Honey mushrooms are forest mushrooms that are quite popular in our latitudes. You can please yourself with delicious dishes made from these mushrooms not only in autumn season, but also at any time of the year. It is enough to freeze honey mushrooms for future use in the fall or purchase a frozen product in a store. Such mushrooms will save everything beneficial properties, thanks to the deep freezing method and will delight you with its appearance.
Many people doubt whether it is worth buying such a product because they do not know how to properly prepare frozen honey mushrooms. Do you need to defrost mushrooms, what can be done from them and in what ways? In fact, there is nothing difficult in working with frozen honey mushrooms; they are used in preparing the same dishes as fresh mushrooms.
Preparation
Most frequently asked question question that cooks ask themselves before preparing frozen mushrooms: is it worth defrosting them?
The answer to this question can be given by knowing the freezing method. Honey mushrooms can be frozen raw or boiled. In the first case, it is necessary to defrost the mushrooms, and the pre-boiled or fried semi-finished product can be immediately used in the cooking process.
If you prepare a dish from raw frozen honey mushrooms, then after defrosting you also need to boil them. The procedure is as follows:
- Place the mushrooms in a deep bowl and place on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator to thaw for 10 hours.
- You can also defrost at room temperature, but not in a microwave oven, so as not to lose a significant part of the beneficial properties of the product.
- Thawed honey mushrooms need to be boiled in salted water for 15-20 minutes. Place mushrooms only in boiling water.
- Boiled frozen mushrooms need to be poured cold water, add a spoonful of salt, bring to a boil and cook for 8-10 minutes, constantly skimming off the foam.
- Place the mushrooms in a colander or sieve, let the water drain completely and start cooking.
Thawed mushrooms do not need to be boiled before frying or baking, but processed mushrooms will be more tender, tastier, retain their unique mushroom aroma and cook faster.
What to cook?
If you have a package of frozen honey mushrooms in the freezer, you don’t have to be afraid of the arrival of unexpected guests. Many dishes are prepared from this product; honey mushrooms are combined with a large number of additional ingredients; by mixing and matching different products, you can prepare everything from appetizers and salads to pies and main courses. Frozen mushrooms are boiled, fried, stewed and pickled, in general, the same dishes are prepared as from fresh mushrooms.
Fried honey mushrooms
Frying is the easiest and most delicious way to cook frozen mushrooms. You can pre-boil them, then the mushrooms will be more tender and more aromatic, or throw them into a frying pan without pre-processing. Mushrooms are fried in butter and vegetable oil with onions and garlic, sometimes sour cream, potatoes and other vegetables are added.
First courses
Frozen honey mushrooms make very tasty aromatic soups, borscht, broths and solyankas. Even without adding meat, first courses made from these mushrooms are very rich and satisfying.
IN mushroom soup add potatoes, onions, carrots, sweet pepper, celery, cereals or noodles. Fresh herbs added at the end of cooking will give a special smell and taste. Even vegetarian borscht in mushroom broth is prepared from honey mushrooms. And if you want something more satisfying, you can prepare thick meat hodgepodge with mushrooms and olives.
You can cook such dishes on the stove or in a slow cooker.
Main courses
Due to their structure, mushrooms saturate the body very quickly. Therefore, they are used to prepare hearty main dishes with and without meat.
Stew with honey mushrooms and vegetables is prepared in a frying pan by frying all the ingredients - onions, peppers, potatoes and other vegetables. The dish is brought to readiness in the oven, baking for 40 minutes. You can also add fried pieces of pork, beef or chicken to the stew.
Meat rolls, potato zrazy, casseroles are stuffed with these mushrooms; juliennes and dishes in pots are prepared from them.
Pies
Boiled and finely chopped honey mushrooms are used as a filling in pies, pancakes, pizza, puff pastries and others. flour products. The filling of finely chopped honey mushrooms stewed with onions in sour cream will be especially tasty.
Salads and snacks
You can add boiled or fried honey mushrooms to salads, and the most delicious snacks are made from pickled frozen mushrooms. It's very easy to prepare them. Pour water over the mushrooms, bring to a boil, drain the water. Pour boiling water over honey mushrooms, 1 cup of boiling water per 1 kg of mushrooms. Add to decoction bay leaf, cloves, peppercorns, salt and sugar. Cook over low heat for 40 minutes. At the end of cooking, add vinegar.
