Salty breasts - perhaps one of the most ancient and favorite snacks in Russia, known since time immemorial. These mushrooms were very popular on a vast territory - from Belarus to Siberia, from the Kazakh steppes and almost to the circumpolar forest-tundra. The people's love for them was reflected even in folklore, and it is no coincidence: in the old days only this mushroom was considered suitable for pickling and was called the “king of mushrooms”.
Selection and preparation of ingredients
Mushrooms belong to conditionally edible mushrooms, that is, they can not be eaten raw, only after cooking in any way. However, there are quite a few types of inedible milkers (breasts) that a novice mushroom picker can take as suitable for food. So if you are not an experienced mushroom picker, but you want to collect mushrooms in the forest for salting for the winter, it is better to bring a knowledgeable person with you.
If you buy mushrooms in the market, try to meet the following criteria:
- the breasts should be as fresh as possible (the hats should not be sticky or covered with mucus, the cuts of the legs should be fresh, natural in color);
- try to take mushrooms of about the same size for salting;
- the hat and leg should be fairly tight and resilient;
- natural color and smell without impurities (fresh white breast has a fruity smell).
Did you know? The breast contains vitamins D and B12, as well as natural antibiotics and a group of microorganisms that contribute to the digestive process. And the protein content in dried mushrooms is over 30%, which is more than in any kind of meat.
Winter salting recipes
There are a huge number of recipes for making salty breasts. As already mentioned, earlier this mushroom was considered the only one suitable for cooking in this way, respectively, and a lot of methods were invented for its salting. After all, properly salted mushrooms are not just a tasty snack, but a way of preserving the product for the winter, while preserving all its nutritional qualities and useful properties. There are two main ways to make salty muffins - hot and cold.
Hot way
1 can 0.7 l 1 hour + 10 days salting
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Two days before the salting procedure, the mushrooms should be poured with cold water, which should be drained every 4-5 hours and pour a new one.
- Mushrooms of different sizes are cut in such a way that pieces of about the same size are obtained. Then they are placed in a container for cooking, pour water and put on the stove. As soon as the water boils, it is drained, and the contents are washed under the tap.
- The washed mushrooms are again placed in a pan, which is filled with a liter of water, salted and boiled, after the contents boil, 1/3 hours.
- In a jar put chopped garlic, if there is, you can add blackcurrant leaves. Then, using a slotted spoon or a special spoon, all the mushrooms are taken out of the pan and transferred to a jar. If there are a lot of them, the contents of the can can be slightly condensed, then pour the marinade to the neck and tighten with boiled metal lids.
- After cooling the jars to put in a cold place, the snack itself will be ready after 10 days.
Video recipe
Hot way
Important! For salting 1 kg of mushrooms you need 40–50 g of salt. This amount refers to direct salting, if the breasts are previously boiled, salt is also added to the water, about 1 tbsp. l / 1 l
Cold way
1 can with a capacity of 1 l1 hour
garlic, pepper mixture, horseradish root,
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leaves of cherry, currant, laurel, horseradish
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Nutrition value (per 100 g):
- Loosely sort, clean, wash, remove legs, cut into pieces. Pour water and change it every 5-6 hours. So that the mushrooms do not float, press them with an enameled lid. Keep in water for two days.
- Grind all spices, grind with salt. Drain mushrooms, rinse under the tap. Pour a little mixture of salt with spices into a glass jar, place a layer of mushrooms on top, tamping them lightly. Then - a layer of salt and again mushrooms. So fill the jar.
- Place the container full of mushrooms in the refrigerator for 5-6 weeks, periodically removing it and ramming the contents. This should be done carefully so as not to crush the mushrooms, but only to help them salt well. After about 40 days, you can try the snack, if it turns out that it is not salted enough, let it stand for a few more days.
Video recipe
Cold way
In a pan under oppression
pan 5 l 1 hour + 4-6 weeks salting
garlic, horseradish roots, herbs
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Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Loosely sort, wash, clean, pour water for 2-3 hours. Then rinse them several times under the tap.
- Pour salt into the pan, then the leaves of trees and shrubs, roots and seed dill.
- In mushrooms, cut off the legs, about 1/2 cm below the cap. Place the trimmed hats in the pan so that the rest of the legs is pointing up. Mushrooms should be located quite tightly, the thickness of one layer is 7–9 cm, after which salt and spices should be added.
- When the pan is full, lay out a layer of leaves of berry bushes, trees and horseradish. An enameled lid is laid on the top layer of leaves, with a diameter slightly smaller than the pan. The lid is placed in the container with the handle down, so that it is more convenient to place the load on a flat surface located on top. As a cargo, it is easiest to use a jar filled with water. The load should not be too heavy, the weight is necessary only in order to remove excess air and press down the lid by immersing the entire contents of the pan in brine.
- After about two days, the mushrooms will start the juice, which, thanks to salt and spices, will become a fragrant pickle. When the brine rises above the lid, the pan should be moved to a room with an air temperature of +5 ... + 9 ° C.
- Depending on the temperature and quality of the mushrooms, they will salt out after 6-8 weeks. Ready snack should be kept at t ° 0 ... + 4 ° С. For these purposes, a refrigerator or a cellar is suitable. During storage, the contents of the pan should be completely covered with brine. If, for some reason, the brine is small, a salt solution in boiled water (10%) should be added to it.
