My mushrooms are delicious alone, as antipasto, sliced through a salad, on pizza and panini or tossed through pasta with garlic and cream. They go well in a tomato sauce for pasta.

A great addition to a risotto, either in the rice or sliced thinly over the top, try my Magical Mushroom Essence as a little counterpoint sauce around the outside to add a bit of 'pizazz'.

We use them as a subtle addition in a stuffing for chicken breasts or as an all out assult on a good piece of beef. Simply heat and toss with a good olive oil and a squeeze of lemon or lime juice. These babies have enough presence to carry themselves without further embellishments.

A little goes a long way.

Price: $ 9.50