Also ideal as a snack mushroom caviar. Thaw mushrooms, boil, grind in a meat grinder, mix with fried onions, season with spices.
Breakfast
With frozen honey mushrooms you can cook delicious scrambled eggs or omelettes. It’s faster to do this with boiled frozen mushrooms. You can immediately place them in a frying pan with oil, fry for 10 minutes, pour in the eggs and fry until cooked. You can add onions, cheese, tomatoes and bell peppers.
Cooking secrets
To properly prepare frozen mushrooms without harming your health or spoiling the food, you need to know some tricks:
- Thawed mushrooms cannot be re-frozen and stored in the refrigerator;
- Thawed honey mushrooms need to be smelled; they should have a pleasant mushroom aroma. If the smell is sour and unpleasant, the mushrooms are not suitable for consumption;
- store frozen honey mushrooms in the freezer for 1 year;
- In a multicooker, cook frozen mushrooms in the “Steam” mode for 25 minutes.
Recipe: fried honey mushrooms with potatoes
The simplest and most delicious dish of frozen mushrooms is fried mushrooms with potatoes. Every housewife should be able to cook it.
Ingredients:
- 400 grams of frozen honey mushrooms;
- 400 grams of potatoes;
- 2 onions;
- oil for frying (butter + vegetable);
- green;
- seasonings to taste.
Preparation:
- For this dish, it is better to take mushrooms that have been boiled or fried before freezing. They do not need to be defrosted, but can be placed straight into the frying pan.
- Unprocessed frozen mushrooms are first defrosted on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator for 10-12 hours. Afterwards, you can pre-boil them for 10 minutes, so the mushrooms will be softer and tastier.
- Cut the onion into small cubes or thin half rings and fry until transparent in a mixture of oils.
- Wash the mushrooms, cut them and add them to the onions. Fry until all the liquid has evaporated.
- Cut the peeled potatoes into thin strips or slices, add to the mushrooms, stir and cook over medium heat, covered, until the potatoes are soft. At the end, add spices, salt and sprinkle with fresh herbs.
From frozen mushrooms you can prepare many delicious and healthy dishes, which your whole family will be happy with!
With the arrival of autumn, the forest presents us with a rich harvest of honey mushrooms. You can get great pleasure from going to the forest to pick mushrooms and at the same time pick up a whole basket, and if you’re lucky, even several. After all, this mushroom does not grow one at a time, but in whole families at once. Literally from one tree or stump it is possible to collect several kilograms. As a rule, the whole family takes part in further processing, because it is simply impossible for one person to sort through and prepare honey mushrooms due to their quantity.
Rules of use
The benefits of mushrooms for our bodies have been valued by almost all cultures for many centuries. These mushrooms are filling vital energy and serve a good helper the body resists viral diseases. Honey mushrooms are a source of iron, zinc, complete proteins, vitamin C and phosphorus. Those who are on a diet or are vegetarians include honey mushrooms in their diet because of their low calorie content.
These mushrooms will not cause harm to the body. It is important not to abuse them and choose only quality ones for food. The only thing you shouldn't do:
- Use for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
- Give to children under 7 years of age.
How to clean and boil mushrooms
Honey mushrooms are a product that is considered perishable, so after finishing the forest, the first thing you need to do is sort them out. How to properly prepare honey mushrooms fresh for processing:
- Throw all insect-damaged, rotten and rotten mushrooms into the trash.
- Clear forest debris: remove soil, leaves and twigs.
- If mushrooms are required for drying, then you need to remove the film under the cap and cut off the lower segment of the stem. To cook fresh, soak the mushrooms for an additional hour and then peel off the film.
The cleaning process will not take much time and effort, although the mushrooms themselves are small and very fragile. Upon completion of the cleaning process, heat treatment of the mushrooms should begin. For this you will need:
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There is nothing easier than picking a basket of mushrooms and cooking them for dinner as an appetizer or frying them with potatoes. Children asking for pie is also not a problem. And you definitely need to prepare caviar for the winter for pancakes. There are many recipes with honey mushrooms.
To prepare honey mushrooms with onions for an appetizer, you don’t need to have sky-high culinary skills, because the recipe is very simple:
- Boil the mushrooms.
- Cut the onion into rings and fry in a frying pan with butter.
- Add honey mushrooms to the onion, add salt and fry for 15-20 minutes.
