As Christmas approaches, we’ve put together a selection of vegetarian menu ideas that can be prepared and enjoyed by those who are fasting for religious reasons, and by those people who avoid meat because of health or environmental issues.
In the first part of our series, you could read about festive menu dishes made with brown champignon.
Now we continue our vegetarian-dish-proposals, this time with oyster mushrooms.
Oyster mushrooms are among the most popular cultivated mushrooms worldwide due to their delicious, special, oyster-like flesh. In Germany, some people call them “veal mushrooms”, indicating that it is considered as a source of high-quality protein as is the veal among meats.
Like all mushrooms, oyster mushrooms are low in cholesterol and fats, so they can also be included in special diets, for example people suffering from diabetes or hypertension can also consume them.
Dish proposals with oyster mushrooms
Appetizer: bruschetta with avocado and oyster mushroom cream
Soup: fake tripe soup
Main course: fake Brasov roast with oyster mushrooms
Pickles: pickled oyster mushrooms with ginger
Since oyster mushrooms are among the easiest digestible mushrooms, they can also be used as appetizers: we can prepare bruschetta with avocado cream for our festive dinner, which can be decorated with oyster mushrooms.
Due to our busy everydays, we seldom eat soup. This is the reason why many make soups for Christmas. According to this, we came up with the idea of turning a traditional soup into something new, non-conventional: an oyster mushroom-based, fake tripe soup. Ingredients and preparation steps.
Brașov roast is a popular dish in Transylvania. Originally, it is made from pork or beef, or even lamb, but now, we came up with a meatless recipe.
The irresistible umami flavour of oyster mushrooms can be highlighted by serving it with pickled oyster mushrooms with ginger. Ingredients and preparation steps.
