Autumn mushroom season puts inveterate mushroom pickers with the question of which mushrooms are best closed in jars and which ones to freeze. But the most urgent problem is how to do all this, especially since not everyone likes to mess with mushrooms. The process is very laborious. So, one of the questions that bothers all lovers of a delicious meal of mushrooms is: “Is it possible to freeze chanterelles?” Not only possible, but necessary!
Preparation
First of all, mushrooms must be sorted out for worms, molds, etc. Although many mushroom pickers say that this type of mushroom does not need to be carefully examined, this must be done. Is it possible to freeze old and crushed chanterelles? No, that makes no sense. Such a product is better to immediately fry with potatoes. But fresh mushrooms need to be cleaned of natural debris. All leaves, twigs and sticks - in the scrap. Immediately keep in mind that mushrooms need to be frozen in the first 24 hours after harvest, and provided that they need to be kept all this time at low temperature. For example, in the refrigerator. Before freezing chanterelle mushrooms , rinse them thoroughly under running water. Under the hat, due to its ribbing, up to 80% of all possible forest dirt accumulates. After being washed, put the chanterelles on a gauze or waffle towel to dry. When freezing, excess moisture is useless!
Freezing, method number 1
Dry young mushrooms can immediately be laid out in containers and sent to the freezer. Is it possible to freeze chanterelles without preliminary cooking? Yes, yes, and yes again! But exclusively young. Do you doubt the age of mushrooms? Then it is better to boil so that later they will not be bitter. By the way, this can be avoided if salt is added to dry mushrooms during freezing. Is it possible to freeze chanterelles with liquid? It is necessary if you want to cook then soup or stew immediately.
Freezing, method number 2
Boiled mushrooms do not need to be dried! They can be together with the water in which they were boiling, first cooled in the room, and then sent to the freezer. Such a preparation will be a good basis for mushroom soup in the winter. Defrost them only at ordinary temperature, not in a microwave or water.
Freezing, method number 3
Many, fearing for the condition of the mushrooms (so many people are poisoned later!), First boil them. And this is also correct. During boiling, it is imperative to remove the foam, add salt to the water, and make sure that the product boils well. Enough 20-25 minutes of active boiling for the mushrooms to fully cook. Then they need to be thoroughly dried on a towel, laid out in bags and put away in the compartment of the refrigerator with a low temperature.
You can store chanterelles frozen for 3-5 months. Recipes for preparing dishes from them always begin with a defrosting of the product in a natural way. Soup, stew, potatoes with mushrooms, vegetables with chanterelles - a lot of options, choose to your taste! Remember, if there was a preliminary cooking, then the mushrooms are stored slightly less. Is it possible to freeze chanterelles for a longer period? Not recommended, they lose their taste and are bitter.