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Dried champignons are included in many delicious dishes based on these mushrooms. Drying is a good way of storing, because having dried mushrooms in the house, you can prepare a delicious mushroom dish at any time.

Not all housewives know how to cook dried mushrooms, and which recipe is best to choose. There are several ways to prepare mushrooms using this method.

For drying, it is best to use cultivated specimens rather than wild ones.

To prepare for cooking dried champignon mushrooms at home, follow this scheme:

1. Go through the mushrooms, select only fresh, whole and not spoiled. They can be absolutely any size - both large enough and very small. Specimens affected by larvae or other pests are not suitable for drying.
2. Mushrooms do not need to be washed, if they are not very dirty, it is enough to carefully remove from their surface - both caps and legs, litter, using a clean damp cloth.
3. Remove the bottom of the leg, evenly cutting it off with a knife, because the ground was in contact with this area.
4. Cut the prepared mushrooms into small pieces or plates - about 1 cm, smaller or thicker if desired.

When the fruits are prepared in this way, it remains to choose the method of drying them.

Natural drying of mushrooms

When choosing a natural way of this type of harvesting, the mushrooms are dried in the sun, so you should choose a sunny day for such work. Stick to the following recipe for making dried mushrooms:

String the prepared mushroom slices on a nylon thread. To do this, use a thick needle so that it is convenient to string.

Wrap such a mushroom garland once with clean gauze so that insects do not have access to vegetables.

Hang mushrooms in cheesecloth in an open, well-ventilated, sunny place.

In warm and sunny weather, mushrooms will dry out in this way in a few days. It is easy to determine the readiness of the product, for this it is enough to bend the cap - it should spring slightly. If it does not spring, then you should continue drying, otherwise after a week the product will deteriorate and will have to be thrown away.

The old method of drying mushrooms

You can also cook dried mushrooms using this old method. It is suitable exclusively for those villagers and summer residents who have an old Russian stove in their house.

Drying in the oven is carried out in this way:

1. Spread the prepared mushrooms on a clean and dry baking sheet in a thin layer.
2. Remove the ash from the stove, place two bricks and place a baking sheet on them.
3. The temperature in the oven should be maintained at 60-70 degrees. It is important that the temperature is within these limits, if it is lower, the drying process will take a long time, at a higher temperature, the mushrooms will burn.
4. Keep the oven door ajar two-thirds at all times to allow air circulation. By the end of cooking, close the door gradually, since by that time there will be much less moisture in the oven.

Check the readiness of the mushrooms in the same way as in the previous recipe.

How to dry mushrooms in the oven

You can also dry mushrooms in the oven. The effect of this method is almost the same as that of cooking them in a Russian oven, but the hassle is much less.

To get a fragrant preparation for preparing delicious dishes, follow this recipe:

1. Arrange the sliced ​​mushrooms on a clean, dry baking sheet.
2. Preheat the oven to 60-70 degrees and place a baking sheet in it.
3. Dry the mushrooms with the door open until cooked through.

Harvesting champignons in an electric dryer

The most modern and convenient way to make such a blank is to use an electric dryer, in which you can dry not only berries, vegetables and fruits, but also mushrooms.

Having such a device at home, adhere to the following scheme for drying mushrooms in it:

1. Place the sliced ​​mushrooms on each tray of the electric dryer.
2. Turn on the device at 55 degrees and dry the mushrooms. This process can take 3-6 hours. To make a blank faster, the mushrooms can be cut into smaller pieces. It is also recommended to periodically change the pallets in places.

Some housewives dry mushrooms to a powder, which they use as a seasoning.

In this case, they need to be dried until they begin to crumble in their hands. Next, you need to grind the dried product into a fine powder using a coffee grinder, add a little salt, mix everything well and store in glass, hermetically sealed containers.

So that the dried preparation does not lose its nutritional value, it must be stored correctly. For these purposes, gauze or canvas bags should be used, placed in a dry room in a suspended form. It is important that the room is not humid, if the air humidity is above 50%, the mushrooms will begin to absorb moisture, as a result of which they will deteriorate. Do not store mushrooms with fruits and vegetables, otherwise they will saturate their smell and lose their aroma.

