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Inexperienced mushroom pickers bypass russules, consider them inedible. In fact, these mushrooms are good for preparing delicious meals for the winter. One of these blanks is russula caviar. There are many recipes for mushroom delicacies for the winter, some options will be presented below.
Is it possible to make caviar from russula
Caviar can be cooked from various mushrooms, including russula. The main thing is to find a place where the ecology is not disturbed. The fact is that fruiting bodies are capable of accumulating harmful substances and heavy metals, so they need to be collected away from the road, various industrial enterprises.
How to cook russula caviar
To prepare a delicious mushroom snack for the winter, you need to know some secrets:
- Choose small caps and legs without wormholes.
- Then the mushrooms are sorted out, poured with cold water to remove the bitterness. Soaking takes at least 3-4 hours.
- They clean up the debris, peel off the skin, and wash each fungus again.
- Cut into pieces and cook in an enamel saucepan for at least 30 minutes.
- Then they are thrown into a colander, and then they do as indicated in the recipe.
Mushroom caviar can be prepared only from russula or add various vegetables, herbs to taste, spices to it. To obtain a homogeneous mass, you can use a meat grinder or blender.
Banks for spreading hot mass must be sterile and always dry. This will help to avoid swelling of containers during storage, and, of course, damage to the mushroom harvest and poisoning.
Mushroom russula caviar recipes for the winter
To prepare mushroom caviar from russula, you need to choose a recipe that will appeal to all family members. If the dish is being prepared for the winter for the first time, then you can try different options, but in small portions.
Below you will find recipes for caviar from mushrooms with garlic and onions, vegetables and tomatoes. Fans of spicy snacks will also find a suitable option.
A simple recipe for russula caviar
If you use the classic option for preparing a mushroom snack, then a meat grinder is required for grinding.
Ingredients:
- fresh mushrooms - 1 kg;
- carrots - 200 g;
- onions - 200 g;
- vegetable oil - 50 ml;
- salt, ground black pepper - to taste.
Cooking steps:
- Boil the mushrooms in water with a little salt and bay leaves.
- Peel and finely chop the onion, grate the carrots, then fry the vegetables until golden brown.
- Grind the ingredients in a meat grinder using a fine mesh wire rack to obtain a smooth, smooth puree.
- Put in a saucepan with a thick bottom, season with salt, pepper, add oil and simmer for 40 minutes, over low heat. The mass must be stirred so as not to burn.
- Place immediately in steamed jars, cover with lids and sterilize for 30 minutes.
- Roll up the jars with simple mushroom caviar, put on the lid. Store in a cool place after cooling completely.
Mushroom russula caviar with garlic
To make delicious mushroom caviar, only fresh russula are used.If you take salted or pickled ingredients, then the taste will no longer be the same, it will be distorted.
With tomato juice
Recipe composition:
- 2 kg russula;
- 2-3 onions;
- 500 g carrots;
- 1 tbsp. tomato juice;
- 10 cloves of garlic;
- 1 tbsp. vegetable oil;
- to taste - salt, pepper.
The nuances of the recipe:
- Chop the onion very finely and fry in vegetable oil until golden brown.
- Add finely grated carrots to the pan. Simmer until soft.
- Boil the mushrooms separately, put them in a colander to glass the water.
- Combine onions, carrots and russula, salt and pepper. Continue extinguishing until the water evaporates.
- Grind the garlic in a crusher and add 5 minutes before removing the pan.
- Transfer the blank for the winter to steamed jars, put the lids on top and put in a saucepan, sterilize for 30 minutes.
- After rolling, turn the mushroom caviar onto the lids, wrap it with a towel.
- Put the cooled cans in a cool dark place.
With vinegar
Not everyone likes mushroom caviar with tomato paste or juice. In this case, the ingredient is replaced with vinegar.
Recipe composition:
- 2 kg russula;
- 2-3 onions;
- 500 g carrots;
- 1 tbsp. 9% table vinegar;
- 10 cloves of garlic;
- 1 tbsp. vegetable oil;
- to taste - salt, pepper
Cooking features:
- There are no changes in the first stages. After the mushrooms have been stewed for one or an hour and a half, add garlic and vinegar 5 minutes until tender.
