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Culinary experts consider oyster mushrooms to be budget-friendly and profitable mushrooms. They are easy to prepare, very tasty in any combination, and available at any time of the year. But housewives still try to make mushroom preparations for the winter. For an unexpected guest there is always a jar of tender oyster mushrooms. You don't even have to run to the store in search of a healthy product. Let's consider options for preparing for the winter table with minimal investment of time and money. Oyster mushrooms, the recipes for which we will describe for the winter, will take their rightful place on your table.
Preparations from oyster mushrooms for the winter table
The highest popularity ratings are for pickled, salted oyster mushrooms for the winter or salads with vegetables. In order for any preserved oyster mushrooms to be of high quality, you need to pay special attention to the selection of mushrooms.
We take the product without signs of mold, rot, dents or severe damage. There should be no yellowish spots on the caps on both sides. Such specimens are unsuitable for harvesting.
We also pay attention to the stems of the mushrooms. The smaller they are, the more profitable and better quality our purchase will be.
Then we proceed to select a recipe and begin to prepare delicious oyster mushrooms.
Marinated mushrooms
They can be a worthy competitor to expensive products from the store. For 1 kg of mushrooms the following proportions of other components are needed:
- half a lemon;
- 5-6 garlic cloves;
- 3 glasses of clean water;
- 50 ml vegetable oil;
- 1 tablespoon table salt;
- 2 teaspoons sugar;
- 75 ml vinegar;
- spices – 3 pcs. bay leaf, 7 pcs. black peppercorns, 3 pcs. carnations.
We inspect the mushrooms, wash them, cut them into pieces of the required size, preferably small ones. According to the recipe, we need a marinade. How to prepare a marinade so that oyster mushrooms remain elastic after pouring? We perform simple steps.
Pour water into the pan and add the remaining ingredients - vinegar, garlic (chopped), lemon juice. Stir, bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes. Then strain, leaving only the liquid. Pour into the pan again, add the oyster mushrooms and continue cooking for at least 30 minutes. Cool, place in sterile jars, pour sunflower oil on top (1 tablespoon) and close with lids. To be on the safe side, some housewives sterilize the workpiece.
Salted oyster mushrooms for the winter
This option can be started even without thoroughly washing the oyster mushrooms. We will boil the mushrooms and drain the first water. She will pick up excess debris and dirt. But it won’t hurt to lightly wash off the dust.
Cut into large pieces. It is better to leave small mushrooms whole so that they do not break in the preparation.
Pour water into a saucepan, bring to a boil, add oyster mushrooms.
Blanch the mushrooms for 15 minutes. A sign of readiness will be the oyster mushrooms settling to the bottom of the pan. Then we take them out into a colander with a slotted spoon and pour out the water. We don't need her anymore.
Now put the water on the fire again, but with salt. Make the brine over-salted and taste it. Cook oyster mushrooms for 30 minutes after boiling. It's not worth it any longer. The more we cook the mushrooms, the tougher they will be in the preparation.
At this time we prepare the jars. Wash, dry and place spices to taste on the bottom:
- allspice peas;
- mustard seeds;
- bay leaf;
- 1-2 buds of cloves.
Cover the jars with lids, put them in the oven and turn up the temperature.
As soon as the jars heat up, keep the oven on for 2 minutes and turn off. Don't do it anymore, otherwise the spices will burn. We take out the jars and leave them on the baking sheet to cool.
Carefully place the cooked mushrooms in jars, fill with salted brine, add 1 teaspoon of vinegar essence and acetylsalicylic acid powder (on the tip of a knife) on top.
And without aspirin, such a preparation will not stand. Now all that remains is to close the jars, let them cool and send them to the basement.
These mushrooms can be consumed immediately or used for preparing dishes with marinade. Bon appetit!
