Punny ben or porcino or cep

Hi, do you know our tastiest mushroom? porcino or punny ben or cep?

Porcino is a strange mushroom. The stipe is too large compared with the cap. In Italy we say porcino is “panciuto e tracagnotto” (potbellied and squat). A bit plebeian to be the king of mushrooms, isn’t it?

Besides its name means “piglet” in Italian but anyway it is the king of mushrooms really. It smells fantastic and tastes fantastic!

porcino or penny ben or cep

It’s a typical autumn food together with all the wild mushrooms and you can make a lot of tasty recipes with  porcino even mixed with other mushroom species.

Read more about the porcino mushroom.

Greetings from Italy

Carlo & Loretta