California Farm Mushrooms in Beer Batter

Name: California Farm Mushrooms in Beer Batter
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 2 people
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 Bottle homemade dark beer; 1/2 Cup whole wheat kernels to make 1 cup home ground spelt flour; 1/2 Tsp flaked seasalt or 1 Tsp soy sauce; 1 Pound windowsill grown mushrooms from a kit; 2 Tbs High temperature, no smoke Peanut oil, filtered and reused; Serve with potato fennel mousse and ranch dressing dip

Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

California, United States

For Earth Day, any body can grow this at home. Beer battered whole portobello or oyster mushrooms are fluffy, crisp and delicious, economical and tasty.

#april2026

For Earth Day, any body can grow this at home. Beer battered whole portobello or oyster mushrooms are fluffy, crisp and delicious, economical and tasty.

#april2026

Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

California, United States

For Earth Day, any body can grow this at home. Beer battered whole portobello or oyster mushrooms are fluffy, crisp and delicious, economical and tasty.

#april2026

For Earth Day, any body can grow this at home. Beer battered whole portobello or oyster mushrooms are fluffy, crisp and delicious, economical and tasty.

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Ingredients

20 minutes

2 people

1/2 Bottlehomemade dark beer
California Farm Simple Beer Recipe
1/2 Cupwhole wheat kernels to make 1 cup home ground spelt flour
California Farm Made Spelt Flour
1/2 Tspflaked seasalt or 1 Tsp soy sauce
1 Poundwindowsill grown mushrooms from a kit
California Farm Oyster Mushroom Stroganoff
2 TbsHigh temperature, no smoke Peanut oil, filtered and reused
Serve with potato fennel mousse and ranch dressing dip
California Farm Fennel Potato Mousse
Equipment: wheat grinder, mushroom kit, large pot
Cost: flour 10 cents, beer 20 cents, mushrooms 10 cents. Dinner for 40 cents

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Steps

20 minutes

1

Buy a pound of oyster or portobello mushrooms at the market, or, Grow the mushrooms indoors from a mushroom growing kit. Takes 10 days. After that, fresh mushrooms every week, because I use leftover coffee grinds as fertilizer. The mushrooms reseed themselves.
2

Flatten the mushrooms vertically or horizontally, 1/2” thick slices.
3

You need half a bottle of dark beer. You can make the dark beer at home. Takes 30 days.

California Farm Simple Beer Recipe
4

Make the batter. Grind the wheat kernels in your coffee grinder, or food processor, or grain mill. Mix flour and salt or soy sauce with dark beer till you have a thick and fluffy batter, coat the mushrooms, let drip dry.
5

You can easily make peanut oil by roasting and pureeing raw spanish peanuts

California Farm Peanut Butter and Peanut Oil
6

Fry batter coated mushrooms in hot no-smoke peanut oil in skillet till golden, about five minutes each side, serve with ranch dressing and potato fennel mousse.
7

After dinner, when skillet has cooled, pour any leftover oil back in bottle through filter and funnel and reuse. Filter left over warm oil through paper towel in funnel to keep light and fresh. Keep oil used for fish separate from general purpose oils.

Linked Recipes

California Farm Simple Beer Recipe

California Farm Made Spelt Flour

California Farm Oyster Mushroom Stroganoff

California Farm Fennel Potato Mousse

California Farm Peanut Butter and Peanut Oil

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Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

on April 03, 2025 22:56

California, United States

I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.