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Cornmeal Fried Morels
Photo: Dragne Marius

Cornmeal Fried Morels

6 ingredients 11 steps wikibooks
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

291
Calories
20g
Protein
17g
Fat
16g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Bacon 1 slice cooked (8g) 43
Mushroom 1/2 cup sliced (35g) 15
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • Morel mushrooms
  • 1 egg
  • ¼ cup milk
  • 2 cups cornmeal
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • Bacon grease

Directions

1

Halve, clean and soak the morels then leave overnight in salt water with a heavy plate weighing them down in the water.

2

Rinse the morels well and drain before cooking.

3

In a wide shallow bowl, mix the egg and milk.

4

In a thick paper bag, mix the cornmeal and pepper.

5

In a deep well-seasoned cast-iron skillet , melt the bacon grease 1 inch deep. Get it good and hot but not smoking.

6

Dip your mushrooms in the milk and let them soak a little while your grease is heating.

7

Pick a handful out of the bowl and shake them a little to get off some of the liquid excess.

8

Drop the mushrooms into the bag of cornmeal. Hold your hand on the bottom of the bag so it doesn't break, and gently shake.

9

Add more mushrooms, shaking gently after each addition. When they are all coated very well, start laying them in a single layer in the hot skillet.

10

Fry, trying to only turn them once so the coating stays on better.

11

When golden, drain on paper towels .

Recipe sourced from wikibooks

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