How to properly freeze fresh, stewed, boiled, fried honey mushrooms for the winter: the best recipes. How to process fresh honey mushrooms before freezing?

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Preparing mushrooms for the winter involves not only pickling, but also freezing. Freezing fresh honey mushrooms has many advantages. Collected fruiting bodies with this storage method do not lose their taste and beneficial properties even after a long stay at a temperature of -18°C.

Freezing honey mushrooms

Is it possible to freeze honey mushrooms for the winter?

Preserving food in the freezer is one of the most common methods of home preparation. Mushrooms, like other products that retain their nutritional properties after freezing, are taken with dense stems and are strong.
Since we are interested in honey mushrooms, we will only consider freezing methods that will keep these mushrooms in excellent condition.

Is it possible to freeze honey mushrooms?

Let's start with the most pressing issues for mushroom pickers: pre-processing of forest gifts with their subsequent freezing. Let's also consider recipes, using which you can easily prepare something tasty for the whole family from frozen food.
During the mushroom season, honey mushrooms produce fruit in large quantities, so mushroom pickers do not come from the forest without a harvest. To preserve the mushrooms for the whole year, they can either be preserved or simply put in the freezer.
Since honey mushrooms are classified as agaric mushrooms, heat treatment does not change their taste. If you dry the mushrooms, the final product will lose its unique taste.

Frozen mushrooms do not lose their nutritional properties.

Knowing the secrets of freezing honey mushrooms, you can prepare a delicious mushroom treat regardless of the season. If you prefer to freeze foods that have been pre-cooked on the stove, then we will tell you in detail how to freeze honey mushrooms.

Sorting and cleaning

Before freezing honey mushrooms for the winter, you need to sort them carefully. Despite the fact that in the forest wormy mushrooms are discarded immediately, at home it is necessary to check each mushroom again for the presence of holes and larvae. Small mushrooms do not need to be cut, but large ones can be divided into several parts. Particular attention should be paid to the cap: if the stem of the mushroom is clean, this does not mean that the mushroom on top is just as good.

During sorting, you can also sort the mushrooms by size: honey mushrooms of the same size look more advantageous in any dish. In addition, smaller specimens can be cooked less.

Honey mushrooms also need to be cleared of debris: sometimes it’s enough just to knock on the cap to shake off everything unnecessary, but more often the mushrooms are washed in plenty of warm water and then dried on a towel.

How to process fresh honey mushrooms before freezing?

By consuming frozen mushrooms throughout the winter, you will provide yourself and your household with protein, glycogen, lecithin, and minerals, including copper and zinc. The enzymes contained in forest hotels accelerate metabolic processes in the body.
When going on a quiet hunt in the forest, you should not rush: by carefully removing the leaves from the mushrooms and carefully examining the cap of each specimen, you will save time before freezing the mushrooms.
Before freezing at home, any mushrooms should be sorted and sorted (divided into large and small ones, so that fruiting bodies of the same size can then be used when preparing dishes). Also, preliminary preparation of honey mushrooms includes cleaning the mushrooms from adhering dirt, soil fragments and leaves.

Preliminary preparation of honey mushrooms includes cleaning the mushrooms from adhering dirt and soil fragments

Important: if you decide to freeze honey mushrooms raw, then you do not need to wash them, otherwise the fruiting bodies of the mushrooms will absorb excess moisture.

If the honey mushrooms are heavily soiled, use a clean, wet towel to clean. After this treatment, the mushrooms should be dried.

Important: not all mushrooms are suitable for freezing, but only freshly picked ones. We send young, firm, healthy fruiting bodies that have no suspicious spots to the freezer.

Preparing honey mushrooms for freezing

Honey fungus is ideal for freezing. Unlike many of its “brothers”, its caps are moderately saturated with moisture, so they will not soften after long-term storage at subzero temperatures. A store-bought product can be prepared immediately using your favorite method—no need to wash it first.

But the specimens collected with your own hands need to be carefully prepared:

At home, clean the fruiting bodies from the soil.
Select small specimens. The larger the mushroom, the more difficult it is to freeze.
Carefully inspect your “prey.” Choose only apparently healthy specimens, avoid rot and other damage.
Culinary experts are still debating whether they should be rinsed before freezing. Some insist that water cleanses forest products from small specks and insects, while others assure that the procedure will ruin the taste of the frozen product. Therefore, we recommend sticking to the golden mean - wiping the fruiting bodies with a damp cloth. This is enough to get rid of unwanted debris.

