At all times it was believed that mushrooms - this is an ideal option for pickling. In our region, these fungi are always abundant. And for experienced, and for beginner mushroom picking up the mushrooms is a pleasure. What is the secret? And there is absolutely no secret at all, just the mushrooms grow in large groups. In our country you can see several types of mushrooms: yellow, peppery, real (raw), aspen and black.
How to collect mushrooms?
Even if you went to collect mushrooms for the first time, then you will never confuse the mushrooms with other mushrooms. In general, the mushrooms have several imitators and twins. Their difference in color and so-called mohnatushkah on the edges of the cap. Often, they are not so prominent and luxurious as the real mushroom mushrooms. Fragile tight podgruzdki, for example, only pretend. They have a dry and smooth head, without mohnatushkas, and even not so withered. A real mushroom publishes a thin bead of juice, which smells very sharp and resembles honey by its stickiness. Usually it is on the cilia of the plates that are bent.
A real mackerel or raw according to its taste and flavor is rightfully the first. It has a white or cream-yellow hat. And on this hat there are some watery places. Also you can see the edge on the tucked edges. Milky juice is white, but in the air it turns yellow-gray in an instant. In birch and pine-birch forests from Siberia to Europe you can find a real mushroom. But if you want to find a yellow mushroom-mushroom, then you should start searching in the usual spruce or fir-fir forests. The hat of the yellow mushroom has a diameter of 5 to 15 centimeters. You can also see such a fungus in Europe and the Far East. It should be noted that these edible mushrooms are conditional, because they can be eaten only in salt form.
To really hunt for black mushrooms begin in August. It mainly grows in mixed and birch forests. From other varieties of these fungi it differs in size. Black mushrooms can have a hat of up to 20 centimeters in diameter. It is very dense and fleshy, has a brown, almost black color. To pickle black mushrooms, it must initially boil. Almost at the same time, an aspen mushroom grows with a black mush. Such a mushroom can be found in damp aspen forests from August to September. It is distinguished by a whitish hat with reddish or brownish spots. Mushrooms pepper has such a name for a reason. It can easily replace the seasoning. This mushroom is dried, ground and added to different dishes as mustard. Naturally, the raw mushroom is more common, and it is not necessary to search for it for a long time. If the summer is not always heavy rains, then the harvest of mushrooms is provided. In early September, you can go hunting for mushrooms. There are only two of the most common types of pickling mushrooms. Now we will consider both.
Cold pickling
Grandmother's recipe
All the mushrooms that you brought from the forest, you need to wash and weigh. For one kilogram of mushrooms you will need two tablespoons of salt. A couple of days of mushrooms need to soak, while often changing the water. For example, if you have soaked three pounds of mushrooms, then you need to pour 600 g of water into the pan, put 6 spoonfuls of salt (without a slide, and along the edge) and mushrooms. Once the mushrooms boil, it is necessary to put pepper and bay leaf in the pan. The mushrooms should be stored for forty-five minutes. When the mushrooms are ready, they should be poured into a colander, while keeping the pickle, you will need it. After the grapes have drained, put them in jars with garlic, dill and currant leaves. Even when the mushrooms are drained, be sure to slightly pour them in a colander (by eye, one pinch). After the mushrooms are put in cans, fill them with brine. Top with an umbrella dill and 2 tablespoons lean oil, so as not to pass air. That's the whole secret!
Well, that's how the granny's grandmothers salted, we already learned, let's now consider another recipe for cold salting.
Before you salt the mushrooms, you need to calculate one simple formula: from the total weight of the mushrooms you need to take 4% salt. In general, per kilogram of mushrooms you will need 40 grams of salt. By tradition, to salt the mushrooms, you need to use oak wooden barrels. However, if you want to pickle a few kilograms of mushrooms, then the usual glass jars are fine. Remember that in the salting the most important is to properly lay the mushrooms. At the bottom of the jars you need to pour out the salt, further for the aroma we lay the leaves of cherry, horseradish, currant, dill stems with tops and one or two cloves of garlic (sliced). To give the mushrooms a piquant taste, you can add the laurel leaf there, but this is not necessary. Then spread the mushrooms with the caps downwards, then add 2-3 peas of pepper and salt on one layer. Now repeat everything that you have already done, that is, lay out again the same layer and so until the bank is full. Top with mushrooms cover with currant and cherry leaves. And remember, before you put the mushrooms in cans, they need to be poured in a colander by eye. Once the mushrooms are laid, fill them with brine. Now put the lid on the jar and it's better if it is smaller than the neck of the jar, and if you decide to salt the mushrooms in another container, then you can cover the mushrooms with a plate. From above necessarily place the load, it can be a weight, a container with water or any other heavy object. After all these procedures, lower the mushrooms into the basement or refrigerator. The most delicious pickled mushrooms can be eaten in a month or a half. This way you can grease all kinds of muck. But how to salt mushrooms - hot or cold way - this is the business of the hostess.
Hot pickling
Season mushrooms with garlic, horseradish, onions and dill, cover and put the load on top. So keep in cold water mushrooms should be about a week. After that mushrooms can already be tried.
But if you need to pickle a lot of mushrooms, then put them in a mesh container, which is made of stainless steel and is usually used for blanching, and boil in it for a few minutes for twenty minutes, and remember that the water must be salted.
When cooking on water, foam will appear, it must be constantly removed. When the mushrooms are cooked, throw them on the grate and leave the water to drain. After that, the greaves are salted as in the cold method of pickling. However, if there are a lot of mushrooms, then salt should be laid not by 4, but by 6% of the total weight of mushrooms. So the mushrooms will be ready in twenty-five days. Best for this method of salting is suitable for black mushrooms.