It is very important to know how to cook morels in order to comply with safety precautions. Since they relate to conditionally edible mushrooms, the same way as the lines. In no case can they be eaten raw and fried without prior special treatment. By it is meant long cooking in water with salt. The broth after this must be poured.
How to cook morels correctly. Preliminary stage
They belong to the class of marsupials. More often confused morels and lines. How to cook these not quite ordinary mushrooms? First you need to know some of their features. Morels are harvested very early in the spring, immediately after the snow melts. Therefore, they are difficult to confuse with any others. The lines previously belonged to inedible fungi, since there were cases of poisoning with gyromitrin, which is contained in them. This substance is removed from the product only by boiling and prolonged drying. In some countries, it is still forbidden to sell them. It will be useful 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 needs to be done before cooking morels and incorporating them into various dishes? First they need to be thoroughly cleaned. Due to the folded structure of these mushrooms, sand is clogged in them, as well as small insects. To do this, morels should be laid with the legs up in a large container and pour cold water. Let stand a little, drain the liquid and rinse (carefully, being careful not to break the caps). Put again in cold water, salt and put to boil. This procedure must be repeated twice. First time cook for about ten minutes. Rinse with cold water, sort through, carefully inspecting and cleaning, separate and discard the legs (only hats are suitable for food). Salt and boil again a second time for twenty minutes. And pour over cold water again. Even such careful preparation sometimes does not completely relieve 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. At the same time, try not to interrupt their delicate aroma with spices and spices. Morels can be used in fried and stewed form for cereals and gravy, combine them in baking with eggs and rice. Traditional Russian pies with meat and these mushrooms have an unusual aroma. The subtle smell of morels allows you 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 us dwell on how to cook morels with potatoes. Make the sauce by frying the 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. Stew a little and season. Pour the young boiled potatoes with the resulting sauce, add the greens.