Before using forest mushrooms as a main or auxiliary component of the dish, they must first be boiled, and mushrooms, freckles, redheads, russules and chanterelles also soak in advance for several days before cooking. And they do this not only to bring them to a certain degree of readiness. The product grown in the forest can contain toxins and harmful substances, which mostly go to water when soaking and cooking.
Numerous recipes for the preparation of delicious dishes from forest mushrooms conceal details of how correctly to prepare the mushroom component from the beginning and the novice, inexperienced mistress or just a beginner in the question of processing forest inhabitants finds it difficult to carry out this task.
After reading the material of our today's article, you will learn how to properly and for how long it is necessary to cook fresh, frozen or dried forest mushrooms before further use.
How to cook dried mushrooms?
When starting to boil the dried mushrooms , first thoroughly rinse them from the contaminants with running water, and then soak for four to five hours in refined water. During this time the mushrooms will take almost the original volume, and you can, if desired, cut them into slices of the desired size. Then place mushrooms in an enamel pot with the same water in which they were soaked. Warm up to a boil, if desired, add salt to taste and cook on minimal fire for an average of one and a half hours, periodically removing the foam.
However, we note that dry mushrooms have a more intense taste and a pronounced flavor than fresh ones, and if you wish to soften it, we recommend that you do a little differently. Soak the raw material initially in water, and after swelling thoroughly we wash it, fill it with clean water and boil it to the desired degree of readiness.
How to cook frozen mushrooms?
Frozen mushrooms are prepared much faster than dried ones. It is enough to simply defrost them, rinse them thoroughly, and then boil them in salted water. The cooking time is determined depending on the type, size and maturity of the fungi. As a rule, twenty to thirty minutes are enough for this.
How to cook mushrooms before frying?
You can fry both fresh and frozen or dried mushrooms. Fresh raw material is thoroughly washed, depending on the species, we clean and soak, and then boil until half ready. Frozen mushrooms before cooking additional thaw, and dried soak before swelling and cook for about an hour.
Boil the mushrooms in a colander, give a good drain, and only then put on a dry hot frying pan. When the water evaporates, add the preheated oil and fry the mushrooms until ready.
How to cook white mushrooms?
White mushrooms have a broader cooking time range than other representatives of the forest kingdom.
If you need to boil the dried ceps, then, as in the case with other species, pre-soak for about five hours, and then cook at minimum heat for one and a half to two hours, always removing the surface foam.