How To Cook Morel Mushrooms

Do you want to know how to cook your morel mushrooms?

Learn how to cook them to perfection in our article.

How Long Should Morel Mushrooms Be Cooked?

How long should you cook a morel ? To cook your morel mushrooms safely, we recommend that you cook your morels for at least 20 minutes over medium heat!

This cooking will allow you to eliminate the toxin from the morels.

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How To Cook The Morels?

Cooking Fresh Morels

To cook safely your fresh morels, all you need to do is to know how to clean them. When your fresh morels are clean, here are the steps to follow for cooking them:

1. Start to heat your pan with a nice knob of butter and a lick of neutral oil.
2. Add your cleaned morels with a few chopped shallots. Cook over low heat for 5 minutes.
3. Deglaze your preparation with white wine or yellow wine and cook for another 5 minutes.
4. If your preparation reduces too much, sprinkle regularly with a little water. Continue cooking for another 10 minutes.
5. At the end, you can add cream or a little gravy.
6. Rectify: salt and pepper. And serve immediately!

Cooking Dried Morels

Cooking dried morels is no different from cooking fresh morels. The only difference will occur at the very beginning, because it must be rehydrated.

1. First, rehydrate your dried morels for several tens of minutes.
2. Next, set aside the morel rehydration water.
3. Heat a frying pan with a little butter and a teaspoon of neutral oil.
4. Add your rehydrated morels and a handful of chopped shallots and cook for 5 minutes over low heat.
5. Deglaze the preparation with white wine or yellow wine and cook for another 5 minutes.
6. Continue cooking for another 10 minutes and baste regularly with the morel rehydration water.
7. You can then incorporate them in a little cream or gravy.
8. Rectify: salt and pepper. And serve immediately!

How To Cook Frozen Morel Mushrooms

Finally, let’s talk about cooking frozen morel mushrooms. The difference with fresh morels is that they must be thawed before cooking. So, here are the steps to properly cook frozen morels:

1. First, you need to thaw the morels. To do this, you can place them in the fridge overnight to thaw gently. Or you can place them in a microwave to speed up the process.
2. When your morels are thawed and well softened then you can continue cooking.
3. Heat a frying pan with a little fat (butter, oil) and add your defrosted morels and a handful of chopped shallots and cook for 5 minutes over low heat.
4. Then, deglaze the preparation with white wine or yellow wine and cook for another 5 minutes.
5. Finally, continue cooking for another 10 minutes and baste regularly with a little water.
6. Rectify: salt and pepper. And serve immediately!

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