Russula - wonderful mushrooms that are very common in temperate climates. You can prepare various simple or delicious mushroom dishes from them: soups, pies, salads and mushroom rolls. Potatoes, meat and greens are combined with them. This product can be baked or fried. Even an ordinary classic recipe for fried russula with vegetables, spices and sunflower or butter is a pleasant way to surprise your household with a delicious and satisfying dinner.
Selection and preparation of ingredients
Any recipe involving these mushroom products is not difficult.
Important! Large mushrooms have a fairly dense and thick peel, especially those that are brown. It must be removed, especially since it is easy to implement. If the mushroom is young and small, the peel can be left.
Nevertheless, adhere to a few simple preparation rules:
- Be sure to wash the mushrooms in cold water.
- You can remove the top film, or you can leave it. It is recommended to remove it in those mushrooms in which it is very bright (saturated red or bluish).
- If you do not suffer from diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, you can simplify the heat treatment before frying, eliminating or reducing it to a minimum (several minutes of cooking). Nevertheless, it is recommended to soak the peeled mushrooms in cool water for 1 or several hours to get rid of unpleasant bitterness.
- Pre-processing of these mushroom products with hot water helps prevent them from breaking during further cooking.
Recipes for making fried russula
The following describes how to cook fried russula tasty. Choose any favorite recipe from the most popular.
Classic recipe
330 minutes
fresh lemon juice
1 tbsp. l
fresh herbs, salt, pepper
taste
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Peel the onions, then chop with a knife and fry in a pan in oil.
- Prepare clean mushrooms for frying. You can pre-salt for one or several hours in cool water, and then rinse thoroughly with running water in a colander.
- Send the mushrooms to the preparing vegetables in a pan; here in 2 minutes add fresh lemon juice, salt, pepper and any greens.
- Fry for 15–20 minutes over medium heat.
Did you know? In Germany, the sulfuric yellow tinder is included in the list of representatives of the mushroom kingdom with ambiguous nutritional value. The reason for this is the fixation of many cases of malaise, motor impairment and hallucinations in the child.
Breaded
335 minutes
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Soak the russula in salt-saturated water for half an hour. After the initial treatment, rinse them thoroughly.
- Beat a little egg, add a little salt and pepper.
Dip the mushroom first in milk, then in egg whipped mixture and in flour. Make a batter.
- Place the mushrooms in a batter in a pan with well-heated oil, and cook with the lid open over medium heat for about 12-15 minutes until golden brown. Serve with greens.
Video recipe
In batterWith sour cream
845 minutes
vegetable oil
100–140 g
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Boil clean and peeled mushroom products for several minutes. It is advisable to use a "tricky" technique and salt the water during cooking, then the mushrooms will remain intact. After this, it is necessary to remove excess liquid, which can be drained from the pan, or use a colander.
- Fry finely chopped onions in a pan with butter for 1-2 minutes until golden brown.
- Cut the cooled Russula in a convenient way, fry for several minutes until fully cooked.
- Then send the following ingredients to the mushrooms: fried onions, sour cream, salt and pepper. Simmer for about 2 minutes after boiling.
- Before serving, you can add some greens to the cooked dish, for example, finely chopped dill.
With onion
340 minutes
sunflower oil
50–70 g
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Pretreat the mushroom products as described above. Cut in any way convenient for you.
- Put the russula and onions in a pan with butter, simmer under a closed lid over low heat.
- When the mushrooms start letting the juice, its excess must be removed.
- Salt, pepper. You can add sweet paprika if you wish.
Did you know? Among the russula, edible, inedible and poisonous are distinguished. The first two groups are acceptable for eating. But in Germany and France, all russula are considered poisonous due to the heavy digestion of this mushroom food.
Fried potatoes
840 minutes
sunflower oil
100-150 g
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Pour boiling water over the mushroom products for 10 minutes.
- Peel potatoes and onions, wash thoroughly and cut them in any way convenient for you.
- Finely chop the garlic.
- The next step is frying the prepared mushroom products in a pan, as well as all the ingredients in vegetable oil until cooked.
- Serve warm with a variety of vegetables and seasonings.
With boiled potatoes
850 minutes
sunflower oil
4-6 tbsp. l
salt, thyme, black pepper
taste
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- In an oiled thick-walled pan or pan, stew the onions until a light golden color appears.
- Add pre-cooked (washing, cleaning, slicing) mushrooms there. Cooking time in a pan is 30–40 minutes. Focus on the moment when the excess water evaporates.
- Salt, pepper.
- Prepare the potatoes (wash, peel and cut into pieces convenient for you. Boil, then turn off the stove and drain the water in which it was boiled.
- You can add the prepared potatoes to the mushrooms and simmer for a while under the lid until cooked (about 15 minutes). You can also use the vegetable as a side dish to the mushroom dish.
- For serving, you can put greens, salted or fresh vegetables. It goes well with tomatoes and cucumbers of different varieties.
Dishes from these forest gifts are fragrant, interesting and beautiful when served. To make the mushroom dish more fragrant and tasty, add some mushrooms. Knowledge of several preparation rules will improve the taste of russula, and you will not pass them in the forest.