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Honey mushrooms are the most popular type of mushroom. Mushroom pickers explore various places in search of nutritious and tasty honey mushrooms. Mushrooms can be pickled, frozen, and used to prepare various first and second courses.
Features of mushroom processing
Fresh honey mushrooms, only collected in the forest, are important to process correctly. To do this, they must be cleaned of excess dirt, leaves, and sand. Mushroom pickers use a soft cloth or a small knife. If you come across wormy mushrooms, there is no need to trim them and try to save them. Sorting of honey mushrooms must be carried out without fail, regardless of whether they will be used fresh or sent for pickling.
The lower part of the legs is cut off, the film under the “skirt” is removed. For cooking, it is better to cut large mushrooms in half or into quarters, and leave small ones in the same form. This is at the request of the hostess. All mushrooms are thoroughly washed under running water.
If you open a package of frozen mushrooms, you must remove large blocks of ice using hot water. There is no need to defrost honey mushrooms first.
Attention! To preserve the beneficial properties of mushrooms, housewives dry, freeze and pickle honey mushrooms.
When is the honey mushroom season and where do they grow?
The season starts in May and lasts until autumn. Spring mushrooms appear first. Spring, meadow, honey mushrooms grow in meadows, pastures, and forest edges.
Favorite places for autumn mushrooms are:
- stumps, trunks;
- affected dead plants;
- fallen tree branches;
- petioles of fallen leaves.
All types of honey mushrooms grow in “families.” It is rare to find one copy.
Usually the honey mushroom season begins in the fall, when it rains. It varies in different regions, this is September-November.
I would like to note that there are also winter mushrooms. The collection season starts from late November to March. This type of mushroom can be seen on trees high above the ground, so take a long stick with a hook. Go to the forest when the air temperature is 5-10 degrees below 0.
How long should you cook fresh honey mushrooms?
The time spent on cooking depends on how this product is planned to be used in the future. After boiling, fresh mushrooms are cooked for the specified period:
- It will take 30 minutes to prepare the soup;
- from 35 to 40 minutes for marinating honey mushrooms;
- The mushrooms are boiled for 20-25 minutes before freezing;
- 15-20 minutes before frying.
Important! Many housewives prefer not to boil mushrooms before frying, but boiling will make the mushrooms juicier and more aromatic.
If you plan to cook the mushrooms the next day, the product must be stored in the refrigerator in a tightly closed container. In this case, the honey mushrooms do not need to be washed; only the stuck leaves and sand are removed from them using a knife.
Before steaming, the mushrooms are quickly washed in water so that the dirt does not have time to be absorbed.
Before frying
If you plan to pre-process honey mushrooms for further frying in a frying pan, then you need to boil the mushrooms in several stages. First, the mushrooms are boiled for 5 minutes, after which the water is changed and the mushrooms are boiled in another pan for 15 minutes.
There is no need to cook honey mushrooms until they are fully cooked, because they still have to be heat treated in a frying pan.
If you plan to bake mushrooms, then you will need to cook them according to the same scheme for 15 minutes before baking.
Before salting
Salted honey mushrooms are a delicious winter snack that is the very first to leave the holiday table. To prepare fresh mushrooms for pickling and increase their shelf life, long-term heat treatment will be required. The minimum cooking time is 35 minutes. It is recommended to divide large mushrooms into several parts so that the mushrooms cook evenly and are ready for the next stage of preparation.
Before freezing
Housewives provide different ways of winter preparations, so freezing mushrooms is very popular. Convenience foods can be quickly defrosted and used in many recipes. To make preparations from fresh honey mushrooms, the mushrooms are thoroughly washed and sent for cooking, as when pickling. Depending on the size of the mushrooms, cooking can take from 20 to 40 minutes.
The next step is to cool the product and send it in containers or zip bags to the freezer. These mushrooms will be delicious in any form.
Pre-cooking will avoid poisoning and give the dish a characteristic taste and aroma.
Boiling is an excellent heat treatment that is necessary before freezing:
- Mushrooms are thrown into cold salted water and brought to a boil.
- Remove excess liquid using a colander and fill with cold water.
- The honey mushrooms should steep for several hours, then they go into the freezer.
For soup
In most cases, cooking honey mushrooms when preparing mushroom soup is not necessary, but many housewives still boil the mushrooms to eliminate negative consequences after eating the dish. You must first boil fresh honey mushrooms for 30 minutes before adding them to the soup, while at this time you can fry the carrots and prepare the broth. The boiled mushrooms are drained using a colander and only then sent to a saucepan with soup. This is a preliminary processing measure.
Before marinating
The longer the mushrooms are cooked before marinating, the longer the prepared rolls will last and will not spoil. Honey mushrooms will not sour and will retain their taste longer. Cooking mushrooms must be done in several stages with fresh water. The minimum time is 30 minutes.
Experienced housewives often share their methods of processing mushrooms before pickling: “I cook honey mushrooms for pickling in 3 batches. First, I throw the peeled mushrooms into boiling water and boil for 15 minutes, then drain the water and put the mushrooms in cold water for 30 minutes. I repeat the same process and for the third time I put it in boiling water again for 15 minutes. Thus, lamellar mushrooms will be harmless for consumption. Even my children eat zakatki. After such processing, I am not afraid that they will be tasteless or harmful for consumption.”
