Name: Justin Floyd
Restaurant: Field Guide
2076 Gottingen Street, Halifax
Position: Executive Chef
Dish: Mushrooms in broth
Mushroom: Mixed mushrooms
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Serves: 2 People
Feature Chef of the Month
Steep dried mushrooms, onion, garlic, bay leaves and leeks for 4 to 6 hours.
Strain and season to taste.
Preparation of the mushroom broth
Ingredients for broth
- 4000 ml water
- 300 grams shiitake mushroom stems
- 400 grams oyster mushrooms stems
- 10 stalks thyme
- 273 grams carrot
- 273 grams celery
- 545 grams Spanish onion
- 40 grams garlic
- 0.2 gram bay leaf
- 1 gram peppercorns
- 150 ml canola oil
- Salt to taste
For the soup
- 350 grams fresh mixed mushrooms
- 1 large radish
- 1 bok choy
- Dried seaweed powder
- Dried mushrooms
- 1 small onion
- 2 bay leaves
- 1/4 of a leek
- 1 garlic clove
- Chilies to taste
Ingredients
Sauté the radish, mushrooms and fresh bok choy in a little bit of oil for 5 minutes.
Add broth and bring to heat. Stir gently.
When everything is mixed together, it's time to plate.
Top with dots of bok choy puree and dried seaweed powder.
Enjoy!
Preparation of the dish
Preparation of fermented bok choy
Pack bok choy in a salt brine with garlic and chilies and ferment for up to one week.
Drain brine and puree.