Donko - thick-fleshed shiitake mushrooms, dried, Takehisa Japan

Donko are harvested before the mushroom cap opens, after they have grown slowly in winter. This gives these shiitake a very meaty mouthfeel. Full of umami and aroma, they also look very beautiful and are therefore suitable for nigiri or temari sushi, for example. Or sauteed as a whole mushroom. The mushrooms double in size when watered and are then about 4.5 times as heavy. Takehisa shiitake are always grown on stored tree trunks in the forest, which gives them an incomparable aroma that cannot be found in shiitake grown industrially on nutrient media. The Takehisa family, Fukuoka Province, has specialized in this specialty for almost 100 years, which has won several awards.