Many lovers of mushroom delicacies in winter do not want to try only canned or pickled mushrooms, but also dried. Therefore, the question arises of drying oil at home. Like this make mushrooms able to retain all their nutrients and vitamins.
There are several simple ways to dry the oil. The main point is the realization that in the age of high oil technology can be dried not only on ropes, like “beads” and in the sun. There are more modern technologies for this: ovens and special electric dryers for fruits and vegetables.
Dried butter for the winter is a great cure which prevents deposition on the walls of blood vessels cholesterol, promote good digestion. Dried butter the amount of vitamin PP is very similar to beef and fish liver. The human body can absorb protein oily 85%. Besides of this, dried oils speed up the healing process after respiratory diseases.
Oil can be dried not only in the open air under the sun. This is done in Russian stoves, over gas stoves, in ovens. But if there is not enough time, but there are a lot of mushrooms, then it is better to apply a special dryer that will dry the oil well without any special effort on your part. Since it often rains in autumn, you can use combined drying: first in the sun, then in dryer or oven.
Do I need to clean the oils for drying: the processing process
How to start the recycling process: whether to clean oil for drying?
First you need to sort out the mushrooms collected in the forest: throw worms and sort by size. Next, you need to clean oily from dirt and grass residues. Easy way: take a kitchen sponge, moisten it a little and wipe each mushroom. It is impossible soak the oil before drying, as they instantly start absorb water and become heavy. Oil soaked in water does not suitable for drying.
I must say that the drying of mushrooms oily does no harm vitamins in them. They possess even more pronounced aroma than freshly picked. In this case, do not lose the oil their taste. A variety of dishes are prepared from them, since butter can be combined with many products: any type of meat, cheese, cereals, vegetables, fruits and eggs. You can cook from them roasts, sauces, gravy, soups – mashed potatoes, borscht. Dried butter add to a variety of salads, as the most refined ingredient.
Oven drying in the sun and oven-dried mushrooms for the winter
Most housewives confidently use old proven drying recipes oily for the winter. For example, for drying in the sun you need string whole mushrooms or their individual parts on a strong thread. Lubricants should not touch each other. Better strung beads cover the mushrooms with a double layer of gauze, protecting the workpiece from dust and flies. In addition, it can be built from bars or thin boards convenient stands where you can hang threads with mushrooms.
In good weather and sunny days, drying oil takes from 5 up to 7 days. If the mushrooms are cut into plates, then the drying lasts 2-3 days. However, it is worth remembering that the dried oil is left to be stored. “beads” can not. Moths that can days to destroy all your labor. Therefore, after drying on a thread, remove butter and transfer to a linen bag or glass jar.
Another simple and affordable way – drying the oil in the oven. This variation has its advantages for the residents of the apartment. Oven perfectly copes with the role of the dryer, it is easy and quick to dry in it mushrooms, as she is always at hand.
If the butter is large, then it is better to cut them into parts and one lay out on a baking sheet or wire rack. Preheat oven to temperature 60 ° C and paste the mushrooms. It’s better not to close the door so that butter was not baked. When the oven is open, good air circulation.
In order not to overheat the butter, from time to time a baking sheet is necessary remove and leave for 1.5-2 hours to cool the mushrooms. Shuffle mushrooms, evaluate how they are dried, and put in the oven again. Never rush to dry a new batch, as this will harm quality oil, if they are not finished. Such a drying process takes an average of 2 days, depending on the number of mushrooms.
To determine the degree of cooking the dried butter in the oven, try them by touch. Well-dried mushrooms are brittle and brittle, when pressed, scatter. If the oil is not finished – their structure soft, elastic and when pressed, they are difficult to bend. Such mushrooms must again be sent to the oven.
Drying oil in an electric dryer, microwave and stove
A quick, economical way is to dry the oil electric dryer. Such a technical novelty saves any time mistress and does not require her constant presence. IN there are several baking sheets that can be filled a lot of oil.
Large mushrooms should be cut into pieces and laid evenly on each baking sheet of the dryer. Set on equipment temperature 60 ° C and go about your business further. Time on the dryer can be selected individually: from 2 to 6 hours
In the dryer, the mushrooms will be slicing thickness. If the oil is cut thin, they will dry faster. Ready or not, you can check 2 hours after dryer on. They are checked as well as when drying in ordinary when pressed, the oil should break.
If the hostess does not have a special electric dryer for vegetables and fruit, you can use a conventional microwave. In her the temperature is set at 100 ° C, and the initial drying time of the mushrooms takes only 20 min. Then you need to open the door so that the extra moisture evaporated (approximately 10-15 min), and continue to dry in microwave at the same temperature for another 20 minutes.
This option will appeal to those who want to finish faster. drying process.
Perhaps someone does not have modern technology to tackle drying oil. However, gas stoves or stoves for coal have everyone. You can dry the oil, strung on a rope, in a hot the walls of the stove or over a Russian stove. In this way they use probably only in the remote villages of Russia, although it’s oily, cooked under these conditions, differ in unusual taste and aroma.
You can use gas stoves, although it’s very inconvenient, because burners must always be kept lit. However, if there are no others options for drying oil for the winter at home, you can take advantage of this. Keep the beaded mushrooms over the stove, but if you are going to cook, remove the strings to another room. This the product likes to absorb all the smells of cooked food. When drying over a gas stove, the process lasts 3-4 days.
One more thing to remember: if the mushrooms after drying have become break easily, then grind them in a coffee grinder or on a blender. Of they get mushroom seasoning, which can then be used in gravy, mashed soup, as well as prepare mushroom croutons from the powder and zrazy.
Dried oils should only be stored in bags of fabrics, paper bags or glassware that will help protect them from moisture, mold and pests.
