How to cook morels and use them in different dishes, observing safety techniques

It is very important to know how to prepare morels, in order to comply with safety regulations. Because they refer to conditionally edible fungi, just like lines. In no case should they be eaten raw and fried without special treatment. It means prolonged cooking in water with salt. After this, the broth must be poured out.

How to cook morels correctly. Preliminary stage

They belong to the class of marsupials. They often confuse morels and stitches. How to cook these not ordinary mushrooms? First you need to know some of their features. They collect the morels very early in the spring, immediately after the snow comes down. Therefore, they are difficult to confuse with any other. The lines previously applied to inedible fungi, as there were cases of poisoning with gyrothrinin, which is contained in them. This substance is removed from the product only when boiled and dried for a long time. In some countries it is still forbidden to sell them. It would be superfluous to recall that, even with all the precautions and with the most careful preparation, in no case should mushrooms be included in the menu of pregnant and lactating women and children.

What should you do before you prepare the morels and include them in various dishes? First they need to be thoroughly cleaned. Due to the folded structure of these fungi, sand is clogged in them, as well as small insects. To do this, the morels must be laid with their legs up in a large container and filled with cold water. Allow to stand for a while, drain fluid and rinse (carefully, trying not to break the hats). Put again in cold water, add salt and cook. This procedure must be repeated twice. First time to cook about ten minutes. Rinse with cold water, peel, carefully inspect and clean, separate and discard the legs (only hats are suitable for food). Recoat and boil again for a second time for twenty minutes. And again with cold water. Even such thorough preparation sometimes does not completely eliminate the presence of small particles of sand.

How to cook morels with potatoes

After such a long preparatory procedure, these mushrooms can be used for a huge variety of delicious dishes. In doing so, try not to break their delicate aroma with spices and spices. Smoltski can be used in fried and stewed for porridge and gravy, combine them in baking with eggs and rice. Traditional Russian pies with meat and these mushrooms have an unusual flavor. The delicate smell of morels makes it possible to use them for sauces, soups and stuffing. They can also be dried and frozen. To summarize, we can say that they are able to replace any other mushrooms in the dishes. Let's stop on how to cook morels with potatoes. Make sauce by frying mushrooms (two hundred grams) with onions in sunflower oil for seven to ten minutes. Then add half a glass of milk or sour cream, depending on the desired fat content. Put it out a little and season. With the resulting sauce, pour the young boiled potatoes, add greens.