Mushrooms used to be the most common product for villagers. They were collected and harvested for the winter in large quantities (if the terrain allowed). Today, they are strongly associated with the holiday, wealth, and even chic. Therefore, mushroom filling is a great option for cooking a wide variety of dishes.
Fresh, pickled, dried mushrooms
This is a unique product that is good in any form. Fresh mushrooms can be boiled or fried. Salted or pickled, they are good on their own. Dried mushrooms need to be soaked for a day in water, and then lightly boil. Then they can be cooked as fresh. In any case, you get a wonderful mushroom filling, which can decorate any dish.
Tartlets - a delicious snack
The basis for tartlets can be baked from shortcake or potato dough or just bought in a store and filled to your liking. Mushroom filling is very suitable for these purposes. The easiest option is to fry fresh mushrooms with onions in oil. You will need 300 g of mushrooms and 1 onion. When the vegetables are fried, add the finely chopped proteins of three boiled eggs and 100 g of mayonnaise. Mix well, put in tartlets and sprinkle with grated yolk.
You can vary the taste of snacks with tomatoes and cheese. To do this, you need mushroom filling (500 g of champignons fry with one onion). To it should be added 100 g of grated cheese and mayonnaise. This number is designed for 10 tartlets. In addition, take 5 cherry tomatoes and cut them in half. Put the filling in each mold from the dough, and add the tomato on top.
Tartlets with mushroom filling can be the main highlight of your table. Try also the creamy option, guests will definitely appreciate it. To do this, finely chop 1 kg of mushrooms and 1 onion. Then, fry the ingredients in a pan, salt, add basil and cream (100 ml). Boil until a thick cream. Add 200 g of grated cheese. It remains to put in the molds from the dough and put in a hot oven for several minutes.
Julien is another great option if you want to make tartlets with mushroom filling. To do this, fry 300 g of mushrooms with one onion. Separately, you need to prepare the Bechamel sauce. To do this, melt a tablespoon of butter, pour a tablespoon of flour, pour 100 ml of milk and bring the mixture to a boil, stirring constantly so that no lumps form. Next, you can spread the mushrooms on tartlets, pour sauce and sprinkle with grated cheese (70 g). Now it remains to brown them in the oven.
Delicious cakes
Mushroom pie filling can be used alone or supplemented with other ingredients. For example, it turns out well mixed filling of fried cabbage and honey mushrooms. To do this, you need 400 g of cabbage and 200 g of salted or 400 g of fresh mushrooms. First, fry the onions, add the mushrooms, and then the cabbage. Simmer until cooked, and then open the lid so that the liquid evaporates.
But the easiest way is to cook a classic filling: fry 500 g of any mushrooms and 2 finely chopped onions. Two minutes before cooking, add butter , dill, curry, paprika or other spices. This option is good for open and closed pies made from yeast or pastry. You can also add potatoes or boiled rice to the mushrooms.
Also, many will like the mushroom pie filling, prepared as follows. Onions (1 pc.) And mushrooms (600 g) should be fried, add 0.5 cups of sour cream and 1 tablespoon of flour. Stir and add to baking.
You can use not only fresh mushrooms, but also salted ones. To do this, they need to be washed and, if they are too salty, then soaked. Then cook as usual. Their dried mushrooms also make an excellent filling for pies. They only need to soak overnight in water, boil, and then stew with onions.
Mushroom Pie Filling
The basis, as usual, is mushrooms fried with onions. But often used and various additives. It can be mashed potatoes, boiled rice, fried cabbage, buckwheat porridge, boiled eggs. The pies themselves, as a rule, are prepared from the classic yeast dough. Whatever variant of the filling with mushrooms you choose, the result will please you.
Cutlets and rolls
Such a seemingly everyday dish can appear in a completely different light. Very well cutlets with mushroom filling are obtained from minced chicken. To do this, take 700 g of minced meat, add salt, bread soaked in milk, spices. You can cook the filling at the same time. To do this, cut into pieces mushrooms and one onion, fry in a pan until cooked. Now divide the minced meat into small balls, add in a spoonful of mushrooms, gently pinch and roll in breadcrumbs. Fry in sunflower oil.
If you don't like meat or avoid foods fried in oil, there are other cooking options for cutlets. So, instead of chicken, you can use minced potato. It is done as follows: boil potatoes, mash in mashed potatoes, add butter and milk. From this mass, form small balls, mash them into a cake, put the fried mushrooms inside and pinch. Then roll them in breadcrumbs and fry in oil. You can also bake cutlets in the oven.
Another great dish with mushroom filling can be meat rolls. We will figure out how to cook them. First you need to take a whole chicken and remove skin from it. Then separate the meat from the bones and make minced meat. Separately, fry the onions in a pan, add the mushrooms and simmer until cooked. We collect the roll: spread the skin on the table, spread the meat on it with an even layer, and prepared mushrooms on top. If desired, grated cheese and spices can be added. Wrap with a roll, fix with a thread and bake in the oven until golden brown.
Pancakes with mushrooms
Mushroom filling also goes well with delicate pastries. For pancakes , champignons, porcini mushrooms, oyster mushroom and chanterelles are best suited. Bake pancakes in advance, and then grab the toppings. To do this, fry the onions in a pan and add the mushrooms. Stew until tender. Now put a spoonful of mushrooms in each pancake, sprinkle with grated cheese and wrap it in an envelope. Before use, the pancake is fried in a pan with butter on both sides.
Stuffed cabbage with mushrooms
This dish is somewhat unusual but tasty. Mushroom filling goes very well with cabbage. Any mushrooms that are available will do. They need to be fried along with smoked bacon. At the end of cooking, add 1-2 tablespoons of tomato paste and half a glass of friable rice porridge to them. Then the dish is cooked as usual. 8-10 leaves of cabbage are slightly welded, a solid vein is cut from the middle. The filling is laid out on leaves and each of them is tightly wrapped. Now the cabbage rolls need to be fried in oil, then put in a saucepan and stew. Before extinguishing, you can add 3-4 tablespoons of sour cream.
To summarize
Mushroom filling is a real lifesaver. It can improve almost any dish, become a great addition to a duet with meat or vegetables, as well as play an excellent solo, become a full core of fragrant pies, tender pancakes and delicious tartlets. Surely you can come up with other options where the mushroom filling will show itself worthy. Do not be afraid to fantasize, and your kitchen will always have a variety of delicious dishes.