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While walking the property in spring,...","datePublished":"2017-05-09","dateModified":"2018-12-04","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/author\/hagosto\/#Person","name":"Hector Agosto","url":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/author\/hagosto\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7bfedbdc5ef3ed8f8df91eb37e1ffbe?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7bfedbdc5ef3ed8f8df91eb37e1ffbe?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Legendary Whitetails","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/logo-legendary-whitetails.png","url":"http:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/logo-legendary-whitetails.png","width":522,"height":226}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Pile-of-Morels-1-e1494345416755.jpg","url":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Pile-of-Morels-1-e1494345416755.jpg","height":1218,"width":1443},"url":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/blog\/bacon-wrapped-morels-stuffed-with-blue-cheese-jalapeno\/","about":["Cooking"],"wordCount":934,"articleBody":"12 years ago my wife and I purchased property to build our first home. While walking the property in spring, my wife noticed a funny looking mushroom. She called her friend over to take a look and when she got there, she flipped out. \u201cThose are morels right in your backyard!\u201d I did a bit of research and found out about the gold that was growing on my newly purchased land. Knowing what they are and how good morels\u00a0taste on top of some venison steaks, I was hooked on hunting morels.Once we moved into our new home, we soon met some of our neighbors. When I told them about the property we bought, quite a few of the neighbors already knew about the morels that grew there. The previous landowners were absentee owners and the neighbors were pillaging all the fungus goodness every spring. In fact, the following year when I went out to look for my new batch of morels, all I found were fresh picked\u00a0stumps. So, I did what any hunter would do and I hung a few trail cameras. \u00a0It didn’t take long before I caught one of the neighbors red handed.\u00a0Rather than ruffle the feathers of my new neighbors, I nonchalantly\u00a0mentioned that I had the cameras up and wouldn’t you know it, just like that the morel thieves were gone.Getting more involved with hunting morels, I did some online research to learn more about where they grow, how to store them, many many recipes, etc. As much as I read online, one thing I can say holds true for the past 12 years, is that there is no one spot that will always produce every year, consistently. Some\u00a0spots have a few in the same area for a couple years, but nothing dependable on a year in year out basis. This spring has been by far the best year we have had and it’s on a section of our land where I have only found a couple in the past. Moist ground around freshly dying elms is the ticket. I also like to pick them as soon as I find them. The fresher the better.Now, to cooking these delicious little jewels of the forest…Bacon Wrapped MorelsIngredientsMorels washed and cut in half length wiseSweet onions thinly slicedBlue cheesePickled jalapenosBaconRecipe Link:\u00a0Bacon Wrapped MorelsDirectionsFirst, you obviously need to find some morels. Now, assuming you have some on hand or plan on having some in the near future, you need to give them a thorough rinse and scrub. For more on how to properly clean morels, click here.Once you’ve cleaned them, slice them the long way down the middle. \u00a0It’s never a bad idea to give them another rinse once you open them up because some bugs can be hiding in the hollow stem.Now that you have them sliced and cleaned, it’s time to start stuffing\u00a0them with goodness!\u00a0Lay a couple of pieces of onion inside the morel, along with a bit of blue cheese and a few small pieces of jalape\u00f1o.Now that the morel is stuffed with cheesy goodness, it’s time to invite some meat to the party! Oh, yeah….it’s bacon time! Cut the bacon slices into thirds and wrap around the stuffed mushroom and pin it with a toothpick. \u00a0I like to wait till the bacon is room temperature before I wrap anything because it’s\u00a0more pliable and easier to work with.Next, it’s time to cook them. If you have an air fryer, you can cook about 15 of the mushroom halves for\u00a010 minutes at 360 degrees. Using a traditional oven, cook at 350\u00b0 for 15 minutes or until the bacon is done.BOOM! You’re all done and now you have an appetizer that will send you running to the woods in search of more delicious morels! \u00a0Enjoy and don’t forget to protect your secret location with a trail camera:)"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Legendary Whitetail's Blog"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/blog\/bacon-wrapped-morels-stuffed-with-blue-cheese-jalapeno\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Bacon Wrapped Morels Stuffed with Blue Cheese & Jalape\u00f1o"}}]}]