Mushroom soups from dried champignons: recipes with photos

Simple mushroom soup.

Most often, a soup is made from dried champignons, which has many recipes.

To prepare such a simple version of the mushroom first course, prepare the following ingredients:

• 300 g dried mushrooms;
• 5 potatoes;
• two carrots;
• bulb;
• butter, sunflower or olive oil;
• bay leaf, salt, pepper, herbs.

Use the following recipe for making dried champignon soup:

1. Soak dried mushrooms in water to soften. The duration of this process depends on the degree of dryness of the product. On average, it is enough to soak them for 10-15 minutes.
2. Place the soaked mushrooms in a saucepan, pour 3 liters of water. Bring to a boil, cook for 20 minutes.
3. Catch the mushrooms from the broth, and set the pot aside from the stove.
4. Throw the boiled mushrooms in a colander to drain the water.
5. Peel the onions and carrots and chop finely. Put vegetables together with mushrooms in a pan with heated oil and fry until golden brown.
6. Put the mushroom broth on the fire again. Add stir-fried vegetables and small diced potatoes. Bring to a boil and cook for 15 minutes.
7. 5 minutes before cooking, add salt, pepper, bay leaf, finely chopped herbs to the broth.
8. Let the soup steep and serve.

Mushroom Kingdom soup.

To make a soup of dried mushrooms mushrooms "Mushroom Kingdom", you will need:

• dried mushrooms - 100 g;
• carrots, onions - 1 pc.;
• potatoes - 5 pcs.;
• Bay leaf;
• sour cream - 250 ml;
• salt, pepper, herbs;
• vegetable oil.

The way to make dried champignon soup according to this recipe is described below:

1. Pour dried mushrooms with hot water and leave for 20 minutes.
2. Cut the onion into small cubes, grate the carrots. Place these vegetables in a preheated skillet with oil. Fry until golden brown, add sour cream at the end and simmer for another 5 minutes.
3. While the onions and carrots are fried, put a pot of water on the fire. Once the water has boiled, place the diced potatoes and soaked mushrooms in a saucepan. Let these soup ingredients boil for 15 minutes.
4. Add fried vegetables with sour cream, bay leaf, salt, pepper, herbs to the broth and let it boil for another 3 minutes.
5. Remove from heat, pour into bowls and serve.

Mushroom noodle soup.

To prepare such a delicious and satisfying mushroom soup, you will need:

• dried champignons - 150 g;
• white onions - 1 pc.;
• carrots - 1 pc.;
• noodles - 100 g;
• bay leaf, salt, ground pepper and sweet peas;
• refined vegetable oil for frying.

Follow this photo recipe for making soup with dried mushrooms:

1. Soak dried mushrooms in boiling water for half an hour.
2. Meanwhile, boil the noodles in salted water and discard them in a colander to drain the water.
3. Peel the carrots and onions. Grate the carrots, cut the onion into cubes.
4. Put the soaked mushrooms in a saucepan, cover with water, put on the stove, bring to a boil and cook for 30 minutes.
5. Put chopped onions and carrots in a frying pan with oil, fry for 7 minutes. Transfer to boiling mushroom broth.
6. Add bay leaves, salt, pepper, transfer the noodles to a saucepan, after 5 minutes remove the soup from the stove and pour into bowls.

Diet soup with chicken and mushrooms.

To prepare two servings of chicken soup with dried mushrooms, you will need the following ingredients:

• chicken fillet - 200 g;
• dried mushrooms - 50 g;
• one medium-sized carrot;
• onion;
• vegetable oil;
• parsley, salt, pepper.

Preparation:

1. Boil the champignons, drain the water, discard the mushrooms in a colander.
2. Cut the chicken fillet into small cubes, place in a saucepan, pour 1.5 liters of water and place on the stove.
3. When the broth boils, place the mushrooms in it, cook for 15 minutes.
4. While the mushrooms and chicken are boiling, peel the onions and carrots, chop finely and fry in a pan for 5 minutes. Transfer the fried vegetables to the broth.
5. Boil the soup for another 10 minutes, add salt, pepper, chopped parsley, remove from the stove after a few minutes. Let the dish sit for 30 minutes and enjoy its amazing taste.