for the love of food

M O R E L S again

as a follow up to last week - we did forage around again in search of that motherload of morels.  and actually came pretty close.

enough to bring in to our place FINO and asked the chefs to put something fab on the menu.

asparagus salad with morels & poached farm egg.

and to follow were a few more wonderful morel treats from the kitchen.

bruschetta with morels, smoked bacon & shaved manchego cheese.

and pork belly with creamy potato & roasted morel.

it’s good to know the chef of a restaurant !  thanks FINO !

F O R A G I N G

i am a forager of mushrooms.  so i await spring with hopes of finding morels.

if the winter is cold enough and wet enough - the spring will produce the beautiful and delicious morel.  and for those in the know- the first sighting of the texas bluebonnet signals the time to start looking for that tasty mushroom.

excited to spot the tbb - emmett and i gathered our pocket knives and paper bags- and set off to our secret spots with visions of morels in our heads.

 

well it wasn’t the ‘motherload’ we have had in years past - (perhaps we were a bit early) but it was enough for dinner.  let’s celebrate.

we called our neighbor friend richard to join us for supper.

we opened a couple of bottles of italian red - and started with an incredible country pate from our friends jesse + tamara of Dai Due fame. paired with their firemans 4 mustard it was a real treat.

we decide on a risotto with swiss chard from our kitchen garden.  

richard brought a chicken he had on the grill rotisserie at his house (perfect timing) 

and a most delicious leftover pie that our friend celia made -apple-blackberry. now that’s love in a homemade pie.

while mushroom foraging brings hopes of scoring bags of the little treasure - it sometimes becomes just a nice walk in the woods.  oh well. 

our ‘foraging’ brought us a small taste of spring - and an enjoyable dinner with our friend richard.

cheers !