Prepare brown caps correctly
However, brown caps must be prepared thoroughly before freezing: like so many boletus, their meat is very popular with snails, maggots and other animals. The larger specimens in particular are often completely worm-eaten and should therefore be left standing. Cut the mushrooms you find on the spot lengthways to check them for maggots - otherwise the surprise at home is sometimes big. At home clean Then carefully:
- Cut off the hard part of the stem.
- Remove the mushroom sponge.
- Check the fungi for gold mold infestation.
- Cut off eating and damaged areas.
- Peel off the hat skin.
- Carefully remove dirt with the tip of the knife and a damp cloth.
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Chestnut boletus should not be washed if possible, as their tubes soak up water very quickly. After cleaning, cut the mushrooms into bite-sized pieces.
Freeze brown caps
The appropriately prepared brown caps can be frozen raw, but also ready-made and ready-made. It is best to blanch the mushrooms in salted water for a few minutes before freezing or to fry them in butter almost completely. The mushrooms treated in this way are quickly cooled down in a water bath and immediately frozen. First pre-freeze the mushrooms at minus 20 ° C in order to store them later at at least minus 18 ° C. They can then be kept in the freezer for up to a year.
Quick meal: freeze prepared brown caps
Of course, it is particularly practical if you can already take a ready-made mushroom dish from the freezer and only have to warm it up. For this purpose, prepare the brown caps as desired - they must be cooked for at least 15 minutes at at least 70 ° C - be cooked, fried or steamed - taste it and finally freeze the dish immediately as described above a. Chill the dish quickly and do not leave it at room temperature for a long time! Prepared brown caps can be kept in the freezer for around two to three months.
Tips
The aromatic brown caps are also very suitable for dry.
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