, tomatoes, rosemary, sage, and garlic marinated 24 hours in olive oil and lemon. Use on bruschetta or pasta.
Mushroom & Cheddar Cheese Soup
Creamy mushroom and aged cheddar cheese soup with shiitake and rehydrated porcini for deep umami. A rich one-pot dinner ready in 45 minutes.
Wild Mushroom Tort
Wild mushroom tart layers sauteed porcini, shiitake, and oyster mushrooms with shallots, brandy, and Swiss cheese in a creamy custard pie. A rustic French-inspired main or side for cool-weather dinners.
Crostini Di Polenta Ai Funghi
Broiled polenta crostini topped with a woodsy porcini and fresh mushroom ragout with tomatoes and parsley. Vegetarian Italian comfort food with deep, earthy flavor.
Ragu Alla Bolognese
Traditional Ragu alla Bolognese with hand-chopped veal, beef, pancetta, dried porcini, wine, milled tomatoes, and a finish of heavy cream. The authentic long-simmered Italian meat sauce.
Wild Mushroom & Pasta Souffle
Wild mushroom and pasta souffle folds fine egg noodles and sauteed wild mushrooms into a porcini-Parmesan bechamel, lightened with whipped egg whites so it bakes up airy and golden. An elegant mushroom-lover's main.
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.
Polenta Crostini with Mushrooms
Polenta crostini topped with a savory porcini and cremini mushroom sauce. Crisp broiled polenta rounds stand in for bread, making this Italian appetizer naturally gluten-free.
Stuffed Flank Steak with Marsala Mushroom Sauce
Stuffed flank steak with marsala mushroom sauce: Italian braciole-style pinwheel rolled around pork, pancetta, spinach, currants, and provolone, then finished in a porcini-marsala sauce.
Fresh Porcini Tomato Sauce
Fresh porcini tomato sauce with white wine reduction, garlic, and ripe tomatoes. A quick vegetarian pasta sauce ready in 30 minutes with earthy, rich flavor.
Rigatoni with Ground Turkey
Baked rigatoni with ground turkey, porcini mushrooms, and tomatoes topped with homemade bechamel, breadcrumbs, and Parmesan. A hearty one-dish pasta bake.
Classic Spinach Lasagna
An Italian spinach lasagna with a slow-simmered meat sauce of ground beef, pancetta, chicken livers, and dried porcini mushrooms layered with ricotta and Parmigiano-Reggiano. Old-world flavor in every bite.
Mushroom Butternut Squash Lasagne
Vegetarian lasagne layered with butternut squash, fresh and porcini mushrooms, and sundried tomatoes in a cream cheese bechamel. Earthy, rich, meatless fall cooking.
Kash Varnishkes
Kasha varnishkes is the classic Jewish comfort dish: toasted buckwheat groats coated with egg, simmered with caramelized onions and porcini mushrooms, then tossed with bowtie pasta.
Rainy Season Chicken Soup
Creamy chicken noodle soup with dried porcini mushrooms, leeks, and sour cream in a white wine broth. Rich, earthy comfort food for cold, dreary days.
Chicken with Porcini Mushrooms
Chicken with porcini mushrooms braised in dry white wine and tomatoes for an earthy Italian-inspired skillet dinner finished with Parmesan.
Shchi
Shchi is a traditional Russian cabbage and sauerkraut soup with beef brisket, marrow bones, porcini mushrooms, and root vegetables. A deeply layered pot that tastes even better the next day.