This completes the preparation. Freshly frozen mushrooms can be stored for up to a year without losing their taste. Of course, if the freezing conditions are met: the freezer must be set to -18 degrees. Mushrooms that have undergone pre-treatment will last half as long - six months.

Use plastic bags or containers with a tight-fitting lid for the workpiece. You can “settle” them in the same compartment with other mushrooms - frozen champignons, porcini mushrooms, etc.

Photo pixabay/burebista: Choose small specimens.

How to freeze fresh honey mushrooms for the winter?

Freezing honey mushrooms fresh and whole is considered the easiest way to prepare mushrooms for long-term storage.

The freezing process includes the following steps:

cleaning honey mushrooms from adhering dirt
laying out in the freezer on a clean, flat tray surface
After the mushrooms are completely frozen (this will take several hours), they need to be packaged in prepared bags or containers

Before freezing, mushrooms must be cleaned of adhering dirt.

In addition to honey mushrooms, fresh boletus mushrooms, forest champignons, chanterelles, and boletus mushrooms can also be frozen.
To prevent honey mushrooms from losing their shape after defrosting, you should select strong mushrooms without damage. Only such honey mushrooms can be used to decorate dishes.

How to defrost honey mushrooms correctly?

To defrost, transfer the mushrooms to the refrigerator. Honey mushrooms thawed in this way will taste like they were just brought from the forest.

Defrosting

Frozen honey mushrooms do not require special defrosting, but, if desired, you can first remove them from the freezer and keep them on a regular shelf in the refrigerator for several hours. Remember that you can only defrost that part of the mushrooms that you directly plan to cook.

When the time comes to use frozen mushrooms, pre-boiled or fried mushrooms can be immediately placed in a saucepan or frying pan. But fruiting bodies frozen raw must first be boiled in the manner indicated above.

How to freeze stewed honey mushrooms for the winter?

Experienced chefs place fried or stewed mushrooms in the freezer. After heat treatment, honey mushrooms should also be laid out on a tray in one layer and placed in the freezer.

Stewed mushrooms are frozen, covered in fat in which they were cooked. The taste of pre-fried or stewed mushrooms will be more intense. However, in the case of stewed mushrooms, the taste is preserved only during the first 3-4 months of storage.
Important: if you decide to boil, fry or stew honey mushrooms before further freezing, then do not be surprised that when thawed the product will acquire a homogeneous consistency and it will be difficult to visually recognize the mushrooms in the finished product.

The process of freezing stewed honey mushrooms includes several stages:

Preparation of mushrooms (cleaning of dirt, leaves, washing)

Washing mushrooms before freezing

Trimming the very bottom of the mushroom stem (renewing the cut)
Placing mushrooms in a frying pan (without pre-drying)

How to freeze stewed mushrooms

Simmer under a closed lid for 25 minutes (you can add vegetable oil and simmer until all the liquid has boiled away)
Place on a sieve (to drain excess liquid)
Place in bags or containers with tight-fitting lids
Laying mushrooms packaged in bags in the freezing chamber

Packaging stewed honey mushrooms in airtight containers

Tip: for freezing it is better to take small mushrooms. Mushrooms cut into pieces quickly darken the cut and will not look appetizing in the finished dish.

Collection

Before you freeze honey mushrooms for the winter, you need to collect them. Experienced mushroom pickers easily cope with this task, but beginners have to put in more effort. After all, it is important not so much to find mushrooms as to make sure that they are edible. The most reasonable solution is to choose as your partner a person who is familiar with the topic and is an ardent fan of quiet hunting.

If this is not possible, then you should be twice as careful: a real honey mushroom has a yellowish-brown cap, concave in young specimens, but flatter in adult specimens. On the back of the cap there are yellow or brown plates, on top of the mushrooms there is a coating of spores. When cut, honey mushrooms are white and have a pronounced, pleasant mushroom smell. The leg must have a ring-shaped skirt. The caps are scaly.

