Name: Hen of the Woods Spaetzle
Yield: 4 Servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ¼ teaspoon dried thyme, or 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves; ¼ cup dry white wine (I like pinot grigio or chardonnay); 1 tablespoon chopped fresh curly parsley; 1 tablespoon minced garlic; 4 ounces maitake (hen of the woods) mushrooms, cleaned and sliced lengthwise; ½ cup milk; ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg; 3 medium eggs; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon salted butter; 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 2 tablespoons salted butter; Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation info

4
Servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Fantastic Fungi

By Eugenia Bone

Published 2022

About

My family and I started to learn about foraging during the summer of 2020 but found that many people were skittish about positively identifying wild mushrooms, so it took us a while to teach ourselves. The first and only wild edible mushroom I’ve found was a 4½-pound hen of the woods. I used part of her in this recipe. The great things about spaetzle are that you don’t need a lot of ingredients to make it, it seasons well, and even if you mess it up, it’ll still be delicious! Having a spaet