Discover Forêt, the book that tells everything about foraging
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Black morels are the black gold of our northern forests. Along with truffles, they are among the most expensive mushrooms. They are often very plentiful during the spring following a forest fire. The harvest is short-lived and the dust and ash from the fire make this harvest a difficult one. Morels are mythical and an aura of scarcity clings to them. Combined with their incomparable taste, they are a choice mushroom to serve to your guests.
Few people have harvested morels. Forest fires often occur in distant forests that are difficult to access. Still, big fires attract pickers from many countries who converge on the harvest and live in precarious conditions in the burnt-out forest.
The short harvest is a race against the clock. The hollow mushrooms are dried in the sun or in makeshift dryers in the forest where they are harvested.