Important: if you have the slightest doubt, you should refuse the collection!

The beauty of honey mushrooms is that they grow as a whole family. And if you find a good place, you can collect a couple of buckets of mushrooms without literally leaving the spot.

You need to collect honey mushrooms quickly, but carefully. Cut or twist the mushrooms carefully, without jerking. The second method is preferable. It is necessary to avoid getting leaves and twigs into a bucket or basket - the less debris, the less the mushrooms will be crushed during transportation.

How to freeze boiled honey mushrooms for the winter?

You can freeze mushrooms after pre-treatment with boiling water. Mushrooms are also steamed. This processing method is preferred by chefs who prepare honey mushrooms for later adding to soups or mushroom caviar.
However, if the housewife plans to use mushrooms as a component of a fried dish or prepared according to another recipe, then it is better to skip the blanching step. Otherwise, after heat treatment, the mushrooms will become deformed.
Some housewives also store boiled mushrooms in the freezer if the method of freezing raw mushrooms does not inspire confidence.
Throw honey mushrooms into lightly salted water. After the water boils, keep it on the stove for 5-10 minutes and place it in a colander.
When the excess liquid has drained, the honey mushrooms should be carefully transferred to a dry, clean napkin. After drying, you can put the mushrooms in the freezer.

Boiling mushrooms in salted water before freezing

The process of freezing boiled honey mushrooms includes the following steps:

cleaning mushrooms from dirt
placing honey mushrooms in boiling water with the addition of a small amount of salt (20 g of salt per liter of salt)
You can also add a few cloves of garlic to the water for flavor.
keeping in a boiling solution for 2-3 minutes
transferring the boiled honey mushrooms to another container with cold water (you can add ice)
after five minutes, drain the water and place the mushrooms on a dry surface covered with a clean, dry towel to dry
packaging in sealed bags
placing bags filled with boiled mushrooms in the freezer

Washing mushrooms before freezing

In what container should I freeze mushrooms?

For convenience, it is better to use plastic trays when freezing mushrooms. Dry fruit bodies are laid out in one layer after preliminary cleaning.
The temperature in the freezer is set to -18 °C.

Important: if you lay out honey mushrooms for freezing in several layers, they will stick together and lose their shape. Mushrooms arranged in this way will take longer to freeze. Therefore, you should not rush and put the entire batch of mushrooms that you plan to freeze into the freezer at once.

There is no need to worry that honey mushrooms will take up useful space in the freezer: after the mushrooms are completely frozen, they can be placed in plastic containers or small plastic bags. This will immediately free up freezer space for freezing other foods.
Mushrooms for further freezing should be packaged in portions so that they can be used during one-time cooking. If after defrosting and preparing the dish you still have mushrooms, it is better to boil or fry them immediately, and you can add them to the dish later.

Mushrooms should be packaged in portions for further freezing.

Repeated freezing is strictly prohibited. Frozen honey mushrooms can be stored in the freezer for six months. After this period, frozen mushrooms begin to accumulate toxins and become unfit for consumption.

Freezing raw product

You can freeze honey mushrooms raw. All you need to do is prepare a large cutting board and make room for it in the freezer.

The fruiting bodies are evenly laid out on the board in one layer. They are then frozen raw. After 2-3 hours, when the mycelium has hardened, it is transferred to a plastic bag for further storage. Advice. If you are afraid that the mushrooms laid out on the cutting board will freeze to it, cover it with plastic and then arrange the mushrooms.

How to freeze fried honey mushrooms for the winter?

The process of freezing mushrooms consists of several stages:

Cleaning and drying mushrooms

Before freezing, place the mushrooms on a paper towel to dry.

Cutting into pieces
Place in a frying pan with the addition of a small amount of vegetable oil (to improve the taste, you can add onions and garlic, but remove the vegetables before boiling)
Fry over high heat for 5 minutes with constant stirring
Cool and remove excess oil (you can place the mushrooms in a colander or spread them out on a paper towel)
Placement in sealed containers
Freezing in the freezer

How to freeze fried mushrooms

Delicious potato soup with honey mushrooms

Signature recipe from the editor of the site pomoshnica.info:

The “trick” of this dish is its unusual presentation form. The potatoes are mashed in it, but the mushrooms along with the fried vegetables are not crushed. It turns out unusual and simply amazingly tasty. I definitely recommend trying it.

