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Tips on how to cook chanterelle mushrooms so that they do not taste bitter will be useful for novice mushroom pickers and cooks. These wonderful mushrooms look beautiful and interesting. They have an interesting feature - they are never wormy. This is due to the content of a certain polysaccharide and a special substance - quinomannose.
Why are chanterelles bitter after freezing
Some mushroom pickers attribute the bitter taste of these mushrooms to their special chemical composition. They try in various ways to remove the bitterness from chanterelles after freezing. In fact, the raw pulp of real chanterelles is slightly sour, with a pleasant fruity aroma, and, indeed, contains many useful substances. For example, quinomannose, which destroys worms and improves the quality of the hair.
Such a remedy has no side properties. The polysaccharide contained in the mushroom pulp heals the body. He is able to heal the gastrointestinal tract, restore liver cells. Mushroom medicine, can be used for carriers of hepatitis C, B, A, patients with cirrhosis and liver tumors, allergy sufferers.
It has been scientifically proven that chinomannose is able to restore hair. Preparations based on it can treat hair loss and complete baldness. Plus, these mushrooms are delicious when cooked properly.
If you cook frozen raw chanterelles, then they really start to taste bitter. To avoid bitterness, you need to properly freeze.
Is it possible to eat chanterelles if they are bitter
Sometimes chanterelles are bitter after frying and raw. The fact is that they have inedible and even poisonous counterparts. An inedible false chanterelle grows in temperate latitudes. It is free of toxins and is considered edible in many countries. It is distinguished from the real chanterelles of the false double by the strong bitterness of the pulp and some external signs. Therefore, it is advisable to go on a mushroom hunt with a mushroom picker encyclopedia in a smartphone, in order to understand exactly from the photo what kind of mushroom will fall into the basket, and then onto the table.
It happens that among the real chanterelles there are several false ones, they can spoil the taste of the whole dish. If the chanterelles are very bitter after frying, it is better not to eat them. They can cause indigestion or mild poisoning instead of the expected healing effect. Real chanterelles can only taste slightly bitter if they grew up in a pine forest or the year was too dry. Adding onions, cheese and sour cream during cooking will help remove excess bitterness. The dish will be fragrant and delicious if cooked correctly.
How to fry with cheese
To make it quick, this recipe will require two pans. Mushrooms are not pre-boiled, it is also not recommended to fry them for a long time, so that the pulp does not become "rubbery". The total duration of mushroom frying should not exceed 25 minutes. You can fry both fresh and frozen mushrooms. If frozen chanterelles are bitter when frying, it means that they were prepared incorrectly.
Products:
- chanterelles - 1 kg;
- rapeseed oil - 100 ml;
- large onion - 1 pc.;
- sour cream - 100 g;
- cheese - 100 g.
Preparation:
- Mushroom legs and caps are washed, cut with a knife.
- Place in a dry frying pan to evaporate water and juice.
- In a separate frying pan, chopped onions are fried in vegetable oil.
- Fried onions are added to the mushroom mixture, salted to taste.
- Put sour cream. After 3 minutes, add the grated cheese, sprinkling the mushrooms on top. When the cheese melts, you're done.
This delicious mushroom dish smells good. Pre-soaking and adding sour cream to the recipe helps to remove a little bitterness from chanterelles when frying.
How to cook chanterelles so they don't taste bitter
Chanterelles are tasty and healthy. The orange color indicates that they contain a large amount of easily digestible carotenoids. Conventional cooking methods, including freezing, will not allow the extraction of substances useful for the body; they are destroyed at a temperature of + 50 ° C. Therefore, cooking, frying, any other culinary treatment almost completely destroys the active healing principle.
Medicinal oil tincture
For the recipe, you will need the following products:
- rapeseed oil;
- garlic - 10-15 teeth;
- chanterelles - 300 g;
Preparation:
- Raw chanterelles are washed and cut into small pieces with a knife.
- Transferred to a clean jar of 0.5 liters.
- Garlic is added, passed through a crusher.
- Mix mushrooms and garlic.
- Pour in vegetable oil.
- Insist for at least one week.
- Then add butter with mushrooms to salads, chilled dishes, vinaigrette.
You need to eat cooked chanterelles within 2-3 months. For the prevention of helminthic invasion, it is enough to use 1 tsp. mushroom mixture per day.
Salad with vegetables
These mushrooms are delicious even raw. You can fry the chanterelles with sour cream so that they do not taste bitter, but it is much healthier to eat them raw. Before cooking, they need to be cleaned and washed from the ground. The ratio of mushrooms to vegetables in a salad should be about 1: 1.
Products:
- chanterelles - 400 g;
- tomatoes - 2 medium;
- bell pepper - 1 pc.;
- onion - 1 pc. ;
- garlic - 3 cloves;
- sour cream - 150 g;
- ground salt and pepper to taste.
Preparation:
- Cut the tomatoes into small pieces.
- Peel the bell peppers and onions, cut into thin strips. The onion masks the slight bitterness of the chanterelles.
- Chopped peeled chives.
- Chanterelles are cut smaller so that they are easier to digest in the body.
- Mix mushroom and vegetable slices, salt and pepper to taste.
- Salad is seasoned with vegetable oil or sour cream.
Such a tasty and healthy salad is not stored for a long time, it is eaten on the day of preparation.
How to freeze chanterelles so they don't taste bitter
Chanterelles should not be frozen raw so that they do not taste bitter. When raw mushrooms are frozen, the structure of the inner cells of the mushroom is disturbed, and this spoils the taste. It is better to freeze boiled or pre-fried mushrooms. They will take up less space in the freezer and will taste better. It's easy to cook frozen chanterelles so that they don't taste bitter: you need to preserve the good taste by pre-heat treatment.
Mushrooms are thoroughly washed and placed in a dry, cast-iron pan to evaporate excess moisture. You don't have to cut them. After about 10 minutes, transfer the fried mushrooms to a bowl to cool. Such chanterelles will not be bitter after freezing. Put the workpiece in food plastic bags, and tie tightly, adding a small amount of broth, which remains after heating in a pan.
Conclusion
Cook chanterelle mushrooms so that they don't taste easy. The main thing is to distinguish ordinary, real mushrooms from false ones. Then the problem of bitterness will not be of particular concern. Skillful culinary processing, adding sour cream, cheese, onions and spices will help to brighten up the light bitter taste of dishes.
