Receta
Mushroom tiradito from high altitudes with tiger's milk — a tribute to Central
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Yield: 4 · Time: 30 min · Difficulty: Medium
A reinterpretation inspired by the high-altitude cuisine of Virgilio Martínez (Central, Lima), where each dish depicts an ecological level of Peru. Here, each mushroom represents an altitude, and the eight-mushroom powder brings all levels together in a single spoonful.
Ingredients
- 250 g fresh shiitake (Lentinula edodes), thinly sliced (the low level, cultivated)
- 150 g dried wild mushrooms, porcini (Boletus edulis), rehydrated and sliced (the mountain level)
- 1 teaspoon eight-mushroom powder (the eight levels in one spoonful)
- For the vegetable leche de tigre: juice of 4 lemons, 60 ml mushroom broth from rehydrating, 1 piece ginger, 1 clove garlic, 1 chili (ají amarillo if available; otherwise, serrano), 2 sprigs cilantro, and salt
- To finish: one-quarter red onion, thinly sliced, cilantro, olive oil, and flaked salt
Simbiosis Products Used
- 8 Adaptogenic Mushroom Powder, the conceptual heart of the dish, the eight levels in one spoonful: 8 Mushroom Powder
- Dried gourmet wild mushrooms (porcini): collection
- Can't find any of these mushrooms? Write to us by any means: as your trusted supplier, Simbiosis can get you the ingredients you need, even if they are not listed in the store
Preparation
- Dry-sauté the shiitake slices for 2 minutes to tame their texture; let cool. Rehydrate the porcini, slice it, and reserve its broth.
- Leche de tigre: blend the lemon juice, mushroom broth, ginger, garlic, chili, and cilantro; strain. It should be acidic, spicy, and fragrant, like the mountain air.
- Arrange the shiitake and porcini slices on the plate, interspersed, like ascending levels.
- Pour the leche de tigre over just before serving; top with red onion, cilantro, olive oil, and a final sprinkle of eight-mushroom powder: the complete vertical map.
Functional Note
Shiitake (Lentinula edodes) provides beta-glucans studied for their relationship with immune response modulation. Bringing together various species—each from its own altitude—is also a way to diversify what we bring to the plate.
Informational content; not a substitute for medical attention. Simbiosis products are food supplements: they are not medicines and do not cure, treat, or prevent diseases.