Important! The air temperature during salting of mushrooms should not be higher than + 10 ° C, otherwise the brine will become moldy, and the mushrooms will not be crispy. At a temperature close to 0 ° C, the salting process will be dragged out for a long time.
In a barrel
depends on barrel capacity 1 hour + 5-6 weeks of salting
garlic, roots, herbs, dill
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Nutrition value (per 100 g):
- Sort out mushrooms, rinse, cut legs. Pour water for a day, changing it every 4–5 hours. After the specified time, drain the water, rinse the mushrooms under the tap.
- Line the bottom of the barrel with a layer of leaves, garlic, pour salt on top. Next, lay out a layer of mushrooms (5-7 cm), sprinkle with salt, lay greens. Repeat the operation until the barrel is full.
- The layer of breasts should not exceed 7 cm. Try to distribute the salt in such a way that it is enough for even distribution on all layers of mushrooms. If the salt remains at the end - it does not matter, pour it on the top layer of mushrooms.
- Cover the contents of the barrel with greens, and then with a round board with a load.
- After a couple of days, the mushrooms will start the juice, and the wooden circle will slowly settle, crushing them. When this process begins, mushrooms sprinkled with salt can be added to the barrel until the container is full.
- After 5-6 weeks, you can enjoy salty, crispy buns.
Important! You should not eat dishes of mushrooms, especially conditionally edible, which include breasts, children under three years of age and women during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Black salting
3 cans of 0.7 l 1 hour 20 minutes
sunflower oil
3 tbsp. l
bay leaf, seed dill
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Nutrition value (per 100 g):
- Soaked, peeled and washed mushrooms soak in water for a couple of hours.
- After the specified time, transfer the mushrooms into a container of the appropriate volume, fill with water so that they are covered on top by 5–7 cm. After boiling add half the salt to the mass and cook for about 20 minutes, periodically removing the foam.
- While the mushrooms are boiling, put another pan on the stove to prepare the brine. Pour 3 liters of water and all the prepared spices into it, except dill and salt. After boiling pour the second half of the salt, make the fire minimal, sufficient only for boiling low intensity and cook for another 5 minutes. Before removing the brine from the stove, introduce dill into it.
- Drain the brine through cheesecloth into a separate container. What remains on the fabric, put in a container for salting (ceramic makitra, enameled pan, etc.).
- With the help of a colander, completely drain the water with the colander, put the mushrooms themselves on top of the spices on the bottom of the container. Pour the contents with hot brine so that it completely covers the mushrooms.
- Cover the loafs with a circle of suitable diameter (pan cover, round board, inverted plate, etc.), press down with a load to remove excess air and prevent the contents from floating up. For the load, a two-liter glass bottle is suitable, in which you need to pour just enough water to slightly compress the contents, but not crush it.
- Place the container in a cool place for three days, and then put them in banks. Put spices from the brine on the bottom of each jar, distributing them equally, on top it is enough to spread the breasts and pour brine 3 mm below the edge of the neck of the jar. Pour a tablespoon of oil from above, close with nylon or metal covers to tighten.
- Banks to remove in the cold. You can taste the salty breasts after 4-5 weeks.
The way mushrooms are crispy
3 cans of 0.7 l2 hours
garlic, laurel and blackcurrant leaf
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seed dill, pepper mixture
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Nutrition value (per 100 g):
- Wash the mushrooms well, clean them from the ground, branches, remove the legs, pour water for half an hour. After the specified time, drain the water and rinse the mushrooms again under the tap.
- Put the mushrooms in a cooking bowl, pour water (about 3 l) there, add spices and herbs, salt and put on the stove. It is not necessary to salt strongly (just 2-3 tbsp. L. Salt is enough), since this is only preliminary heat treatment. The main salting will occur in banks.
- While the breasts are boiling, you can wash and sterilize glass containers and lids. After boiling the brine, reduce the heat so that the contents of the pan boil a little, cook for 1/3 hour, then drain the water from the mushrooms.
- Dill seeds and shrub leaves for one can are put in a colander. Dip in boiling brine with mushrooms for 1 minute (sterilize) so that all contents remain in a colander, then pour all the greens into a clean sterile jar. Repeat the procedure separately for each jar.
- On leaves and spices, place layers of breasts, trimmed legs. The denser you fill the jar, the better the ready-made milk crunches will crunch. Pour the glass containers tightly packed to the top with aromatic brine.
- Close containers with mushrooms with plastic or metal lids for carving. After the jars have cooled, put them in the cold. After 4-5 weeks, you can please your friends with a delicious snack.
Video recipe
The way mushrooms are crispy
Features of storage of blanks
Homemade salted milk preparations are stored in a cool place, t ° to + 4 ° C. In such conditions, the mushrooms will remain for a long time to the same degree of salting as you put them in the cellar.
Did you know? To make the breasts easier to clean, fill them with water and table vinegar (9%), 10–15 drops per 1 liter. After 20 minutes, wipe off any dirt and grass from the hats with the hard side of the dishwashing sponge.
Salty breasts are not only a wonderful snack, but also a very healthy diet dish. Since mushrooms are salted without the use of vinegar, oil and sugar, they fully retain their natural taste and nutritional properties.