Honey mushrooms are considered one of the most "fruitful" mushrooms - because they can easily and quickly collect a whole basket. They do not grow alone, but in large groups on old stumps and roots rising from the ground, in a windbreak and on living trees. They can be distinguished from false mushrooms by their characteristic features.
Without exception, all honey mushrooms have a ring on the leg in its upper part. The hat may be brownish, yellowish or brownish-gray. It reaches 15 cm in diameter and over time becomes more flat. The central part of the cap, as a rule, has a darker saturated color. The mushroom's pulp is whitish, has a pleasant aroma. The leg of the honey agaric reaches 10 cm in length and 2 cm in thickness. Mass collection of these tasty and healthy mushrooms begins in late August. Honey mushrooms are used in the preparation of soups, main dishes, various snacks. These mushrooms are great for pickling and pickling. In this article, we will share several secrets of cooking, as well as tell you how to clean mushrooms. In fact, this is nothing complicated.
How to clean mushrooms at home?
After you collect and bring the mushrooms home, we advise you to process them promptly. And the sooner you do, the better. Honey mushrooms are considered one of the most easily cleaned mushrooms, because they practically do not require scraping. Usually, honey mushrooms sort out, remove adhered leaves, blades of grass and other available debris.
How to clean mushrooms: with a sharp knife, carefully remove the film under the mushroom cap. That, in fact, is all. In addition, you need to cut off bad places and remove wormholes. After these manipulations, honey mushrooms are slightly washed in cool water. We advise you to do this by placing mushrooms in a colander and letting water drain. Now you know how to clean mushrooms correctly. See, this is very simple. Processing these mushrooms will not take you too much time.
What to do with honey mushrooms and how to cook them?
Honey mushrooms are delicious and pickled, and fried, and salted. We offer you a wonderful recipe for salting mushrooms - "autumn gray mushrooms." For this cold appetizer, you will need ingredients such as:
- honey agarics - 5 kg;
- salt - 250 g;
- bay leaf - 10 g;
- allspice peas - 60 pcs.;
- green dill - 90g;
- onion - 90 g.
So, the recipe for cold pickling mushrooms is as follows: process and wash the mushrooms. Trim all the bad places. Separate the caps from the legs. Cut the mushrooms into small pieces 1-1.5 cm thick. Dip them in salted boiling water (1 tablespoon salt in 2 liters of liquid) and boil for about 20-30 minutes. Ready mushrooms should settle to the bottom of the tank. After that, put the mushrooms in a colander and leave them to cool. Prepare salting dishes. Put a layer of spices on its bottom: dill, chopped onion, bay leaf, peppercorns. After cooling, put the mushrooms on top on the spices with a layer of 5 cm thick. Again, repeat the layer of spices and pour salt. Lay out a few more layers in the same way. Cover the workpiece with a napkin and put the weight. That's all, now you can leave the mushrooms alone - to salting out. After 5 days it will be possible to transfer honey mushrooms in glass jars and close them with plastic lids. Three weeks later, honey mushrooms will be ready. Keep such an excellent snack in the refrigerator. Enjoy your meal!