Fresh Honey Mushrooms
Fresh Honey Mushrooms
Imagine you're on a foraging trip into the forest to find mushrooms. Honey Mushrooms are exactly the kind of mushrooms you would find. Their striking rusty red caps make them delightfully eye catching and their delectable woody flavour make them a delicious prize to bring home from your mission.
Try these never-grown-before-in-the-UAE mushrooms! These little mushrooms don't travel well so you won't get mushrooms like this anywhere else in the Middle East.
Below Farm’s harvest-fresh Honey Mushrooms brings something completely new and delicious to your dish.
What's to Love?
- Sweet, nutty flavour & meaty caps
- Great for gut health & immune support
- Rich source of anti-oxidants & dietary fibre
- UAE grown
- Chemical-free circular farming methods
Shipping
Shipping
FREE shipping when you spend over 75AED (otherwise 15AED)
Delivery
Delivery
Delivery to your door in Dubai (Monday, Thursday, Saturday) and Abu Dhabi (Tuesday, Friday)
A Forager's Find Grown in the UAE
The charming clusters of Honey Mushrooms feature delicate caps and vibrant colors, making them visually appealing while excelling at absorbing flavors and sauces. But alas, they do not hold up well on long journeys. Which is why you don't find imported versions of these mushrooms.
That's why our Honey Mushrooms are truly special. We grow from spore, at our farm in Abu Dhabi - bringing you something that you can't find anywhere else in the UAE.
We deliver them with care straight to you. No fertilisers. No pesticides. No air miles. No quality-sapping delay from harvest and table.
A Unique Offering for Your Table
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UP YOUR MUSHROOM GAME
As a mushroom lover, you want something special. Something better than the UAE’s usual sub-par offerings. Button mushrooms are always an option, but don't they get a little boring? Honey Mushrooms are a great step up into the next level of the mushroom world. Meaty and mushroomy - their intricate texture makes them great at holding a marinade, and getting that lovely charred umami flavour from grilling or roasting.
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DELICIOUS & EASY TO COOK
You might not have coming across these striking looking fungi before but no need to worry. They are simple and delicious to cook. Our top tips for cooking with them? Cut off the stem about half way up. Blanch before cooking to maximise flavour. Then chuck them into a pasta sauce, stew or mushroom risotto and enjoy their sweet, umami flavour. Honey Mushrooms are the perfect substitute for a button mushroom in a recipe - why not try something new?
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SAVOUR THE FLAVOUR OF LOCAL PRODUCE
Did you know that the nutritional and flavour of fresh vegetables starts decreasing from the moment you harvest it? Every minute, hour and day that your food takes to reach you, it will decrease in tastiness and healthiness. At Below Farm, it's about producing good food locally and producing it well. No pesticides. No fertilizers. Using local materials. Farming following circular principles. All the good stuff. That's why our mushrooms come out extra tasty.
Eat local Honey Mushrooms. Eat tasty. Eat healthy.
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“I’m thinking about health and love of mushrooms. Supporting local, too”
- Lisa Knight
Keep Your Mushrooms Happy!
You can store your mushrooms for up to a week - remove any protective packaging and pop them in the fridge wrapped in paper so they don’t sweat.
But the sooner you eat your mushrooms, the bigger the treat. So tuck in as soon as you can.
When you’re ready to cook, resist the urge to wash them - unless you want to eat soggy sponges.
Here are answers to your FAQS about our mushroomy goodies...
How do you grow your mushrooms?
We grow all our mushrooms from spore to fruit at our Abu Dhabi base (the UAE’s only speciality fungi farm). So we’re in control of every step of their journey to you - and can promise them at the peak of their harvest-fresh goodness. Our circular, planet-first, science-led ethos guides everything we do. So our mushrooms grow chemical-free on a natural, sterile substrate made from local waste materials like date palm fronds, coffee grounds and wood. When ready, we hand-pick them and deliver them to your door. Or transform them into gourmet and adaptogenic products that give you their delicious and revitalising mushroomy essence.
Do I need to wash my fresh mushrooms?
No. Mushrooms never like being washed. And, with ours, you don’t need to. You won’t find any dirt or chemicals clinging to them. Because we grow them in a sterile environment with no pesticides or fertilisers. And they’ve had no exposure to risky elements during import from far-flung lands
How do I cook fresh mushrooms?
Like all mushrooms, a great starting point for cooking our local, speciality mushrooms is to sauté them with a little bit of oil, garlic, salt & pepper. Chop up the mushrooms or tear by hand if you prefer. Get the pan & oil really hot before adding in the mushrooms. Top tip with mushrooms: adding any marinade or sauce afterwards leaves you with the best texture.
Why are your fresh mushrooms sometimes out of stock?
Because of our natural, chemical-free ethos, we let our mushrooms take their own good time to grow. So occasionally some varieties might be unavailable - you can select to be notified the moment they’re in stock again. And, if there’s ever a short delay in your dispatch, we’ll be in touch to let you know.
Mushroom powders vs mushroom extracts?
For powders, we just dry and pulverise our home-grown mushrooms. So you get the same nutrient-rich spectrum of vitamins, minerals, proteins, fibres and bioactive compounds as in the fresh fungi. For extracts, we macerate the powder and then draw out the mushroom’s bioactive essence. So you get a potent therapeutic serum, whose active compounds are concentrated, readily available and easy to absorb (but without the mushroom’s broader nutritional benefits).
Why do you make all your powders and extracts from ‘100% fruiting body’?
Most nutrients and active ingredients are in the mushrooms’ above-ground fruiting body, not their underground mycelium web. So we take our Below Farm mushrooms and carefully remove every trace of the mycelium-packed growing substrate from the caps and stems. Then we turn them into nutrient-rich powders and potent extracts to transform your health.
I love your Shitake chips. Can I buy other mushrooms chips too?
For now, we just make Whole Shitake Chips. But watch this space. We’ll be bringing other irresistible chip varieties online by the end of 2024.
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“Love, love, love Below Farm mushrooms. I can’t get enough of them. We’re enjoying them every day now”
- Michele Tarnow, Dubai