Rare enough for our forests mushroom bruise is difficult to confuse with any other species. His hat can reach a diameter of twelve centimeters and have both a spherical shape and a pillow shape. It feels like felt to the touch. The pulp of the mushroom has a friable structure and white color, when cut, it instantly acquires a bluish tint, for which the mushroom got its name. The hat and leg of the bruise are painted in intense yellow-straw color. The leg of the mushroom is hollow and wide.
Mushrooms of this species mainly grow in forests on sandy soil. You can meet them under birch trees, as well as under chestnuts and oaks. In the greater territory of Russia, these mushrooms are very rare; they are listed in the Red Book. The bruising season begins in July and ends in September.
As a rule, an inexperienced mushroom picker can confuse a bruise with a chestnut gigropor, which is very similar in appearance to it. You can easily determine the difference by making an incision in the plant: if it immediately acquires a blue hue, then you have a bruise. If it remains yellowish-white, then it is most likely gigropor.
Mushroom bruise is edible and has a great taste. It can be consumed in dried, pickled or fried form.
How to cook a bruise mushroom?
There are many ways to prepare this variety of forest products. Almost any recipe for preparing other types of mushrooms is also suitable for a bruise. They can be fried, dried, pickled, canned, and also used to make caviar.
Mushroom bruise: caviar recipe
This dish is very tasty and easy to prepare. As ingredients, we need three hundred grams of mushrooms, onions - two heads, vegetable oil, garlic, pepper and salt to taste. Onions are cut into small cubes and fried in oil until golden brown. Mushrooms are finely chopped and added to the onion, this mass must be stewed for 7-10 minutes.
Crushed garlic, pepper and salt are added a couple of minutes before being prepared for onions and mushrooms. Delicious mushroom caviar is ready!
Recipe for Fried Mushroom Bruises with Nuts
To prepare this dish you will need a pound of fresh mushrooms, a glass of peeled walnuts, onions - two pieces, a few feathers of green onions, 80 grams of butter, cilantro, parsley, apple cider vinegar, ground pepper and salt to taste. Washed and peeled mushrooms must be cut into slices, add salt and fry with finely chopped onions. During frying, the mushrooms will secrete juice, which must be drained and add a little apple cider vinegar and pepper to it. The resulting mixture needs to pour the fried mushrooms, add finely chopped parsley, cilantro and onion, as well as chopped walnuts. Mix well and let cool. When serving, lay the mushrooms on a slide and decorate the dish with sprigs of greenery. Of course, you can fry bruises without adding various spices, herbs and nuts, however, this dish will not have such a memorable and unique taste.