Ingredients:

2 liters of meat broth;
200 grams of boiled frozen mushrooms;
5 large potatoes;
2 medium sized carrots;
2 small onions;
3 tablespoons vegetable oil;
salt, bay leaf and ground pepper to taste.

Preparation:

Boil a piece of meat with a bone until tender, remove the meat and strain 2 liters of broth needed for cooking the soup. Peel all the vegetables, defrost the honey mushrooms. Bring the peeled and coarsely chopped potatoes to boil, chop the onion into small cubes and fry in vegetable oil until golden brown. Add carrots grated on a coarse grater, stir, fry until the carrots are golden brown, you can add spices.

Remove the potatoes cooked in the broth with a slotted spoon and cool slightly. Remove the broth from the stove for now. Add the thawed boiled honey mushrooms to the frying pan with the fried vegetables, stir and simmer over low heat under the lid for no more than 5 minutes. Then put the contents of the frying pan into the pan with the broth and set to cook again. The fire under the pan should be low to prevent the soup from boiling violently.

Mash the boiled potatoes using a pestle (or any device convenient for you). As soon as the contents of the pan boil, measure 5 minutes with a kitchen timer and after the specified time, add mashed potatoes to the future soup.

Add salt to taste and over low heat, with a barely noticeable boil, simmer under the lid for another 5 minutes. Let it sit on the stove after turning off the heat for at least 20 minutes, preferably half an hour. This dish can be sprinkled with fresh herbs just before serving.

How long do frozen fresh, stewed, boiled, fried, honey mushrooms last: shelf life

Fresh honey mushrooms retain their taste when frozen at a temperature in the freezer below 20 degrees. The shelf life is 1 year. If the mushrooms were previously boiled for further freezing, the shelf life is reduced to six months.

The shelf life of mushrooms depending on the method of pre-treatment, which guarantees the safety of their consumption:

Mushrooms fried before freezing are stored in the freezer for about 3 months.
Stewed mushrooms are stored in the freezer for 3-9 months. The duration of storage depends on what kind of oil was used during stewing. The taste of mushrooms lasts for six months.

Shelf life of frozen mushrooms

Tips for housewives:

To preserve the appearance of the mushrooms, they should be spread out in one layer on a wire rack before final freezing. Freezing each element separately prevents damage and mushroom adhesion.
When sharply frozen (temperature below 30 degrees for 2-3 hours), the mushrooms will retain their taste, aroma and beneficial properties.
For freezing food in small portions (for one meal), sealed bags are suitable. Filled bags can be placed in a separate cardboard box for further storage.
Remove the bag of frozen mushrooms to defrost immediately before cooking. Otherwise, thawed honey mushrooms will begin to attract harmful microorganisms.
To ensure that the mushrooms retain their dense structure, they should be thawed at room temperature.

Useful tips

To preserve the maximum amount of beneficial properties, you should familiarize yourself with the general recommendations for freezing and storing honey mushrooms in the freezer:

For freezing, you should use only the whole product. If you intend to cold process fried, stewed, boiled or blanched mushrooms, they can be cut into several pieces of the same shape if necessary.
Before putting them in the freezer, the fruits must be completely dried so that an ice crust does not form on the surface, which can spoil the taste and shape of the defrosted product. This is especially true for raw mushrooms.
For convenience, it is better to package prepared honey mushrooms in small portions, since they do not tolerate repeated freezing.
Do not fill the containers tightly with mushrooms; it is recommended to leave a little free space for the juice that subsequently releases.

The shelf life of any type of honey mushroom depends on the temperature at which it is stored:

T° indicators in the freezer compartment	Recommended shelf life of mushrooms
-12 or -14°C	Up to 4 months
-18°C	Up to six months
-18 – 24°С	Up to 1 year

It is better to use heat-treated mushrooms as early as possible so that the taste and aroma in the dish that will be prepared from them is as rich as possible. Honey mushrooms, frozen fresh, can be stored for up to 12 months without loss of taste and external qualities. To defrost raw fruits, you need to transfer them from the freezer compartment to the refrigerator compartment and leave for 6 - 8 hours (preferably overnight).

