Content
- Dry mushrooms for longer storage
- The right preparation for drying
- Dry the mushrooms in the oven or in the air
- The drying of mushrooms in the oven
- Storage and use
- Tips & Tricks
Dry mushrooms for longer storage
In summer and autumn, forest and meadow mushrooms are often found in such quantities that they can not be completely consumed fresh. Even with purchased mushrooms offers due to the limited shelf life drying and storage.
The right preparation for drying
Basically, mushrooms and other mushrooms should only be dried if they show no signs of decay or smell bad. Like most other mushrooms, mushrooms should not be washed before being eaten or dried, but only cleaned with a sharp knife or a clean cloth. Finally, the drying time of the mushrooms depends not only on the dry method but also on the thickness of the slices into which the mushrooms were cut after harvesting.
Dry the mushrooms in the oven or in the air
In the past, mushrooms were often dried in the air on old newspaper pages, but today, for hygienic reasons, baking paper is often used for laying out. In sunny weather, mushrooms can also be dried on a baking tray placed in the sun without energy expenditure. Overall, numerous methods are suitable for the gentle drying of mushrooms:
The drying of mushrooms in the oven
When drying mushrooms in the oven, make sure that the oven is never heated above 50 degrees Celsius. Otherwise, the slices of mushrooms would be partially cooked and would no longer be durable. It is usually sufficient to preheat the oven to 50 degrees Celsius and to give the mushroom slices on a single-layered baking sheet in the slow-cooling oven. A wooden spoon holds the oven door open a crack, so that escaping moisture can flow away with the air.
Storage and use
Ideally, dried mushrooms are stored in light and airtight glasses with twist-off closure. So they can be stored for up to two or three years and used dry or soaked in water for mushroom dishes. Dried mushrooms can be finely ground and used as seasoning for soups and sauces, similar to cep mushroom flour.
Tips & Tricks
As an alternative to drying mushrooms can also be frozen. However, you must not be moistened or washed with water even before that. Crushing to the ready-to-cook size is already possible before the mushrooms are frozen.