- Sprinkle with basil or dill.
Nowadays, every housewife has a multicooker in her kitchen. With its help you can deliciously cook mushrooms with sour cream. Ingredients:
Cooking instructions:
Place the finished dish into beautiful plates and sprinkle herbs on top.
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Products you will need:
Instructions for preparing mushroom soup:
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Serve the finished soup with croutons white bread or sprinkle with crushed breadcrumbs.
There is a great idea on how to deliciously cook honey mushrooms. Combine mushrooms with cheese and dumplings, and then bake them in the oven. To prepare you will need:
This dish is not only prepared, but also eaten very quickly.
The most popular and favorite dish, of course, is fried potatoes with mushrooms. In order to prepare fresh honey mushrooms, the housewife will need:
- Freshly picked honey mushrooms (if it’s winter, you can use blanks) weighing 500 g
- Medium potato tubers - 8-9 pieces.
- Onions - 2 pieces.
- Sour cream 20% fat - 100-120 m.
- Butter and vegetable oil for frying.
- Green.
- Salt and pepper.
You should prepare it like this:
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Place on plates and garnish with herbs. Add a variety of pickles to taste.
If guests arrive unexpectedly and you need to quickly set the table, you can prepare a salad with mushrooms and beans. At first thought, it seems that such a combination of products is simply unacceptable, but in fact it turns out to be a satisfying and tasty dish. Prepare the following ingredients:
Description of preparation:
- Chop the carrots and onions and fry over medium heat until tender.
- Chop the ham into strips.
- Grate the cheese on a fine grater.
- Place carrots with onions, ham, cheese into a deep salad bowl, add a can of beans (without liquid) and add mushrooms.
- Mix everything well with mayonnaise or sour cream, add salt and garnish with herbs.
Place on plates and serve to guests.
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Honey mushrooms are mushrooms familiar to every Russian. You can cook them from large number a variety of aromatic and tasty dishes, and the benefits of these mushrooms have been known for a long time. And collecting honey mushrooms is quite pleasant - they grow in groups, covering large areas, so you can even collect several buckets from one place.
The mushroom got its name due to the characteristics of its growth. It is no secret that honey mushrooms grow on tree stumps and around them, not singly, but in families. In this regard, there are two versions of the origin of such an interesting name.
The first is based on the fact that “honey agaric” is a word with the same root as the word “stump”, and the second says that one day mushroom pickers discovered this mushroom, and after cutting it off, they saw several more growing nearby and exclaimed: “There they are again!”, and so Thus, the word “honey agaric” follows from the word “again”.
In any case, this name has been assigned to the mushroom for a very long time and, despite its folklore origin, is official in Russia.
Honey mushrooms grow in whole families on stumps in forests, both coniferous and deciduous. They are found on absolutely all continents, except for permafrost regions. They prefer to grow on old rotten stumps and any rotten wood.
You can recognize these mushrooms by their long stem, which can reach 15 cm, and a round cap with pronounced plates on the underside. The color of the leg can vary from light to dark brown shades, and the cap is from light cream and yellow to brown-red tones. More detailed characteristics honey mushrooms depend on their type, age and place of growth.
Types of mushrooms
There are a large number of types of edible honey mushrooms, and the following are widespread and loved by Russian mushroom pickers:
Characterized not large sizes caps - 3...7 mm in diameter and a high stem, reaching 10 cm. Moreover, its thickness reaches 8 mm. Its color is yellowish with a white coating. The cap is also a light yellow shade, and in damp weather it changes color to yellowish-brown. The center of the cap is always darker in color than its edges. They bear fruit, like other types of honey mushrooms, in waves, starting in June and ending with autumn frosts;
This species of honey mushrooms is slightly darker in color than the previous representatives of these mushrooms. Their hat is brown, and after rain it becomes transparent. The diameter of the cap can be from 3 to 8 mm, and its center is lighter than the edges. The leg, up to 9 cm high, is characterized by the presence of a ring, which turns into a strip with age. To the bottom of the ring the leg has scales. The first summer honey mushrooms can be found as early as June, and their fruiting lasts until late autumn;
They are large in size. For example, the cap of the real honey mushroom can reach 17 mm in diameter. Both the cap and the leg of young representatives of this species are completely covered with scales. The color of the mushroom is a soft pastel, from light to dark brown shades. These honey mushrooms appear in the summer towards the end of August and bear fruit until October, until the first frost;
They bear fruit from autumn to spring, so you can even find them under the snow in thawed areas. The diameter of the mushroom cap reaches 10 cm in diameter, and the stem is 7 cm in height and does not have a skirt. Leg dark brown, and the cap changes from dark yellow to orange-brown.
