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For pickling, as a rule, young boletus, aspen, and porcini mushrooms . Mushrooms with a cap 4-8 cm in diameter are ideal. The stem should be strong, not crumble, and cut easily and with a crunch. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have enough of these mushrooms. We also use taller specimens for pickling The main thing is that they do not look like a sponge.
Before cooking, we clean the mushrooms from forest debris and cut them, but not very finely (mushrooms, as a rule, are boiled down). Next, we wash the mushrooms once, fill them with cold water, sprinkle them with salt and put them on the fire to cook.
We prepare fresh and frozen mushrooms.
There is nothing complicated about cooking mushrooms. We need to pay attention to what kind of mushrooms we plan to cook. Cook frozen and fresh mushrooms for 15–30 minutes . This time depends on their type, size , and whether young or old . For young and small children, about 15 minutes . Oyster mushrooms will take about 25 minutes . Chanterelles and porcini mushrooms should take the longest to cook – even 35 minutes .
It is impossible to determine one suitable time for each type of mushroom. We must rely on our intuition check from time to time while cooking. It's best to try a small piece . This won't hurt anyone. If they are too heavy, then they need more time.
Recipes for pickling mushrooms for the winter at home
The first, easiest and fastest way to pickle mushrooms is given above.
Second way. Mushrooms of one type are cooked in salted water until tender, spices are added five minutes before the end (the average composition is given earlier). After boiling, vinegar is immediately added.
Third way. Boil the mushrooms in salted water and drain in a colander. At the same time, prepare the marinade - add spices to boiling salted water and cook for five minutes, add vinegar and pour the marinade (you can pre-filter) over the prepared mushrooms in a glass or enamel container.
It should be noted that the third method allows you to evaluate the taste of the marinade before pouring the mushrooms. The taste of ready-made pickled mushrooms can only be appreciated after a month, when they are completely saturated with the marinade.
Joint method of pickling mushrooms
The mushrooms are heated in clean water, allowed to boil and cooked for several minutes, being sure to skim off the foam. Add salt (1 - 2 tablespoons per liter (30 - 60 g)), sugar (1 tablespoon (25 g)), citric acid (quarter teaspoon (2 - 2.5 g)) to
and continue cooking for 15 - 25 minutes depending on the type of mushroom.
A few minutes before the end, add spices - dill, garlic, pepper, cloves, cinnamon and bay leaf
(and other spices to taste).
If acetic acid is used instead of citric acid for the marinade (9% - 50 - 100 ml (3 - 6 tablespoons))
, then it is also added at the end of cooking, otherwise it will evaporate. We must remember that cooked mushrooms settle to the bottom, so at the end of cooking it is advisable to remove the pan from the heat to check readiness.
Separate method of pickling mushrooms
Everything is simple here - mushrooms and marinade are cooked separately in different dishes. After boiling, the mushrooms are transferred to a colander and the broth is allowed to drain. Then they are transferred to glass jars and filled with hot (immediately after boiling for 10 - 15 minutes without vinegar, it is added at the end) marinade for mushrooms.
How long to cook dried mushrooms?
Want to know how long to cook dried mushrooms ? The first thing we have to do is soak them . Most often, dried mushrooms are soaked, but salted milk . This soaking should last at least 3 hours , best left overnight . This will make them tasty and soft.
Before cooking, we need to make sure that we get rid of dirt , sand or needles from the forest . And now about the main thing - how long to cook dried mushrooms ? It all depends on whether we dried them whole or in parts. Cook the whole mushrooms for about an hour . If you cut them before drying, about 25 minutes of cooking . Of course, these are just approximate cooking times. It's always worth a try.
How long to cook mushrooms before freezing?
As in previous cases, the duration of boiling mushrooms before freezing depends on the type and size of the mushrooms. It is worth remembering that cooking is only intended to prepare them for freezing . Mushrooms should not be overcooked or even soft. The best cooking time is 10-15 minutes . We must always control this time and adapt it to our mushrooms. Also remember to clean them .
How long to cook mushrooms for pickling?
Initial cooking of mushrooms before marinating is a delicate matter
