Dehydrating Puff Ball Mushrooms With A Oven Food

DRIED PUFFBALL POWDER

Steps:

• Place the puffballs on cookie sheets or the drying racks of a dehydrator. If you're using an oven, put in on the lowest setting possible, and put the puffball pieces on some wax paper on the cookie sheets so they don't stick.
• Allow the puffballs to dry completely, until they're cracker dry. If you're questioning if they're dried enough, dry them longer, I usually do it overnight. (make sure to crack the window or do it in a garage or outside because your house will reek of puffball.
• Once the puffball slices are completely dried, they may be powdered in a vita-mix or other dry-capable blender. If you don't have a blender that can powder things, you can use a coffee grinder, but that will take a very long time. For added depth of flavor, you can toast the slices of puffball in an oven (325 F until barely golden) before grinding.
• When ground, the puffball powder is lighter than air, so much so that it's culinary properties were very deceiving at first.
• After the puffball powder is ground, it can be stored indefinitely in a labeled, dated, air-tight container in a pantry or away from sunlight, then used as needed.

DEHYDRATING PUFF BALL MUSHROOMS WITH A OVEN

Steps:

• 1. Cut in slices about 1/4 inch thick. Heat oven to 250 and turn off. Put on wire shelves in oven. Leave overnight in turned off oven. If needed repeat the next day. Store in airtight containers in cool dry place.