After this, place the mushrooms in a large bowl or colander to drain excess liquid, and wait until the product is completely defrosted at room temperature. Next, the fruits should be blotted with paper towels or napkins and begin preparing the intended dishes. Fried, stewed and boiled preparations do not need to be thawed beforehand. It can be used immediately for its intended purpose. Preserving honey mushrooms in the freezer for the winter is not difficult at all.

The main thing is to strictly follow all recommendations and store them correctly. Containers should be labeled with the frozen date to ensure they do not expire. You should also write on the label in what form the product is frozen: raw or heat-treated (fried in oil, boiled in water with added salt, blanched, stewed in its own juice) so that it is convenient to use mushrooms to prepare the desired dishes.

Cooking recipes

Fried honey mushrooms can be combined with any product, which will diversify the winter menu.

Recipe for honey mushrooms with mayonnaise for the winter.

With mayonnaise

The use of mayonnaise for winter preservation surprises many, but the result will definitely please everyone. You need to prepare the following products in advance:

1.5 kg honey mushrooms;
200 ml mayonnaise 72% fat;
50 ml oil, preferably vegetable oil;
4 onions;
garlic, black pepper and salt to taste.

A step-by-step recipe for fried honey mushrooms for the winter is as follows:

Fry the mushrooms, first in a dry frying pan, and then with the addition of oil.
Add chopped onion and garlic. After 10 minutes, salt and pepper the dish. After another 7 minutes, add mayonnaise.
Cover the pan with a lid and simmer for at least 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Now you can put the dish into jars and seal them. Keep refrigerated. If desired, such mushrooms can be frozen, the taste will not change.

Mushroom caviar from honey mushrooms.

Fried honey mushroom caviar

This dish makes a great quick snack. In addition, mushrooms may not necessarily be beautiful. The products are as follows:

1.5 kg of mushrooms;
6 onions;
8 pcs. carrots;
garlic;
4 tbsp. l. vinegar;
150 ml sunflower oil;
coriander, salt, pepper.

You need to prepare this snack as follows:

Pass the mushrooms through a meat grinder and fry in oil and salt. The duration of the process is about 20 minutes.
Add onions, carrots, salt, pepper, coriander, garlic. Pass the mixture through a meat grinder.
Fry the resulting mass in a frying pan for 15 minutes.
Pour vinegar into it, then put the caviar into jars. Sterilize for 40 minutes, then roll up.

Fried mushrooms in vegetable oil.

With vegetable oil

Fried honey mushrooms in vegetable oil can be considered an almost traditional dish. In addition, this is the easiest way to prepare them for the winter. You will need the following products:

1.5 kg of boiled mushrooms;
150 ml sunflower oil;
4 tbsp. l. table vinegar;
salt pepper.

The dish is prepared as follows:

Dry the boiled mushrooms and then place them in a dry frying pan.
Fry over medium heat until the liquid has completely evaporated, after which you can add vegetable oil.
Once golden brown, remove from heat and transfer to dry jars, sprinkling with pepper. You can also add any spices to your taste.
Add salt, pepper, vinegar to the oil that remains in the pan. Bring the mixture to a boil, then pour it over the mushrooms in the jars.
Sterilize the containers for 40 minutes, after which they can be closed with tight plastic lids. Store in a cool place, not necessarily in a cellar.

Fried mushrooms in a jar.

in fat

To prepare honey mushrooms for the winter, you can use any fat, including cooking fat. The ingredients are as follows:

boiled honey mushrooms (about 1.5 kg);
cooking fat (250 g, but you may need less);
salt to taste.

The preparation is made according to the following recipe:

Cut the mushrooms into pieces. Fry first in a dry frying pan, then gradually add fat (no need to add all of it at once).
Set the heat to minimum and simmer the mushrooms for 1.5 hours. Season with salt periodically to taste.
Place in sterile jars, compacting with a fork. Mushrooms should not peek out from under the fat.
Leave the jars uncovered until they cool; you can cover them with napkins.
The next day, seal it.

Marinade for honey mushrooms for the winter.