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Benefits and harms
Eating honey mushrooms has a beneficial effect on human health, since they contain not only vitamins and minerals, but also special substances, for example, thiamine, which is responsible for reproductive function and nervous system. Mushrooms are rich in protein and also contain zinc, copper, phosphorus, potassium, iron, etc. At the same time, honey mushrooms are low-calorie and suitable for consumption by people watching their weight and diabetics.
IN folk medicine The beneficial properties of honey mushrooms have long been appreciated, the main of which are antiviral and anticancer effects on the human body. These mushrooms perfectly cleanse the intestines, removing waste and toxins. The use of honey mushrooms also has a good effect on the processes of hematopoiesis.
In principle, honey mushrooms will not cause any harm to the human body if they undergo good preliminary preparation before preparing the dish: cleaning and cooking. But you shouldn’t overuse honey mushrooms, since they, like all mushrooms, are difficult food to digest. Therefore, you should not gorge yourself on honey mushrooms at night. In addition, the cleansing effect of honey mushrooms can turn into diarrhea with unlimited consumption of these mushrooms.
How to cook
Honey mushrooms, like most mushrooms, need to be processed as quickly as possible after harvesting or purchasing. Depending on how many of these mushrooms are available, you can use in various ways preparing honey mushrooms for lunch, for example, making soup from them or simply frying them with onions, or processing them for more long-term storage: Freeze or marinate.
The fastest and in a simple way The processing of honey mushrooms is their frying. Moreover, absolutely any side dish will suit them, and the dish will turn out very tasty and aromatic. Fried honey mushrooms are suitable for consumption by people watching their weight, since 100 g of the finished product contains less than 50 kcal. In order to fry honey mushrooms you will need the following ingredients:
- honey mushrooms – 0.5 kg;
- onion (medium) – 2 pcs;
- butter or vegetable oil;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
- After all the ingredients have been collected, begin washing the mushrooms. They need to be washed thoroughly under running water, paying special attention to the undersides of the caps, as the plates may contain grains of sand and other debris. Then you can dry them a little and cut them into large pieces. Small mushrooms are fried whole.
- While the mushrooms are drying after washing, you can heat a frying pan with oil and fry the peeled and cut into half rings onions until transparent. Usually this takes no more than 2...3 minutes.
- Then add honey mushrooms to the onion and fry, stirring constantly, until the liquid that comes out of the mushrooms during cooking has completely evaporated. Season with salt and pepper.
- K already ready-made dish you can add sour cream and simmer under the lid for about 5 minutes, or add fresh dill.
From honey mushrooms it turns out very delicious snack for the winter for long-term storage, which will suit any festive table. To prepare pickled mushrooms you will need:
- honey mushrooms – 3 kg;
- water – 1.5 l;
- allspice peas – 8 pcs;
- garlic – 2…3 cloves;
- bay leaf – 2 pcs;
- vinegar 9% concentration - 2/3 cup;
- salt – 2 tbsp;
- sugar – 1 tbsp.
- After all the products have been collected, you can begin to prepare honey mushrooms. Small mushrooms are ideal for seaming. In some varieties of honey mushrooms, the legs can become harsh, so they are sometimes shortened, but not completely, by 1/3 of the length. Mushrooms must be thoroughly cleaned and washed. This is followed by a pre-cooking operation. Honey mushrooms need to be boiled in salted water for 15...20 minutes until cooked (they will sink to the bottom of the pan). Afterwards they are thrown into a colander and the water is drained.
- To prepare the marinade, add all the spices except vinegar to the water and bring to a boil. Then add the prepared mushrooms and cook everything together for 5...10 minutes. Towards the end of cooking, add vinegar to the pan.
- The mushrooms are placed in clean jars and the marinade is poured on top. The jars are rolled up and allowed to cool at room temperature. It is recommended to store the preparations in a cool place, and they can be eaten about a month after preparation.
