May have anticancer effects.
It helps improve fertility.
It is extremely beneficial for the liver.
How Can We Consume Cordyceps?
If you are lucky enough to buy the Cordyceps mushroom in a completely natural way, that is, if you travel to one of the places where it grows, then you will have the honor of tasting its true flavor.
The most common form of preparation is infusions, where you will consume both the fungus and the broth resulting from cooking. Another of the most common ways to ingest it is by adding it chopped in recipes for duck, chicken, or pork.
However, due to its high price and the poor marketing of the fungus in its original version, it is more common to take Cordyceps as a food supplement in the form of powder or capsules. Although its content comes in most cases, from Improved versions of the fungus grown in laboratories.
Various scientific research affirms that it is advisable to consume between three and nine grams a day to obtain all the health benefits that we mentioned before.
BEST KITCHEN RECIPE
Cordyceps with Linguine, Shallots, Watercress, and Chives.
Ingredients:
2 ounces whole fresh Cordyceps mushrooms.
3 ounces of linguine or dried spaghetti.
1 spoon of toasted breadcrumbs.
¼ cup of dry white wine.
Salt.
Pepper.
1 cup of fresh watercress cut into small pieces.
Dry red pepper flake.
1 shallot in thin pieces.
2 tablespoons olive oil.
Preparation:
1. Cook the shallot in olive oil in a pan, stirring until golden brown.
2. Add wine to the pan and reduce by half.
3. Then add the cordyceps mushrooms to the pan until golden brown and remove from the stove.
4. In a pot with water and salt cook the pasta until al dente.
5. Then mix the pasta with the mushrooms in the pan.
6. Add the red pepper flakes, the cress.
7. Garnish with breadcrumbs and eat.
Note: Makes 4 servings.
7. Maitake
The Maitake mushroom, whose scientific name in Latin is “Grifola frondosa” is a fungus native to Japan, which reproduces and grows in clusters at the base of the oaks, and has been like most medicinal mushrooms, highly prized for its properties medicinal for several centuries. We commonly know it as a forest hen or ram's head.
Currently, they are granted endless virtues, it is considered an adaptogen. By stimulating the immune system, Maitake helps our body resist the attack of various external pathogens as well as helps fight stress and fatigue.
The Maitake fungus is analyzed in detail as part of the so-called metabolic syndrome because it helps lower blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and blood glucose level.
Maitake Mushroom
Appearance And Composition
The Maitake mushroom is a gray-brown fungus that gradually fades with age.
It is an atypical fungus because it closely resembles a coral. It is very easy to identify thanks to its layers that have the shape of spatulas or fans that are organized in groups. It consists mainly of a branched trunk, extremely short.
It can reach 50 centimeters in diameter and a weight of 10 kilograms.
