Lion's Mane Mushrooms
€ 12.00Soak the Lion's Mane mushrooms in warm water for 30 minutes.
Carefully slice into 0.5cm slices.
Sauté over low heat with fresh butter or olive oil for 1 minute on each side, or until golden brown.
Deg laze with dry white wine or a little lemon.
They have a firm texture and a flavor reminiscent of crab meat.
They go particularly well with chives, fennel, citrus zest and garlic.
Origin:E.U.Grams: 50gr
Maitake mushrooms
€ 6.25Maitake mushrooms have a strong forest aroma with hints of smoke.
Before soaking, rub the leaves and especially break the stem with your hands.
Soak in sweet white wine for 15 minutes.
Sauté in olive oil for 3 minutes over low heat, stirring constantly.
Deglaze with the wine you soaked the mushrooms in.
Add the sautéed mushrooms to mushroom soups, vegetable soups, legumes or meat in the pot.
They also go well with almonds and hot spices.
Origin:E.U.Grams: 50gr
Mastic gum
€ 10.00Chios mastic (mastiha), a unique product worldwide, is secreted by the mastic trees of Chios.
It is a 100% natural product, without industrial processing, additives and preservatives.
It is used in many traditional sweets, syrups, buns, ice creams and cakes, while mastic liqueur is also more widely known.
Chios mastic is also consumed for its healing and beneficial properties, and already in 2015 it is recognized by the European Union as a natural medicinal product.
Origin:ΕΓΧΩΡΙΟGrams: 50gr
Molasses - Treacle syrop jar 960gr
€ 6.00Cane molasses comes from the final sugar processing stage.
It has a bittersweet taste and is rich in many useful elements for the well-being and good performance of the body.
It is famous in athletes because it offers energy and contains multitude of vitamins and elements (vitamins A, B, C, E, copper, calcium, potassium).
In addition, it is also used in food, for example in minced meat.
At FOTSI spices, we import the product from the Czech Republic and supply confectionary industries. We have it in a 960gr jar and a 25kg barrel.
Origin:ΤΣΕΧΙΑGrams: 960gr
Morels mushrooms
€ 40.00Morels mushrooms are perfect for soups, omelets, sauces and casseroles dishes.
Soak in warm water for 15' (alternatively in brandy or another drink for 30') and drain.
Sauté for 1-2 minutes in olive oil or butter.
Deglaze with dry white wine (alternatively with the liquor in which we soaked the mushrooms).
Serve with a little salt and pepper, or add them to the recipe of our choice.
TIP:
The liquid after draining makes a delicious broth for soups and sauces (strain with a strainer or a thin towel).
Origin:E.U.Grams: 50gr
Porcini mushrooms whole
€ 10.50Porcini mushrooms are generally not cultivated but harvested from their natural environment. They have a chewy texture and a strong sweet, fleshy nutty flavor and forest aroma. Dried porcini have more protein than most vegetables. They can be used to make wonderfully aromatic risottos, soups, sauces and tarts.
In the link below, you can see chef Georgia Koutsoukou invited to our store to enrich the risotto with pleurotus and porcini mushrooms.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm1Y8z7l7YI&t=331s
PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS
1. Soak in warm water for 15'
2. Drain the water
3. Sauté for 1-2 minutes.
4. Deglaze with dry red wine.
5. Add tomato paste and let simmer for 15'.
Alternatively, add sautéed mushrooms to sauces, casseroles, omelets, soups or pulses.
Grams: 50gr
Reishi Mushroom Whole
€ 13.00Reishi mushroom is considered a medicinal mushroom as it helps in the well-being of the body and the regulation of bodily functions.
Pour 2-3 pieces into 1 liter of water and boil for 30' on low heat.
Once cooled, store the decoction in a bottle in the refrigerator. The decoction is bitter and can be kept for 1 month.
Consume 1-3 cups of coffee a day or alternatively add the decoction to drinks of your choice, even in soups.
TIPS:
Put 6-7 pieces in a jar with 750ml of red wine or tsipouro.
Store in a shady and cool place for 1.5 months.
Strain well.
Drink half a glass a day of wine or 1 tablespoon of tsipouro.
(The price refers to 1 piece of whole mushroom, approximately 100gr, the final price will be calculated after weighing.)
Origin:E.U.Reishi Mushrooms Sticks
€ 13.00Reishi mushroom is considered a medicinal mushroom as it helps in the well-being of the body and the regulation of bodily functions.
Pour 2-3 pieces into 1 lt of water and boil for 30' on low heat.
Once cooled, store the decoction in a bottle in the refrigerator. The decoction is bitter and can be kept for 1 month.
Consume 1-3 cups of coffee a day or alternatively add the decoction to drinks of your choice, even in soups.
TIPS:
Put 6-7 pieces in a jar with 750ml of red wine or tsipouro.
Store in a shady and cool place for 1.5 months.
Strain well.
Drink half a glass a day of wine or 1 tablespoon of tsipouro.
Grams: 100gr