Excepting the step where you brown the veal, this is how I make blanquette de veau. Typically, I use crimini or button mushrooms, enhancing the dish with some porcini powder. But last year was unusually abundant for wild mushrooms here in Maine. We gathered so many black trumpets--a type of chanterelle--that I was able to dehydrate enough to fill a gigantic storage jar, which remains half full. This year, sadly, there were hardly any wild mushrooms to be had.
I have only recently discovered the joys of brown cremini/chestnut mushrooms. So much more character than the regular button/white/Paris mushroom! Dried mushrooms last for so long without losing flavor. You may not ever want to read Tabled again if I tell you I still have some from about two decades ago...I have a voluptuous vegetarian dish of roasted cremini and oyster mushrooms marinated in soy, garlic and more, layered with Thai sticky rice that's based on Chinese lo mai gai. I'll put it out before Christmas - it's great for those who don't eat/like turkey.
Excepting the step where you brown the veal, this is how I make blanquette de veau. Typically, I use crimini or button mushrooms, enhancing the dish with some porcini powder. But last year was unusually abundant for wild mushrooms here in Maine. We gathered so many black trumpets--a type of chanterelle--that I was able to dehydrate enough to fill a gigantic storage jar, which remains half full. This year, sadly, there were hardly any wild mushrooms to be had.
I have only recently discovered the joys of brown cremini/chestnut mushrooms. So much more character than the regular button/white/Paris mushroom! Dried mushrooms last for so long without losing flavor. You may not ever want to read Tabled again if I tell you I still have some from about two decades ago...I have a voluptuous vegetarian dish of roasted cremini and oyster mushrooms marinated in soy, garlic and more, layered with Thai sticky rice that's based on Chinese lo mai gai. I'll put it out before Christmas - it's great for those who don't eat/like turkey.