Morel

Morille

What it is

Spring’s honeycombed treasure, mysteriously fond of burnt ground — after forest fires, morel hunters follow the ash. In the Jura, poulet aux morilles et au vin jaune is less a recipe than a regional religion, the wine’s walnut oxidation meeting the mushroom’s dark perfume.

In the kitchen

Never eat them raw — their toxins die only in the pan. Dried morels often beat fresh: the soaking water, strained of grit, is half the sauce already.

Goes with

Cream Chicken Asparagus Butter Egg

Same species

Black morel Blonde morel

Also used with

Bleu de Gex Haut-Jura Capon Fiddlehead fern Green garlic Hop shoots Macvin du Jura

In season alongside

Figatellu Artichoke Bianchetto truffle Camus de Bretagne artichoke Cauliflower Celeriac

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