Mushroom Recipes
What to do with the harvest. Recipes for the mushrooms we sell as grow kits — written for a home kitchen, with quantities that scale to however many you are feeding.
Lion's Mane
Lion's Mane Burger
The mushroom steak that presses its own way to a meaty bite
- Total time
- 30 min
- Serves
- 2 burgers
- Difficulty
- Easy
Four things that hold for every mushroom
Most disappointing mushroom dishes come down to the same handful of mistakes.
Never rinse them
Gourmet mushrooms soak up water like a sponge, and a waterlogged mushroom steams instead of browning. Wipe with a damp cloth or kitchen paper.
Start in a dry pan
Drive the moisture off before any fat goes in. Oil added too early just gets absorbed, and you end up with a greasy mushroom that never colours.
Do not crowd the pan
Mushrooms release a lot of water. Too many at once and they poach in their own liquid. Cook in batches and give each piece room.
Salt at the end
Salt pulls water out, so season once the mushrooms have browned. Butter, garlic and a splash of soy go in at the same late stage.
Grow the ingredients
Every recipe here starts with a mushroom you can grow on a kitchen counter. Kits arrive ready to fruit and give you a first harvest in one to two weeks.