- The hot mass is laid out in sterile jars and immediately rolled up.
- Cool upside down under a fur coat.
How to make mushroom caviar from russula with vegetables
In addition to vegetables, many housewives add a small amount of other mushrooms to caviar to improve the taste.
The prescription will require:
- fresh russula - 1.5 kg;
- vegetable oil - 0.3 l;
- ground black pepper, salt to taste;
- table vinegar 9% - 1 tbsp. l .;
- bell peppers and red tomatoes - 0.2 kg each;
- carrots - 2 kg;
- turnip onions - 0.3 kg;
- granulated sugar - 15 g.
Cooking process:
- First, the russula must be sorted out, rinsed in several waters, then boiled in slightly salted water. The process continues for about half an hour on low heat. The resulting foam must be removed.
- Place the caps and legs in a colander and wait for the mushroom juice to drain.
- Pass through a meat grinder.
- Peel the carrots and onions, gut the bell pepper and remove the white partitions. In tomatoes, cut off the attachment points of the stalk.
- Fry in half the oil indicated in the recipe, adding vegetables in this order: onions, tomatoes, peppers and carrots.
- Remove the vegetable mass from the pan into a colander to drain the oil, then grind it in a meat grinder.
- Combine with mushroom puree, mix.
- Put the mass in a frying pan with hot oil, salt, sugar and pepper. Simmer over low heat with constant stirring.
- When 30 minutes have passed from the moment of stewing, pour in the vinegar, stir.
- Since there is vinegar in russula caviar, the snack does not need to be sterilized additionally. After rolling up, turn the cans upside down and wrap them up.
Spicy mushroom russula caviar for the winter
Fans of spicy snacks can make russula caviar according to this recipe. This will require:
- 3 kg russula;
- 3 hot pepper pods;
- vegetable oil for frying;
- one head of garlic;
- to taste - seasonings, coriander, herbs.
How to cook:
- After frying mushrooms and vegetables, grind them in a meat grinder or blender.
- Do the same with herbs, coriander.
- Put a homogeneous mass in a frying pan, add herbs and simmer for 30 minutes.
- 5 minutes before being ready, add chopped garlic.
- Transfer to sterile jars, twist. Turn upside down, wrap well.
- Store in a cool place.
Caviar from russula mushrooms for the winter with tomatoes
Very often, ripe tomatoes are used to prepare caviar from russula mushrooms.
Ingredients:
- mushrooms - 1 kg;
- large tomatoes - 3 pcs.;
- granulated sugar - 20 g;
- vegetable oil - 100 ml;
- salt and spices to taste.
Cooking process:
- The boiled russula for caviar is thrown into a colander.
- Then it is chopped in a blender or passed through a meat grinder.
- Spread in a frying pan and fry in vegetable oil.
- Cut the tomatoes into small pieces and put them in the mushroom mass. Fry until the liquid from the tomatoes has evaporated.
- Spices are poured, salted and sugar-coated, boiled for another 15 minutes.
- Ready mushroom caviar is laid out in hot water in jars, rolled up.
- Keep upside down under a fur coat until it cools.
Calorie content of caviar from russula mushrooms
In 100 g of mushroom caviar, about 88.4 kcal. If we consider the BZHU, then in the preparation they are on average:
- 2.2 g of proteins;
- 6.1 g fat;
- 6.5 g of carbohydrates.
A more accurate calorie value depends on the ingredients added.
Terms and conditions of storage
Not all housewives decide to harvest mushrooms for the winter. The reason is that these gifts from the forest can cause poisoning and botulism. That is why you need to know how long russula caviar can be stored, as well as the optimal conditions for this.
Mushroom caviar can be stored:
- 7 days in the refrigerator;
- 12 months frozen in a container;
- up to 12 months in a basement or closet, if the temperature does not exceed 10 degrees.
Conclusion
Russula caviar is an excellent addition to the family's diet in winter. Few would refuse a delicious snack. Several different options can be prepared so that the whole family can satisfy their own tastes.
