How to make fresh matsutake mushrooms

Generally, it is not customary to wash and scrub anything you buy, for other edible mushrooms such as shiitake mushrooms and Shiitake mushrooms, you have to wash them before cooking, however, matsutake mushrooms are an exception.

Matsutake mushrooms taste best when they are fresh or no more than 24 hours old. At this point, wipe the matsutake mushrooms with a clean white towel and peel off the root at the end with a knife. Do not wash them in water! This will lose the flavor of the matsutake mushrooms. The root is also valuable, so don't cut it off in one go, then slice it into thin and thick pieces. From the cap down, remove the skin of the matsutake mushroom by hand or with a knife until the stalk is completely free of outer skin. Wipe the cap clean with a slightly damp white towel and it is ready to use.

Well, how do you make a gourmet meal out of processed fresh matsutake mushrooms?

Matsutake sashimi

If you have a clean matsutake mushroom in your hands, the best way to eat it is to slice it, dip it in a little soy sauce, and then eat it with a little bit of toughness, sweetness and freshness, which is definitely the most natural taste.

Carbon grilled matsutake

Slice the fresh matsutake mushroom, put it on the grill, just a little bit of salt, sweet, fragrant, tough will be compounded with an unimaginable flavor, killing all the meat.

Butter matsutake

Wash matsutake mushrooms and slice, cut a piece of butter and wait for use; melt butter in a pan, matsutake mushrooms fry in a pan over low heat, fry until the edges are slightly burnt can be removed from the pan; sprinkle a little salt can be eaten. The rich aroma of the butter complements the fragrance of the matsutake mushrooms.

Green pepper matsutake

Wash matsutake mushrooms cut into slices, green and red bell pepper cut into pieces, garlic cut into slices; do the pot ignite the fire into the oil, the oil temperature of 6 into the heat, pour matsutake mushrooms stir-fried pan, leaving oil in the pan, oil hot into the garlic stir-fried flavor, add green and red bell pepper pieces, salt, chicken broth, soup with cornstarch thickening thin thickening, stir-fry evenly, out of the pan before drizzling into the sesame oil, the dish matsutake mushrooms food is finished.

Matsutake chicken soup

If the matsutake mushrooms are not so good, bring to stew. Prepare each person 1 ~ 2 fresh matsutake mushrooms, fresh matsutake mushrooms sliced into the water in the boiler, the amount of water per 1 ~ 2 matsutake mushrooms 1 small soup cup is better, add a little monosodium glutamate (MSG), chicken broth, salt for seasoning, stewed for 15 minutes can be eaten, matsutake mushrooms slices of meat tight and elasticity, the soup was light yellow, taste fresh and refreshing.

Matsutake tofu

Slice fresh matsutake mushrooms, and tofu slices together into the pot to steam for 20 minutes, after steaming and pouring juice can be eaten. You can also mix the sauce the way you like it or use bottled abalone sauce to make your favorite matsutake mushroom dish.

These are the delicious ways to eat fresh matsutake mushrooms, and some people may ask, "Can you eat dried matsutake mushrooms as above? Of course you can! Dried matsutake mushrooms are just dehydrated matsutake mushrooms, as long as the dried matsutake mushrooms are soaked in warm water at 40 ℃ for 2 minutes before consumption, to restore their elasticity, and then they can be used in steaming, soups, and various other cooking methods.