How much to cook dried mushrooms?
Boil dried mushrooms 30 minutesafter soaking in cold water or milk 1-2 hours. Boil dried forest mushrooms in the water in which they have been soaked so as not to lose the richness of the mushroom broth.
Soak dried porcini mushrooms for 1 hour and cook for 20 minutes.
How to cook dried mushrooms
You will need - dried mushrooms (50 grams), water for soaking, water for cooking
1. Rinse dried mushrooms (50 grams) with running water, put in a bowl and pour 1.5 glasses of water.
2. Depending on the degree of dryness, soak the mushrooms for 1 to 5 hours.
3. Put the mushrooms in a saucepan, cover with the water in which they were soaked.
4. Put the pan on the fire and cook the mushrooms for 25 minutes after boiling.
Mushrooms are cooked: now you can cook soup from them, cook fried dishes, etc.
How to make dried mushroom soup
ProductsDried porcini mushrooms - 100 grams
Potatoes - 3 pieces,
Bow - 1 head
Vermicelli - 3 tablespoons
Carrots - 1 piece
Sour cream, butter, parsley, peppercorns and salt - to taste
Making mushroom soup from dried mushrooms
Soak dried porcini mushrooms in cold water for 3 hours, then cook in the same water for 30 minutes, season with salt. Remove the boiled dried mushrooms from the pan and chop if necessary. Peel the onion, chop and fry until golden brown, peel the carrots, rub and add to the onion, then add the mushrooms and fry for 7 minutes. Return onions and mushrooms to the pan, add salt. Add finely chopped potatoes to a saucepan and cook for another 10 minutes. Insist for another 10 minutes. Serve with boiled dried mushroom soup with fresh chopped herbs, fresh white bread and thick sour cream.
How to dry mushrooms at home
Mushrooms for drying at home, clean and wash, cut large parts of the mushrooms: the caps into slices of about 3x3 cm, the legs - in circles. String the cut pieces of mushrooms on a strong thread - the caps separately, as they dry faster, the legs - separately.Hang the threads with mushrooms in a dry, sunny place with a distance from each other. Cover with gauze to keep out insects. Keep in the sun for 7-9 days, removing ready-made dry mushrooms in jars. Store in glass jars in a dry, dark place. This way the mushrooms can be stored for up to 5 years.
How to dry mushrooms in the oven
Cut the mushrooms, as for drying on a thread, arrange in 1 layer on a baking sheet (or on 2 baking sheets), using baking paper. Dry the mushrooms for 2.5 hours at a temperature of 25 degrees, the next 2 hours at a temperature of 70 degrees, then another 2 hours at a temperature of 55 degrees. In order for the mushroom moisture to come out of the oven, the oven door is slightly opened.
Then you should check the mushrooms for readiness: a properly dried mushroom is dense, elastic, does not crumble or break. Not completely dried mushroom - rubber, soft. If you have not dried the mushrooms, you can hang them in the kitchen on threads for final drying, which in this case will take 2-3 days.
Tip: when cutting mushroom caps for drying, keep in mind that in the future they will need to be strung on a thread - so that the mushroom slice does not crumble when cutting, provide a little lint-free dense part of the cap for each slice.
Author / Editor - Lydia Ivanova