Grease can be found in the basket of each mushroom picker. It has excellent taste and aroma, and is also suitable for preparing all kinds of recipes. But in order to get a really good dish, you need to know how to properly prepare the mushroom before cooking. The article describes in detail how to quickly clean the oil from the skin, and also describes why and in which cases it is necessary.

Do I need to clean the oil

Oilfishes are found everywhere in the temperate and northern climatic zones; this is a traditional forest species related to edible forms. However, most of all kinds of recipes still recommend cleaning the mushrooms from the outer covers.

And for this there are several reasons at once:

• during growth, the skin accumulates dust particles containing heavy metals and other toxic pollutants on its surface;
• unpleasant mucus of the fungus can be completely removed exclusively when removing the peel;
• only after cleaning can you be 100% sure that there are no false oils in the basket;
• unpeeled mushrooms may be bitter, especially large specimens;
• the peel during conservation gives the brine a dark color;
• peeled fruit bodies in dishes look more aesthetically pleasing;
• removal of the upper cover allows you to completely eliminate the remains of soil, forest litter, etc.

Small butter

Young oils often do not exceed 1-2 cm in diameter, so the question of whether to clean them is quite relevant. Sometimes this process can drag on for several hours, which is not always advisable. To decide whether or not to clean the mushrooms, one should ask about the ultimate purpose of using the product.

If a small mushroom will be used for cooking soups and other first courses, cleaning must be done. Without this process, the mucus from the peel will give the broth a grayish-brown hue, and can also bring it to a slippery, jelly-like state. This almost always leads the dish to aesthetic unsuitability, since not everyone will eat soup with an uncharacteristic consistency and turbidity.

Do not remove the film from the cap and legs of a small mushroom only if it will later be used for stewed and canned foods, as well as frying. In this case, you must remember that the final dish can be painted in all kinds of brown shades. This will not change the taste characteristics of the fungus and other ingredients, but, of course, affect its aesthetics.

Important! Soaking oil before cleaning is strongly discouraged. This will lead to supersaturation of the pulp with moisture, which during heat treatment will turn it into a uniform dense mass.

Cleaning Methods

The mushrooms most often collected in the forest are cleaned with just a sharp knife. This is a rather time-consuming and lengthy process that requires a lot of skill and patience.However, there is more than one home-made method among the people, which allows at times to reduce the effort required for cleaning. This will require only a few additional items that can be found in almost any kitchen.

Did you know? On the territory of England and Germany, butterflies are considered poisonous mushrooms, so they are not used in cooking.

Boiling water and steam

The quickest and easiest way to peel mushrooms is with the help of short-term heat treatment, the so-called blanching. This allows you to soften and exfoliate the outer cover, so that you can later remove the skin with one hand. Often during treatment with boiling water or steam, the peel itself bursts and separates from the fruit body, after which it is enough to wipe the mushrooms with a napkin.

To carry out the procedure correctly, it is enough to dip the oil in boiling water or hold in a colander over an actively boiling water bath. The procedure should be carried out for no more than 30 seconds, otherwise the pulp will lose elasticity and during subsequent processing will turn into a uniform mass.

Did you know? Tropical forms of butterfish are real predators. Together with mucus, they secrete a specific substance that can dissolve into a homogeneous mass of adherent insects (after which the secret is absorbed through the outer integument).

Using vegetable oil

If you want to clean the oil without any risk of damaging the pulp, you can use the no less effective method using vegetable oil. The product allows you to significantly reduce the sticky properties of the mucus of the fungus, which often presents the main difficulty in cleaning it.

The method is quite simple, for this you only need to lubricate the mushrooms and a knife for cleaning with any vegetable oil. In its absence, you can use the old waste oily product after frying or deep-frying. During cleansing, it is recommended to regularly moisten the fruit body and blade, which increases the cleaning efficiency at times.

Sponge

A simpler method that does not involve the use of a knife or other sharp objects will also help get rid of the mushroom film. That is why you can resort to it even if young children want to join the process of cooking mushrooms.

The method is simple enough to remove the peel, you need to take a thick and dry kitchen sponge, and then thoroughly wipe it with oil. This is done in a circular motion, for several minutes, after which the fruit body can be washed under running water.

Important! To facilitate the cleaning of fresh mushroom before the main procedure, it is recommended to slightly dry the product in the sun until the complete elimination of excess moisture.

How to cook

Butter can be called one of the most common forest products on the table, which is why there are hundreds of various recipes and methods for their preparation in the network and various cookbooks. However, not every one of them can be called really worthy of attention. Below is a recipe for incredibly fragrant butter with cream.

By its nature, butterdish is a rather aromatic and saturated product that can be successfully used for all kinds of cold, hot dishes and preservation. However, for this, the mushroom must necessarily be peeled, as well as mucus. This is the main condition for preparing not only delicious, but also aesthetic food.