Ingredient Information

Porcini Dust

Simply purchase dried porcini mushrooms and grind them up into dust. Using a mini-chopper or blender works great and it takes only a few seconds. Do be careful not to overfill the mini chopper – the motor on the stick blender can overload and burn up.

Purchase your mushrooms in the bulk bin. When you look at the price, try not to give in to the sticker shock. Usually dried porcinis are about $35.00 per pound. That’s about $3.00 per ounce and one ounce of dried mushrooms makes 1/4 cup
of porcini dust (4 tablespoons). Four tablespoons will go a long way, as it usually takes only about a tablespoon or so to enrich enough pasta, risotto, or a sauce for four servings.

This works well with any dried mushrooms, but porcinis have a true mushroom flavor.