1. Make a day in advance if possible.
2. Place all the ingredients except the mushrooms into a saucepan. Bring to the
boil on medium-high heat, induction setting 7 and boil for 1 minute. Remove from the heat and allow to infuse for 10 minutes.
3. Remove the solids from the pickling liquid by passing through a sieve onto the
mushrooms, then return the liquid and mushrooms to the saucepan.
4. Bring to the boil on medium-high heat, induction setting 7 and boil for 1 minute. Remove from the heat and cover with a lid.
5. Allow to cool to room temperature, then store in the refrigerator for 24 hours.

1. Use a mandolin to thinly slice the potatoes 2 mm thick.
2. In a large bowl, add the potatoes, potato starch, mushroom powder, oil and salt. Toss well to combine.
3. Stack piles of potatoes up to around 3 cm tall, with the largest slice on the bottom, onto a universal tray.
4. Place into the oven on shelf position 2. Select Moisture Plus on Fan Plus at 200°C, releasing a burst of steam immediately. Cook for 20-25 minutes, or until browned and crispy at the edges.
5. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes before assembling.

1. Heat the butter in a large frying pan or induction compatible gourmet oven dish on high heat, induction setting 9 until the butter just stops sizzling.
2. Add the mushrooms and cook until lightly browned at the edges. Do not add salt yet.
3. Add the vinegar and deglaze the frying pan for 1 minute, remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.
4. Place the mushrooms into a blender with a good pinch of fine sea salt and the truffle oil. Process on high for 1 minute.
5. Add the cream and process until smooth.
6. Season to taste and fold in the chives, reserving some for the final garnish.

1. Spoon or pipe the mushroom pate on top of the potatoes.
2. Drain the pickled mushrooms and press into the puree to hold.
3. Garnish with chives.

• Gourmet waxy potatoes to be used for this recipe, such as perlas, jersey benne, Dutch cream, sebago, desiree or Nadine.
• The potatoes can be cooked for 15 minutes and then chilled until ready to use. To serve, cook for an additional 15 minutes at 200°C on Fan Plus until crispy.
• Mushroom powder can be made from grinding down store-bought dried mushrooms, or by dehydrating your own in the oven on Conventional at 80°C for 2–4 hours, then grind in a spice grinder.
• When frying the mushrooms, use the largest pan to encourage browning or cook in two batches.
  Potato starch helps the potatoes to stick together, and is also great for hash browns. If not available, cornflour can be used instead.
• For the pickled mushrooms, use a wide variety of the most interesting ones you can find.
• If pickled mushrooms cannot be prepared a day in advance, pickle for a minimum of 2 hours.
• Leftover mushroom puree can be used as a spread, or a dip.