Trophies of a quiet hunt
Silent hunting, with all its searching delights, is only the first stage of every mushroom adventure. When the foragers, tired of searching, return home, and baskets filled with mushrooms take their place in the corner of the kitchen, a logical question arises - what to do next?
Next is the no less fascinating process of culinary preparation of mushrooms, or storing them for future use, and an important part of this process is boiling the mushrooms.
During the cooking process, the fruiting bodies of mushrooms acquire a more pronounced taste and aroma, and become denser in consistency.
In this article we will talk about the technology of boiling honey mushrooms - how to do it correctly, and how long the boiling procedure should take to obtain the most successful result.
How long to cook fresh honey mushrooms before frying and before freezing
How long to cook dried mushrooms
The duration of cooking dried mushrooms is determined depending on the time of soaking the mushrooms. A well-soaked mushroom can be cooked for 15 minutes.
If the hostess soaked the honey mushrooms for a short time, the period may increase to 25-30 minutes.
Attention! Dried mushrooms must be soaked before cooking; the duration of soaking will vary depending on the drying method. Approximate time ranges from 3 to 12 hours.
To prepare dried mushrooms for further interaction and preparation of various dishes, you need to:
- Rinse the dried mushrooms and place in a bowl.
- Honey mushrooms are poured with two glasses of water and soaked for a set time.
- Mushrooms are placed in a pan and filled with water in which they were previously soaked.
- Cook the mushrooms for up to 25 minutes.
- Now boiled mushrooms can be used for frying with potatoes, for soup or for stewing with onions.
Preliminary preparation
Honey mushrooms must be processed directly on the day of collection; they do not tolerate long-term storage fresh - they turn black and spoil. The deadline is two days after collection.
It is important to remember “honey mushrooms” - the definition is not very accurate. This is the name given to a whole scattering of different types of mushrooms, belonging to different genera and families, and united by an external common feature - growing on stumps and rotting wood. This means that the taste and culinary qualities of different types of honey mushrooms are also different, and require a different approach when preparing them.
How long do frozen mushrooms take to cook?
Before cooking, frozen honey mushrooms must first be boiled. A solid bracket will need to be immersed in cold water and placed in a saucepan on the fire. Additionally, you can add 1 tablespoon of salt per kilogram of mushrooms. Frozen mushrooms must be cooked for at least 10 minutes until they boil completely, removing excess foam in the process using a slotted spoon. Cooked mushrooms must be drained using a colander.
Now you can use honey mushrooms to prepare other dishes according to the prescribed recipe, from salad to pies.
A huge number of different dishes are made based on mushrooms. To prepare a soup, side dish or unusual salad, housewives use only the best mushrooms and pre-process them to improve the taste. Honey mushrooms are considered not only useful sources of beta-glucan, but also medicinal sugar. They contain a small amount of calories, so many housewives include mushrooms in their diets.
Mushrooms are also used to prevent cancer, hypertension, atherosclerosis and diabetes.
What to do before freezing
If the harvest is good, it would be right to freeze as many honey mushrooms as possible. This is an indispensable semi-finished product for preparing all kinds of dishes, a lifesaver. If the mushrooms are properly boiled before harvesting, any dish can be prepared in a matter of minutes. For freezing, we also sort the harvest by size, clean it and boil it in two waters for 15-20 minutes. The finished mushrooms will settle to the bottom.
Salt and spices are at your discretion. They can be added later during the cooking process. Let the water drain longer. The mushrooms should be almost dry at the end.
A dish worthy of a restaurant menu!
Prepare honey mushrooms with chicken breast, simmered in milk. It turns out so delicious that it is impossible to describe in words. An excellent addition to this treat would be mashed potatoes. For cooking, in addition to food, we will also need a cauldron or other utensils with a thickened bottom and walls.
On a note! Before cooking, honey mushrooms should be boiled for 25-30 minutes in salted water. If you are using frozen mushrooms, you do not need to defrost them.
Ingredients:
- fresh frozen chicken breast – 500 g;
- pasteurized cow's milk – 250 ml;
- wheat flour - one teaspoon. spoon;
- honey mushrooms – 150-200 g;
- carrots - one root vegetable;
- table starch - one teaspoon. spoon;
- refined vegetable oil – 40 ml;
- salt, ground allspice, herbs.
Preparation:
- Honey mushrooms, as already mentioned, first of all we boil them.
- Defrost chicken breast if necessary. Remove the film, rinse thoroughly and dry. Cut the chicken meat into small cubes.
- Peel the carrot root and rinse.
- Grate the carrots on a grater with medium perforation.
- Pour refined vegetable oil into a thick-walled dish, preferably a cauldron, and heat it.
- Place the boiled honey mushrooms into hot oil. Fry until excess moisture has evaporated from the mushrooms.
- Then add grated carrots.
- Fry for a few minutes and add the chicken breast pieces.
- Mix all the ingredients and simmer over moderate heat for about five minutes.
- The chicken meat will become light in color and the carrots will take on a golden hue.
- Then gradually introduce pasteurized cow's milk. It should be at room temperature.
- Over moderate heat, without covering the cauldron with a lid, bring the milk to a boil. Don't forget to keep an eye on the dish, otherwise the milk may escape.
- When the milk boils, reduce the heat. Add table starch, salt, wheat flour and ground allspice here. Stir well so that there are no lumps left.
- Now cover the cauldron with a lid and simmer the dish for a third of an hour. Don't forget to stir it periodically.
- At the same time, prepare mashed potatoes for a side dish. The taste of this treat is amazing.
