✨ snow fungus - silver ear - beauty mushroom, 🍄

This delicate, cloud-like mushroom has been used in TCM for centuries.

It's mild, slightly sweet and it’s perfect in a soup.

Here's Frizela's favorite snow fungus soup recipe by @thewoksoflife

Snow Fungus & Asian Pear Soup

Ingredients:

• 25g dried snow fungus, rehydrated overnight

• 10 cups water

• 1 large Asian pear (300–400g)

• 40g rock sugar (or to taste)

• 15g dried goji berries (about 2 tbsp)

• 20g dried Chinese red dates (jujubes, about ¼ cup)

-After soaking overnight, trim the tough yellow root and tear the fungus into small pieces.

-Add snow fungus and water to a pot. Bring to a boil, then reduce to medium-low. Cover and simmer 30 min.

-Peel and cube the pear, discard the core, and add to the pot. Simmer another 30 min.

-Add rock sugar, goji berries, and dates. Adjust sweetness to taste.

-Simmer on low, covered, for 1–2 hours until syrupy and a light amber color.

Prep time is 8 hrs (mostly hands-off soaking). Active prep is just 5 minutes! You can get these ingredients at @rainbow_grocery in SF.