I too was raised on Morels here in Iowa. I am 69 and have honed my methods. I agree, you need to soak in brine just long enough to kill all of the bugs that also love Morels. I quit using cracker crumbs years ago and now use Bisquick. My yearly gorge of all the morels my son-in-law can provide is also fried in butter. Also, morels are delicious when sauteed with rib eyes and/or chicken breasts with a touch of garlic. DELICIOUS!
The recipe as stated has some issues. First you must soak these mushrooms in salt water. Even after doing that I still had some critters that were holding tight. They are not like button mushrooms that soak up water brushing won't work with these. I used the spray nozzle on faucet to really get them and sand out. Drained well. Next like all the others you must use butter with morels. I know it killed me to use 3-4 sticks to fry these - my heart was cringing! Thank the Lord they only grow in the spring and we enjoy them only once. I use saltines for fish frying but I had Bisquick (which I don't normally use) so I thought I'd try that. I found after trying both methods (first dipping in milk/egg and then mix and then combining all together like a batter) I liked how they turned out with the batter instead. Then the mix doesn't clump on the morels and is more evenly coated. Add the seasoning along with a little garlic salt to the baking mix.
I like to cook my morels this way but in butter instead of oil. It gives the mushrooms much more flavor.
Interesting. Now I was always led to believe that cooking morels in anything but butter is a bit sacrilegious. However I was curious. I fried a few in oil and after trying them fried the rest in butter. I won't try frying them in oil again. Butter Morels = Heaven. I also made some morels the usual way I prepare them for my fiance (egg and flour) but he admitted that this breading was pretty tasty. So 4 stars because the breading was tasty. Bottom line: replace the oil with butter! Thanks:)
As a child i was raised on morels and an addiction to thier special unique flavor was created that I can never get away from. my parents and i would literally collect large grocery bags of them and she would fry them in BUTTER with a crispy thin batter. oooh my gosh, i can still taste the flavor of them and never knew the expensive addiction she was creating. i have often bought $60 or $70 worth of morels just to make a dinner of them (yes i know sick but true. lol). anyway, such sweet memories were relived as i tasted this excellent recipe but i do agree with the above reviewer, frying them in butter is a NECESSITY.
Definitely soak in salt water and Definitely fry in butter. Good Stuff
This was my recipe I like the butter idea too. Thanks
Good recipe crispy & tasty. However I still prefer just shaking them gently in a bag with flour and a little salt & pepper then frying them in bacon grease. Yummm
I'm a native Missourian, so morels are an annual treat, but this was the first year I had undertaken cooking them myself. This recipe is PERFECT, just like the morels my grandmother used to fry!