This dish is lean and light, but very healthy and nutritious. In order to prepare honey mushroom soup, the first thing you need to do is stock up on a small amount of the necessary ingredients according to the list:
- honey mushrooms – 0.3…0.4 kg;
- potatoes – 0.5 kg;
- onion (medium) – 1 piece;
- carrots – 1 piece;
- vegetable oil – 3…4 tbsp;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
- Once all the ingredients have been collected, proceed to preliminary preparation again. They must be thoroughly washed and cut into small pieces.
- The soup can then be prepared in different ways. For example, some people pre-boil honey mushrooms over low heat for half an hour, after which the water is drained, and the honey mushrooms are filled with new water and the soup is prepared. Others do things a little differently, dropping the mushrooms into boiling water and cooking them for 15 minutes before adding the rest of the ingredients.
- In any case, potatoes are added first to the honey mushrooms after the specified time. While it is boiling with the mushrooms, they prepare the frying. To do this, onions and carrots are peeled and chopped: onions - into small cubes, carrots - on a grater; after which they are fried in a small amount of vegetable oil.
- When the potatoes are almost ready, add the fried potatoes to the soup, mix everything and season with salt and pepper. After this, cook the honey mushroom soup for another 5 minutes.
- The finished soup is poured into plates; fresh herbs and sour cream can be added to each of them.
- fresh;
- with preliminary heat treatment.
The first freezing method will preserve the taste and aroma of freshly picked honey mushrooms, and if defrosted correctly, the mushrooms will be firm and suitable for preparing any dish. The second method is suitable for those housewives who are hesitant about freezing fresh honey mushrooms. Both of these methods allow you to preserve the crop in the freezer for quite a long time, so both will be considered separately.
If it was decided to keep the collected honey mushrooms frozen fresh, then it is worth special attention treat them with pre-treatment - cleaning them from dirt. The fact is that honey mushrooms cannot be washed before freezing; all plant residues must be removed from small fungi manually, which requires patience from the housewife.
But first, the mushrooms are sorted into large and small ones and, at the same time, rejected - only healthy honey mushrooms without signs of rot and stains are considered suitable for freezing. Then they begin to clean them.
If the mushrooms are very dirty, they can be wiped with a clean damp towel and then dried. To preserve the aroma, it is best not to cut honey mushrooms, but to freeze them whole. Honey mushrooms can be packaged in flat containers, resealable freezer bags, or on trays.
It is important to lay them out in one layer. If you place them too tightly on top of each other, the mushrooms will simply stick together, and when defrosted they will lose their shape. Honey mushrooms can be stored frozen at a temperature of about -18 0 C for 6 months.
Here you can use one of three heat treatment methods before freezing mushrooms:
- blanching. This term means short-term scalding of fresh mushrooms with boiling water or steam. This method allows you to quickly get rid of dirt on mushrooms, but honey mushrooms prepared in this way after defrosting are not suitable for preparing all dishes. The fact is that after blanching, the mushrooms fall apart and their shape is deformed. Such honey mushrooms can be used in soup or for preparing mushroom caviar;
- by boiling. You can boil honey mushrooms. They are also pre-cleaned, then dipped in salted water and cooked for half an hour over low heat. After this, the mushrooms are placed in a colander, waiting for the water to drain, and then drying the mushrooms on a cloth or paper towels. When the mushrooms have dried and cooled, they can be placed in containers for freezing;
- frying. The mushrooms are pre-fried for 20...25 minutes, and then after cooling they are placed in containers in portions. In addition, you can extinguish honey mushrooms and also package them, and pour the liquid in which they were stewed on top. Fried and stewed honey mushrooms are stored twice as long when frozen as fresh ones - 3...4 months.
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In a frying pan. how to fry frozen honey mushrooms in minutes. How long to simmer honey mushrooms? how to properly fry honey mushrooms.
1. Clean honey mushrooms from dirt and soil.
2. Cut the large mushroom caps into pieces.
3. Boil water in a saucepan, add salt (for 1 kilogram of honey mushrooms - a tablespoon of salt), add honey mushrooms, cook for 15 minutes, then drain the water.
