How to dry the ceps?

White mushroom is a delicacy and veryexpensive. Dried the same white mushrooms have unsurpassed taste and dizzying aroma, which will not leave indifferent any connoisseur of Russian cuisine. Mushroom soup, made from dried white mushrooms - the pride of Russian cooks. If you are lucky enough to get hold of a basket of white mushrooms, then you can try to dry them at home. We will tell you how to do it.

Methods of drying ceps

White mushrooms can be dried:

in the whole form;
separate legs and hats;
cut into thin longitudinal plates;
pieces.

You can dry mushrooms in the following ways:

in the sun and fresh air;
in the oven;
in aerogrill;
in an electric dryer.

Preparation of mushrooms for drying

Mushrooms need to sort out - sort them bysize and carefully inspect each mushroom for spoilage and worms. Partially spoiled mushrooms do not throw away, we will tell you about what to do with them a little later.
Before drying mushrooms can not be washed! They need only be cleaned with a knife from the ground, leaves and needles and wiped with a sponge or a linen napkin.
Purified mushrooms need to be cut off the tips of the legs. Small mushrooms can be dried as a whole. Large mushrooms need to be cut with a sharp knife made of stainless steel, into thin (1-1.5 cm thick) longitudinal plates. You can do a little differently - separate the legs, cut them in short sticks, about two centimeters long, and cut the hats with plates.
In slightly spoiled mushrooms, you need to carefully cut out all the damaged areas, and cut the remaining healthy pulp with thin plates.

How to Dry White Mushrooms in the Sun

Small mushrooms can be strung on a stiff string andto hang mushroom knits in the sun. Mushrooms are threaded with a large needle. The needle is pierced with a leg, a string is threaded through it, a loop is made on the thread, so that the mushroom does not move to the center of the bundle during drying, and at a distance the next mushroom is fixed.
Large mushrooms, cut into plates, in one layer spread on a sieve.
Further mushrooms are placed in the sun in a well-ventilated place. Thus, mushrooms can be dried in hot dry weather.
Mushrooms when drying in the open air must always be covered with gauze, so that the flies do not put their eggs on them.
At night, mushrooms are brought into the room, and in the morning, when the dew comes off, they are again exposed to the sun. Mushrooms dry up in about 10-14 days.

How to Dry Mushrooms in the oven

Mushrooms spread one layer on a baking tray,covered with parchment, and put them in a warm oven. First, the mushrooms are dried in a slightly open oven at t50 ° C for 3-4 hours, then they are dried at a higher temperature (about 65-70 ° C).

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