With garlic

Mushrooms in any form can replenish the vitamins and microelements missing in winter, and in combination with garlic this effect can be enhanced. You can also give them fortified drinks. The following ingredients are needed:

1 kg of boiled honey mushrooms;
10 medium cloves of garlic;
120 ml vegetable oil;
2 bay leaves;
peppercorns, salt.

You can prepare this dish for immunity as follows:

Evaporate all the liquid from the mushrooms, then add oil and fry until golden brown.
Cut the garlic into slices and add to the mushrooms along with salt and spices. Fry for another 10 minutes, then put them in clean jars.
Pour oil from the frying pan over the mushrooms until they are completely covered. If there is not enough oil, you can heat a new portion.
Sterilize in boiling salted water for 40 minutes, after which the jars can be sealed with airtight lids. Turn over and wrap until cool. After 2 days you can transfer to a cool storage room.

Marinated honey mushrooms with onions.

With onion

Mushrooms with onions are a semi-finished product that will simplify the process of preparing both second and first courses in winter. For such preparation you need the following products:

1 kg of boiled honey mushrooms;
700 g onions;
150 g of any fat, for example, sunflower oil or lard;
2 tbsp. l. soy sauce;
salt, pepper, cloves.

You need to prepare the dish using the following technology:

Fry the mushrooms, having previously evaporated the excess moisture. Do not remove from the pan.
Peel the onion, cut into half rings, then add to the mushrooms. Fry for 10 minutes.
Add all the spices, spices and soy sauce, mix.
Now the workpiece needs to be distributed into jars along with the oil. Sterilize them for 30 minutes.
Roll up the jars, turn them over, wrap them in a blanket and wait to cool.

This product can be stored for no longer than 6 months.

Recipe for preparing honey mushrooms for the winter without sterilization.

Without sterilization

You can save on cooking, but still get a delicious dish of roasted honey mushrooms for the winter, if you refuse sterilization. The following ingredients are needed:

1.5 kg of prepared mushrooms;
200 ml butter or any other fat;
1 tbsp. l. salt;
3. art. l. vinegar;
1 tsp each spices to taste;
7 medium cloves of garlic.

The step-by-step recipe itself is as follows:

Fry the mushrooms until the liquid has evaporated, then add fat and cook until golden brown.
Now you can add spices and chopped garlic, then fry for another 10 minutes.
At the end, add vinegar and oil, if there is not enough, and simmer for 10-15 minutes until tender.
The mushrooms can now be placed in jars, which are covered with nylon lids. Store in a cool place.

How to cook honey mushrooms in a slow cooker.

In a multicooker with iron lids

Fried honey mushrooms in jars for the winter cannot be called a dietary dish, but you can reduce the calorie content if you fry them in a slow cooker. This is even easier to do than in a frying pan. The ingredients are as follows:

1 kg of fresh mushrooms;
200 g butter;
3 medium onions;
a little more than half a spoon of salt;
peppercorns, bay leaf, cloves.

The method for cooking mushrooms in a slow cooker is as follows:

Boil the mushrooms just before frying.
Place them in the multicooker bowl. Add butter, chopped onion (preferably in half rings), then turn on the “Stew” mode, setting the timer for 40 minutes.
After the beep, remove the lid, salt the mushrooms, add the rest of the spices. Fry with the lid open for 20 minutes.
Place the prepared mushrooms in jars of the required size, roll up with iron lids, and cool. There is no need to sterilize such a workpiece.

How to salt cabbage with honey mushrooms.

With cabbage

In the fall, you can prepare a full-fledged dish for the winter - mushroom solyanka. This salad will allow you to easily and quickly diversify your family's daily menu. To prepare it you need:

boiled honey mushrooms (1 kg);
600 g white cabbage;
300 ml sunflower oil;
6 cloves of garlic;
6 medium onions;
salt and pepper mixture to taste.

Prepare the salad as follows:

Combine mushrooms with 150 ml of oil. Fry everything until golden brown.
Cut the onions into cubes and add to the pan. Fry for another 16 minutes until softened, then add chopped garlic.
Separately, fry the shredded cabbage with the remaining oil. Salt and spices are added 10 minutes before cooking.
Combine the mushrooms and cabbage, then simmer for another 15-20 minutes.
Place the mixture in dry, clean jars, which are then sterilized for 30 minutes.
Seal the jars, turn them over, wrap them in a blanket and leave for 2 days, after which you can put them in the cellar.