4. Rinse the mushrooms and let the water drain.
5. Peel and cut the onion (for 1 kilogram of honey mushrooms - 1 medium onion).
6. Place the frying pan over medium heat.
7. Pour sunflower oil, about 3 tablespoons.
8. Add onion, fry for 10 minutes, stirring.
9. Place the honey mushrooms, fry for 30 minutes covered and 20 minutes without a cover.
10. Salt the mushrooms.
11. Place honey mushrooms from the frying pan into jars.
12. Pour the hot oil left over from frying over the honey mushrooms.
Nutritional value of honey mushrooms:, carbohydrates - 0.5 g, fats - 1.2 g, proteins - 2.2 g.
Calorie content of honey mushrooms- 22 kcal.
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Honey mushrooms include a large amount of protein, as well as zinc and copper. Great value This product depends precisely on these minerals, which are simply necessary for proper hematopoiesis, helps to produce antiviral and anticancer substances, as well as substances that normalize the functioning of the thyroid gland. That is why honey mushrooms are simply an irreplaceable product for maintaining health. In this article useful tips they'll tell you how to cook honey mushrooms.
How to cook delicious honey mushrooms
To prepare delicious fried mushrooms you need to take the following ingredients:
- honey mushrooms (800 grams);
- red pepper (two medium pods);
- zucchini (two pieces);
- onion (one piece);
- butter or olive oil;
- vegetable broth (150 milliliters);
- soy sauce (two tablespoons);
- spices and sugar.
Cooking method:
To prepare honey mushrooms deliciously, you need to peel the mushrooms, chop them finely, and then fry them. How to fry honey mushrooms? They need to be fried in preheated olive oil for three minutes. Chop the onion and red pepper, then take the zucchini and cut into thin rings. Take a clean frying pan and fry the chopped onion in it, then add the chopped vegetables and vegetable broth to the onion, simmer everything for ten minutes. After this time, you need to add fried mushrooms to the vegetables, which need to be seasoned soy sauce, add sugar and black pepper, you also need to add a little salt. In order for the dish to acquire a creamy taste, then you need to add full-fat sour cream (about 200 grams) and simmer the vegetables for another two minutes.
How to cook honey mushrooms with potatoes
To prepare delicious honey mushrooms with potatoes you need to take the following ingredients (calculated for 4 servings):
- salt (one and a half teaspoons);
- onions (two pieces);
- potatoes (800 grams), it is advisable to use only young potatoes);
- honey mushrooms (one kilogram);
- black ground pepper(0.25 teaspoon);
- sour cream (about 300 grams).
Cooking method:
To prepare honey mushrooms with potatoes, you first need to peel the mushrooms, then place them in slightly salted water and bring to a boil. As soon as the water boils, you need to boil the mushrooms for 15 minutes (no longer), after which you need to drain the water. After the mushrooms have cooled a little, cut them into several pieces.
Take the onion, peel and cut into thin strips, then take a frying pan and heat the vegetable oil in it, then fry the onion a little until it becomes translucent. Peel the potatoes, then cut them into cubes (small) and add the potatoes to the pan with the onions, stir and fry the potatoes for 15 minutes, it is very important to stir the potatoes regularly, add salt and pepper.
When the potatoes become softer and the onions acquire a golden color, you can add mushrooms, sour cream and mix everything thoroughly. Cover the pan with a lid and cook for seven minutes, keeping the heat low. Remove the pan from the heat, transfer the mushrooms to plates and add any fresh vegetables and herbs.
How to cook delicious honey mushrooms, how to cook honey mushrooms
What can be prepared from honey mushrooms? Honey mushrooms are very tasty mushrooms that you can start collecting at the end of summer and before frost begins. These mushrooms are truly versatile, as they can be cooked in a completely different way. in different ways– marinate, fry, boil, salt or dry. Before you start preparing the dish, you need to carefully sort out the mushrooms, then place them in cold, slightly salted water and keep them in this water for several hours. You know how to cook honey mushrooms? Honey mushrooms need to be cooked for a maximum of 1 hour. After boiling, foam forms - you need to change the water for honey mushrooms and cook in new water for 40 minutes to 1 hour.
What can be prepared from honey mushrooms
One of the most common recipes for preparing honey mushrooms is fried honey mushrooms with sour cream. If you decide to cook fried mushrooms, then you need to take the peeled and washed honey mushrooms and boil them in water (the water should be slightly salted) for about five minutes, then transfer the mushrooms to a colander to drain excess water. When the mushrooms have cooled slightly, cut them into thin strips and fry along with chopped onions. At the very end, when the mushrooms are almost ready, add a little sour cream (it is recommended to use full-fat sour cream) and simmer for a few more minutes. Fried mushrooms Before serving, sprinkle with fresh herbs and can be served as a separate dish or complemented with any side dish. Now you know how to cook honey mushrooms and how to fry them, and cook them deliciously! Bon appetit!
