Drying is the best way to preserve mushrooms for a long time. Thanks to drying, the taste is perfectly preserved, as well as the beneficial microelements contained in the mushrooms.
There are several excellent methods for drying mushrooms that you can use at home without even having a special drying plant. The simplest home-based methods for drying mushrooms are considered to be traditional drying in the sun, drying in the oven and drying over the stove.
To dry mushrooms in the oven, you need baking trays and heavy paper. Thick and thick paper is laid on baking sheets, and then thin twigs or sticks made of wood, always clean, are laid on it, and mushrooms are placed on top of the twigs or sticks. Mushrooms must be placed with their caps down in one layer. To dry mushrooms, it is enough to preheat the oven to 60 degrees. It is desirable to maintain this temperature throughout the entire drying process of the mushrooms in the oven. You need to dry the mushrooms until tender. As soon as the mushrooms become dry and slightly shriveled, then we can say that they are ready.
The second way to dry mushrooms is even easier, because it is drying over the stove. For this, you do not need any opposition, nothing or other specific. Many housewives prefer this particular method of drying mushrooms. For this, the mushrooms are strung on a thick thread or twine and hung over the stove. You also need to hang mushrooms with their caps down. Dry the mushrooms also until tender.
One of the traditional methods of drying mushrooms is drying in the sun. Here, of course, you have to do a little work with your hands and make a simple drying installation. Installation is easy. To make it, you will need a few skewers needed to dry the mushrooms, and a board from which you can easily make a skewer stand. Placement of mushroom skewers in an upright position on this stand will depend on your imagination. There are a lot of ways to place skewers, so choosing the right way will not be so difficult. Mushrooms should be kept in the sun until they completely wither. To protect them from dust, flies and other debris, cover the installation with gauze.
If you have any mushroom crumbs left after drying, do not throw them away. These crumbs are great for cooking. Crush them and you end up with a great mushroom seasoning that can be mixed with the spices in the proportion you want.
