Food / Tasman

Gourmet mushrooms from the Moutere Hills

11:35 am on 22 June 2020

Listen

Hannes & Theres Krummenacher came to New Zealand in 1998 and settled in the Tasman District on 53 hectares. From small beginnings they now grow seven varieties of fungi.Their company, Neudorf Mushrooms specialises in growing mycorrhizal mushrooms. The Krummenachers were the first commercial growers of the Saffron milk cap in New Zealand and they supply restaurants and farmers markets. They've also developed a range of spin-off products. Here are the Krummenacher's recipes for wild mushroom risottosoup and pate.