Lobster Mushroom Bisque - Foraged

Ingredients

• 4.5 cups broth or water
• 2 cups dried lobster mushroom pieces
• 1 tbsp butter
• Rehydrated lobster mushroom pieces [from 2 cups dried]
• 2 tbsp chopped wild garlic chives [or 2 tbsp chopped parsley stems & 1/4 tsp garlic powder]
• Fish sauce or salt, to taste
• Lemon juice, to taste
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 cup chopped medium yellow onion
• 1 cup chopped medium celeriac knob [or celery stalks]
• 1 cup chopped wild carrots & burdock root [or chopped cultivated carrots]
• 2 tbsp chopped fresh wild herbs [try carrot tops, cleaver, thyme, and spruce tips]
• 1 tbsp dried wild herbs [try peppergrass, rosemary, spicberry, bayberry]
• 4 bulbs wild garlic [or 2 cloves cultivated garlic]
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 3 tbsp flour
• 3/4 cup dry white wine
• 4 cups lobster mushroom broth
• 6 northern bayberry leaves [or 2 bay leaves]
• 1 2 x 2 piece kombu [optional]
• 1/2 of the browned garlic mushroom meat
• 1/3 cup black walnut milk [or heavy cream]