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You can prepare a variety of options for tender chicken meat. side dishes. If you're on a diet and want something light to go with your white poultry, make a vegetable salad or pumpkin puree with zucchini. When you need a hearty hot side dish, make mashed potatoes or baked potatoes with herbs. Drizzle the side dish and chicken with a variety of homemade sauces. Each dish you prepare will have beautiful view and extraordinary taste.
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Honey mushrooms appear at the end of August, and they can be collected before the autumn frosts. In terms of the number of fruiting bodies, the autumn honey fungus surpasses all edible cap mushrooms. Mushrooms are suitable for frying, boiling, salting, pickling and drying. Of all the lamellar mushrooms, except milk mushrooms, honey fungus is the most delicious mushroom, especially if the mushrooms are fried, added to soup, pickled or pickled. The color of salted-pickled mushrooms is brownish or brown, the scales are preserved. Before cooking, you need to sort out the mushrooms, add salt water and leave for several hours.
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Autumn honey fungus (Armillaria mellea)
Description
The name of the honey mushroom comes from their habitat. These mushrooms grow on living and dead wood, in other words, on stumps. Honey mushrooms are found mainly on birch and also on coniferous stumps, sometimes in nettle thickets. Honey fungus is a very popular and very productive mushroom, growing in large colonies from late August to late autumn. The caps of honey mushrooms are spherical and reach 13 cm in diameter, with edges curved inward. The flesh of the mushroom is dense, the stem is up to 15 cm long and up to 2 cm in diameter.
History and distribution
Honey fungus is one of the most wonderful and beloved mushrooms. These mushrooms are loved because they grow very closely, and by finding one family of these mushrooms, you can collect a whole basket. Interesting fact Regarding this mushroom, honey fungus appears every year almost always at the same time and in the same places. Therefore, avid mushroom pickers always have a few treasured stumps in mind, which they visit at a certain time, carefully collecting the grown harvest.
Today, in many countries, special enterprises are being created where honey mushrooms are grown in artificially created conditions. Grown in an artificial environment, they are in no way inferior in their properties to mushrooms collected in the forest.
Application
Due to its abundance, this mushroom is widely used in various dishes. Russian cuisine knows many recipes for ancient dishes that contain this mushroom. It is fried, boiled, stewed, salted and pickled. For hot dishes, this mushroom must be boiled for at least 30 minutes, as there are known cases of poisoning from undercooked autumn mushrooms. Autumn honey mushrooms usually appear in early autumn on short term up to 15 days, after which they disappear. When collecting these mushrooms, you must be very careful not to confuse them with false honey mushrooms.
Composition and properties
Honey mushrooms withstand transportation well. They are like rubber, compress, spring, but do not break. They are very easy to process. This tasty mushroom belongs to the third category. It is rich in vitamins B1 and C. When preparing honey mushrooms, you must adhere to certain rules. This mushroom should be boiled well. Eating undercooked honey mushrooms can cause stomach upset. By the way, it is precisely because of this property that in Europe they do not like honey mushrooms, and some even consider them inedible. However, this mushroom contains trace elements that are very important for our body, such as copper and zinc. And they are known to participate in the process of hematopoiesis. 100 g of honey mushrooms contains the daily dose of these microelements necessary for the human body. It is recommended to eat this mushroom for people who have problems with hematopoiesis.
Contraindications
When collecting honey mushrooms, you need to be very careful and not confuse them with false honey mushrooms. They differ from false honey mushrooms primarily in their smell and taste, the color of the cap and plates, as well as the structure of the stem.
How long to cook honey mushrooms
Fresh honey mushrooms must be boiled for at least 40 minutes. Maximum - 1 hour. As soon as the honey mushrooms boil and foam forms, the water must be changed and the mushrooms cooked until tender. Frozen honey mushrooms must be thawed and simmered over low heat for 15-20 minutes.
Calorie content and nutritional value
The calorie content of honey mushrooms is 22 kcal.
Nutritional value of honey mushrooms: proteins - 2.2 g, fats - 1.2 g, carbohydrates - 0.5 g