How and how much to cook freckles?

A wavelet is not the most common fungus onour tables. Partly because of taste or from too much prevalence, a rare summer is given out on them meager. Even experienced mushroom pickers neglect them because they do not know how to cook and how much to cook the freckles. Especially if summer is mushroom, then they are completely off. This is due, first of all, to their ambiguous taste. With mismanagement and improper handling, they retain a bitter taste and lose any culinary "attractiveness." Therefore, for proper cooking, you need to know how and how long to cook the freckles to get rid of the bitterness. Fresh mushrooms have a tremendous aroma that brings them together with ginger and mushrooms. And let this not be the most "great" prey in the process of "quiet hunting", but the most affordable and with the right preparation is very tasty!

In general, in our forests are distributed two typeswavelets: pink and white. The season of these fungi begins in mid-June and lasts until September. The waves are plate-like fungi, their characteristic feature is the presence of concentric circles on the cap. It, in turn, is always as if tucked down and has pubescent edges.

The pink wave

The pink wave is conditionally ediblefungus, and therefore requires careful processing. The hat has a light pink shade and can reach a diameter of 10 centimeters, and the leg - up to 2 cm in thickness. Pulp is snow-white in color, dense in structure. These mushrooms are very easy to transport, do not break and do not darken at the cuts. Inexperienced mushroom pickers can mix up a pink wave with a red tail, but the similarity is only at first glance. When the flesh breaks, it is seen that it is white, not bright orange, like that of redheads, and the milky juice appears white.

White wave

The white wave is also conditionally edible,grows in large groups on glades near birch plantations. Has a dense head and a leg. Strong white flesh has, like the pink variety, the taste of bitterness. Therefore it is important to know how much to soak and how many to cook the freckles to maintain the right balance, when the bitterness has already disappeared, but the natural taste of the fungus will remain.

Soaking the waves

The method of processing mushrooms can be chosen any: salted, consumed in boiled or fried form. But beforehand, the freckles, like their related mushrooms, must be soaked in water. In a large container it is necessary to put mushrooms, pour them with cold clean water and leave for 4-5 days. Water for this time is to be changed 3-4 times. Sometimes a saline solution is used for soaking.

Cold way of pickling freckles

The question of how much to cook freckles, most oftenoccurs when they are salted. Cold method of salting does not require cooking mushrooms. This is a traditional way, which was used in ancient times in Russia. At many it does not cause trust, and it is completely vain - with cold salting mushrooms retain the maximum amount of useful substances and taste. After soaking with freckles, you must drain the water. It is good to wash and clean them. Prepare jars or small wooden tubs. On the bottom you can put leaves of horse radish, cherry or currant - to taste. In the tub smooth layers lay wavelets, each layer to pour salt. You need to stack your hats down. Do not be afraid to salve the mushrooms, they will take the salt as much as necessary. It is not worthwhile to cook the wavelets for the reason that they lose their elasticity, and with a cold salin they retain a characteristic crunch. Above it is necessary to put pressure. If you use cold salting, the freckles will be ready for use in 30-40 days. The container or tub should be placed in a cool, dry place, and ready-made mushrooms can be stored in the refrigerator.

Hot way of pickling freckles

About how much to cook mushrooms, freckles inparticular, every mistress should know. For hot pickling, they are first soaked for as long as necessary. To cook freckles too long does not make sense, it will be enough just to blanch slightly in boiling water for 10-15 minutes.

After that, they should be spread over the cans and pour in a prepared marinade. Add vinegar to the jar, pour a little vegetable oil on top to create a film effect on the surface.

From salty freckles, you can prepare a filling for pies and pies, add to salads or simply pour sour cream, add onion and serve with boiled or fried potatoes.

If you use salted mushrooms for filling in pies, then they must first be soaked in water.

How much to cook freckles for direct consumption?

Cooked or roasted freckles - is a rarity. As a rule, they keep their bitterness, and therefore this way of eating is not very common. But more of a matter of taste. How much to cook mushrooms of a wave or any other, depends also on their size, large ones are cooked longer. In this case it makes sense to cut large specimens. To boil it is necessary after soaking, until half-ready - half an hour or 40 minutes. Water should not boil strongly, spices can be added to the broth: black peppercorns, bay leaf, sweet pepper. But after cooking, the water is drained and subsequently not used. Next, you need to add boiled waves to the potatoes and fry until ready.

Boiled mushrooms can be scrolled in a meat grinder and caviar or used as a filling for pies.

Confuse freckles with any other poisonousand inedible mushrooms is difficult, because they do not have poisonous analogues, like, for example, honey agarics. They have a characteristic sharp and pronounced pleasant smell, as in the case of gruel. But if you are not sure, and next to there is no experienced mushroom picker, then it's better not to risk, leave them in the forest.