"Functional Mushrooms" and How To Use Them
We all know about button mushrooms, portabellas and shitakis, but what about those mushrooms that supposedly have beneficial health effects? There's Reishi, Lion's Mane, Chaga and a few others that are not really for making lasagna, but are more highly regarded as having good medicinal benefits. How do you use them? How are they incorporated into recipes?
Out of pure curiosity, I bought some Lion's Mane mushroom powder a few months back and it has been sitting in my pantry ever since. I got it out this morning and started looking up uses for it as well as its benefits. The most common recipe was to just add about 1 gram to your tea or coffee in the morning. That sounded boring, so I tried adding it to a marinade and it tasted delicious.
Does anyone else use "functional mushrooms" in recipes? Got any tips?