Honey mushrooms for the winter: recipes for mushroom preparations
We offer a selection of recipes on how to cook fresh mushrooms for the winter, which will help you enjoy mushroom dishes every day.
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How to fry fresh mushrooms for the winter
Opening a jar of rolled up roasted honey mushrooms in winter, putting them in a pan and collecting your loved ones for dinner is a pleasant event. How should I fry fresh honey mushrooms for the winter, so that the mushroom harvest turns out tasty and nutritious?
For this, many housewives use a mixture of vegetable and animal fats as a preservative, for example, butter and vegetable oil, as well as melted lard (lard). But in order to protect themselves and their loved ones from poisoning, honey mushrooms need to be boiled. Since the legs of these fruiting bodies become stiff during boiling, they are cut off and allowed to dry. In winter, they are used to make soups and sauces.
- Honey mushrooms - 3 kg;
- Butter - 100 g;
- Vegetable oil - 100 ml;
- Salt - 1.5 tbsp. l .;
- Ground black pepper - 1 tsp.
Honey mushrooms are cleared of forest debris, washed with cold water.
Pour 2 liters of water and boil for 20 minutes, removing the foam formed during boiling.
We recline in a colander, rinse with water and let drain.
After draining, honey mushrooms are spread on a hot dry frying pan and fry over medium heat until the liquid evaporates. Add butter and vegetable oil, fry for 30 minutes over low heat, stir to not burn, salt, pepper, stir again and continue to fry for another 10 minutes.
We spread the hot mushrooms in sterilized jars, without reporting to the very top about 2 cm. Pour 2-3 tbsp. l fat. If it is not enough, add a new portion to the pan, bake and pour into jars.
Cover the cans with lids, put in hot water and sterilize for 40 minutes over low heat. Roll up, wrap well and allow to cool completely. Move to the basement or leave in the refrigerator.
The correct freezing of fresh mushrooms for the winter
Professional chefs and amateur cooks use frozen mushrooms for cooking. The advantage of this workpiece is the minimum amount of time spent for the process. In addition, frozen fruiting bodies retain all their nutrients and vitamins. Mushrooms intended for fresh freezing do not require preliminary soaking.
How to freeze fresh honey mushrooms for the winter, then to cook all kinds of mushroom dishes from them?
The process of freezing fresh honey mushrooms for the winter involves the initial treatment of mushrooms without the use of water.
- In this case, the fruiting bodies are only cleaned of forest debris, cut off most of the legs and wipe hats with a damp kitchen sponge.If you use water, honey mushrooms will absorb it and upon freezing their appearance will deteriorate.
- Honey mushrooms are decomposed and placed in the freezer for "shock" freezing. To do this, set the lowest temperature for 3 hours, and then return to standard.
- Then the mushrooms are distributed in plastic bags and put into the freezer for long-term storage.
When storing fresh frozen honey mushrooms, you need to constantly monitor the temperature regime. If the mushrooms were thawed for any reason, then repeated freezing is not allowed. Then you can pickle or pickle these fruiting bodies. Important: fresh frozen honey mushrooms after defrosting must be boiled for 20-25 minutes in salted water.
How to cook fresh mushrooms for the winter, followed by freezing
Freshly frozen mushrooms after defrosting lose their color. However, if you boil them and then freeze them, the color will not change. In addition, such mushrooms can be safely consumed immediately after thawing, preparing various dishes from them.
How should I cook fresh mushrooms for the winter, followed by freezing?
- Honey mushrooms - 3 kg;
- Salt - 1.5 tbsp. l .;
- Citric acid - ¼ tsp
First, fresh mushrooms, intended for the winter for canning, need to be cleaned of forest debris, cut off part of the leg (no more than 1-1.5 cm) and rinse with plenty of water.
- In an enameled pan, boil 2 liters of water and introduce peeled mushrooms.
- Allow to boil, add salt and add citric acid, mix.
- Boil for 20 minutes, removing emerging foam from the surface.
- Discard in a colander or put on a sieve and allow to drain well.
- Lay out on a kitchen towel and let dry for about 1 hour.
- Spread in single layer and place in the freezer to completely freeze.
- Arrange in food containers or plastic bags. To preserve the aroma of mushrooms, the containers should be filled completely, and the packages should be tied, after releasing air.
To preserve taste, aroma and shape, boiled mushrooms are thawed on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator. Since mushrooms cannot be re-frozen, the packets should be filled in portions, i.e. only for preparing one dish.
What else can you do with fresh autumn mushrooms: how to cook mushrooms for the winter
What else to do with fresh mushrooms for the winter to please their friends and relatives? One of the most delicious options for preserving mushrooms for a long period is pickling. Autumn mushrooms are especially suitable for this method.
- Honey mushrooms - 2 kg;
- Water - 800 ml;
- Salt - 1 tbsp. l .;
- Sugar - 1.5 tbsp. l .;
- Allspice and black peas - 5 pcs.;
- Carnation - 4 buds;
- Bay leaf - 5 pcs.;
- Vinegar 9% - 50 ml.
How to cook fresh autumn mushrooms for the winter, the next step by step recipe will show.
- After cleaning and washing, honey mushrooms are poured with water and boiled for 20 minutes.
- Throw back into a colander, fill with water from the list and let it boil.
- Enter all the spices and spices (except vinegar) and cook for 25-30 minutes.
- Vinegar is poured, boiled for another 10 minutes and laid out in cans.
- They are closed with plastic covers, allowed to cool and taken out to the basement.
They make excellent snack salads from pickled mushrooms or put on the table, as an independent dish.
How to cook and keep fresh mushrooms for the winter
How to prepare and preserve fresh honey mushrooms for the winter in a cold way of salting? Note that this option does not require heat treatment of mushrooms. However, they need to be soaked for 6-8 hours with a three-time change of water.
- Mushrooms;
- Salt;
- Bay leaf;
- Black pepper peas;
- Allspice;
- Garlic.
How to cook fresh mushrooms for the winter with a cold salting recipe?
- Put soaked mushrooms on a sieve and drain.
- In a clean enameled container mushrooms are laid out in layers with spices.
- Each layer is poured with salt (2 tbsp. L. Per 1 kg mushrooms).
- The last is a layer of spices (spices are taken in arbitrary quantities), a load is placed on top so that the mushrooms let the juice go.
- If after a few days the brine does not cover the surface of the mushrooms, you will need to add cold boiled water.
- After a month, honey mushrooms can be put in cans and closed with plastic lids, stored in the refrigerator or in the basement.