Fried honey mushrooms with carrots and onions.

With carrots and onions

The vegetable mixture will allow you to store fried mushrooms longer. In addition to honey mushrooms (1 kg), other ingredients are needed:

0.5 kg of onion;
0.5 kg carrots;
250 ml oil (olive or any other vegetable);
3 tsp. salt;
peppercorns.

You can prepare mushrooms with carrots and onions using the following technology:

Fry the honey mushrooms first in a dry frying pan, and then with the addition of oil until a beautiful color appears.
Cut the onion into half rings, add to the pan and fry for another 15 minutes.
Peel the carrots, then grate them using a Korean grater. Fry separately with the addition of meat until golden brown.
Now combine the contents of the pans, add pepper and simmer for no more than 20 minutes.
Place the dish into prepared jars. They need to be sterilized for 40 minutes over low heat. Close the jars with nylon lids and, after cooling, lower them into the basement.

Preparations from fried honey mushrooms.

With citric acid

This recipe is radically different from other similar ones not only by the use of citric acid instead of vinegar, but also by the method of putting it into jars. Required ingredients:

2 kg of prepared mushrooms;
200 ml oil;
0.5 tsp. citric acid;
garlic (7 cloves);
chopped greens;
salt, peppercorns.

The recipe itself is as follows:

Evaporate excess moisture from the mushrooms, then pour oil into the frying pan and fry the mushrooms over high heat until crusty.
Place them in jars, stirring with herbs and garlic.
Dissolve citric acid in the remaining oil, bring to a boil and add pepper.
Let the mixture cool, only then pour it into the jars with mushrooms.
Close with nylon lids. Store pickled mushrooms in a cool place for the winter.

Fried honey mushrooms in melted butter.

Primary processing of honey mushrooms

Processing honey mushrooms does not take much time, but is still necessary. Especially if the fruits were collected by a person himself. To reduce cleaning costs, you need to remove fallen leaves and other debris from mushrooms while still in the forest. Since they grow in the forest almost all year round, you have to get rid of damaged mushrooms or specimens eaten by rodents.

Will reduce the time for cleaning and proper harvesting. Honey mushrooms are cut off closer to the cap, leaving a small part of the stem on the stump or other surface. Place the harvested fruits in a dense, hard container so that they do not lose their shape.
The place where the mushroom is cut tends to darken very quickly, so the treatment should be carried out immediately after returning from the forest. To begin with, the fruiting bodies are sorted by size, then most of the stems are cut off, and the caps are wiped with a damp towel.
Before pickling, boiling or frying, honey mushrooms must undergo a soaking procedure in water. It lasts no more than half an hour. This is necessary, since excess bitterness will be removed along with the water, as well as small insects living in the fruit.
Then the special “skirt” on the leg, the film, is removed.

Fried honey mushrooms with potatoes at home

This is the easiest and simplest way to prepare a delicious lunch or dinner.

You will need the simplest products, which will make the taste even better. This mushroom dish reminds me of the taste of childhood, this is exactly how my grandmother cooked. It turned out incredibly fragrant. Now, based on my memories, I cook fried mushrooms for my relatives, everyone without exception likes them. But still, grandma’s turned out to be tastier.

Ingredients:

honey mushrooms - 250 grams;
potatoes - 250 grams;
onion - 1 medium size;
salt and pepper to taste;
vegetable oil.

Cooking steps:

1. Boil the mushrooms for 10 minutes, drain the water. I peel the potatoes and cut them into slices. Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan, heat it up, and fry the onions for a few minutes. Then I add boiled honey mushrooms. I also fry for a couple of minutes.

2. Next, add sliced potatoes to the pan, salt and pepper to taste, and stir. The cooking process will still take about 10 minutes.

The amazing dish is ready, it turns out aromatic, satisfying and nutritious. Fried mushrooms do not have to be cooked only in season; even frozen mushrooms are suitable for this in winter. I know that many men love to eat potatoes in unlimited quantities, and they never get tired of them. Try cooking it with mushrooms, you will get a real delicacy, and your husbands will not need anything else. Bon appetit!