A mushroom with a convex hat of the color of ocher or chestnut brown with small brown scales, lighter plates and a brownish-yellow, thin, often curved leg is a honey agaric. When it grows, the film connecting the edge of the cap with the leg breaks off and leaves a trace in the form of a ring on the leg. Many other mushrooms are similar to honey agaric, some of them are poisonous. One good thing is that worms do not eat worms. And we will be, he is excellent!
Pleasure for the stomach
The recipe for pickled mushrooms cannot be called quite easy. But to master the cooking is quite possible even not an avid lover. Mushrooms sorted by size must be thoroughly washed: it’s not good if your guests suddenly have cracked sand on their teeth. Then we have to cook mushrooms. Keep in mind that not every homemade mushroom recipe is safe, follow all recommendations, a step to the left is poisoning, to the right is a fatal outcome. For every 10 kilograms of mushrooms you need to take one and a half liters of water, bring to a boil, add citric acid - 3-5 grams, and cook with stirring, removing the resulting foam. When all the mushrooms begin to settle to the bottom, and the broth becomes more transparent, add a couple of dry cloves, bay leaf, allspice, nutmeg. Cook for another 3 minutes, then discard the mushrooms in a colander and cool as quickly as possible, and strain the broth - it will be needed for filling. The main thing is to catch the moment of mushroom readiness. Undercooked sour, and overcooked will not be tasty.
Now, actually, the recipe
For 10 liter cans of pickled honey mushrooms you will need: honey mushrooms - 6 kilograms, about 2.5 liters of marinade filling, 100 grams of salt, 75 grams of sugar, about 40 grams of 80% acetic acid, 5 grams of citric acid. Distribute into sterilized jars: 10 peas of allspice, 10 cloves of cloves, 5 bay leaves, 2-3 g of nutmeg, 10 cloves of garlic. Garlic can be cut into several parts so that it gives out more flavor. Then, boiled mushrooms are laid out on the banks and covered with boiling pouring. Jars need only be covered with lids, because this is not the whole recipe for pickled mushrooms. We install the cans in a container with water, reaching to the "shoulders" of each can, and sterilize at 100 degrees. From the moment of boiling, honey mushrooms should be sterilized for 30 minutes. Then we roll the lids, turn the jars over for additional sterilization of the lids and leave to cool. Now the recipe for pickled mushrooms is fully mastered.
Eat pickled mushrooms not only with bread
Pickled mushrooms even go well with bread. But they are capable of more. Dishes from pickled mushrooms cannot but decorate the festive table. Moreover, not a single New Year can do without them. On the Internet, culinary recipes with pictures are present in unlimited quantities. We have a recipe for pickled mushrooms, with which it is not a shame to join gourmets and lovers of mushrooms.
Holiday salad
You will need: a can of pickled honey agarics, a bunch of green onions, 300 grams of ham, 3 medium-sized potatoes, boiled in their uniforms, 3 hard-boiled eggs, mayonnaise.
Put the following foods in layers in a deep bowl: the mushrooms are whole, you don’t need to cut them, on them is a net of mayonnaise, green onions plus a net of mayonnaise, ham diced into cubes, on it is a net of mayonnaise, diced potatoes also with a net of mayonnaise, finely chopped eggs - mayonnaise is thicker on them. Now put the bowl in the refrigerator for several hours to soak. Before serving, cover the bowl with a larger plate and turn over. The salad looks very appetizing and extremely tasty. Enjoy your meal!