Mushrooms can be dried, frozen, pickled, fried and… They are an ideal ingredient for sauces, soups and casseroles. In addition, Poles love adding them to scrambled eggs. If you want dried mushrooms to become soft and edible again, you need to soak them in water. They should stay in it for several hours. Then we usually pour this water into the sink. It turns out that it was unnecessary.
How to use water after cooking mushrooms? Add a few ingredients and make dinner
When soaking the mushrooms, a significant part of the mushroom aroma enters the water. It’s a shame to pour it out and waste the decoction that can easily be used. Just a few additions are enough to turn the mushroom broth into a delicious soup. You will need:
- 250 g dried mushrooms,
- 500 ml of leaven,
- 4 cloves of garlic,
- 4 balls of allspice,
- 2 bay leaves,
- Spices: salt, pepper, marjoram.
First, soak the dried mushrooms in a pot of water for 3 hours. After this time, switch it to gas, add garlic, allspice and bay leaves. Bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes. After this time, pour in the leaven, add spices and mix thoroughly. Cook until the broth thickens. Mushroom soup is ready! You can eat it with pasta or potatoes.
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Mushroom water soup. Don’t make this mistake
To soak the mushrooms, use lukewarm, boiled water. Many people make the mistake of pouring boiling water over them. In this way, they want to speed up the entire process and save time. We should not do this under any circumstances, because hot water causes the mushrooms to lose their taste and aroma and become hard. The effect will be the opposite of the intended one, because it is aromatic mushrooms that we want. Some species soften after just an hour, so you just need to check their condition regularly.
Source: Gazeta
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