Honey mushrooms are amazingly delicious mushrooms. They appear at the end of summer, and you can collect them right up to the frost. "Family" mushrooms are numerous, growing amicably, closely.
These mushrooms are universal. They can be boiled, fried, marinated, salted and even dried. In any form, the taste of honey mushrooms is unique.
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Before cooking, the mushrooms are sorted, after which they are kept for several hours in cold salted water.
What is the best way to fry honey mushrooms?
Very popular is the recipe in which honey mushrooms should be fried in sour cream. In this case, peeled and washed mushrooms are first boiled in salted water, not more than five minutes. Then they are thrown back into a colander so that the glass is excess moisture.
Honey mushrooms are cut into strips, fried with onions, which are either finely chopped or cut into rings / half rings. At the end of the process, mushrooms are poured with sour cream and allowed to sweat for a couple of minutes.
Sprinkle the finished dish before serving with greens.
How to salt and pickle mushrooms?
Mushrooms sorted, separate the legs from the hats, washed. Then dipped in salted boiling water and boiled for 20 minutes. Then honey mushrooms are thrown back into a colander, cooled.
Peppers, bay leaves, chopped onions, dill are laid at the bottom of glass or enameled dishes. Mushrooms are laid out on them and again spices. Layers alternate in this way several times, not forgetting to sprinkle the spices with salt. The dishes are covered with a napkin and put under the load.
Pickled mushrooms are no less tasty. The washed mushrooms are dipped in boiling marinade and boiled in it for 20 minutes. Marinade is prepared in a special way. For 1 liter of water, 2 tablespoons of sugar and 1 tablespoon of salt, a couple of cloves and bay leaves, several peas of allspice and black pepper, as well as 9 tablespoons of nine-percent vinegar are used. The taste of the marinade, which means the taste of the prepared mushrooms, is adjusted depending on personal preferences.
To properly pickle honey mushrooms for the winter, you must follow a strict order. In particular, sterilize metal lids and glass jars. Put mushrooms boiled in the marinade in jars and pour them with boiling marinade, after which it is good to cork.