Ospidillo Cafe Morel Mushrooms

Total Time: 8 hrs 8 mins Preparation Time: 8 hrs Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup ka-me tempura batter frying mix
• 1 cup water
• 2 cups crisco shortening
• 1 teaspoon paul prudhomme's poultry magic seasoning (optional)
• 20 fresh morels
• 2 quarts of heavily salt water

Recipe

• 1 slice the morels lengthways and soak overnight (or up to 24 hours) in the salt water in the refrigerator.
• 2 drain and rinse the mushrooms in cold water.
• 3 dry the mushrooms on a towel.
• 4 mix the batter, using the tempura mix, the 1 cup of water and the poultry magic (if used -- seasoned salt can also be used if you can't find the poultry magic).
• 5 in a large skillet, melt the crisco over high heat.
• 6 when the crisco has melted and is very hot (375-400 degrees), dip each mushroom half in batter and drop into the skillet. make them in several batches -- do not crowd them.
• 7 fry until brown, turning them once.
• 8 serve hot.
• 9 (the cooking time is "per batch").