There are three ways to preserve fresh matsutake mushrooms, which are refrigerator preservation, freezing preservation, and sun-drying preservation.

1, refrigerator preservation

With blotting paper and fresh matsutake mushrooms together in the refrigerator, do not use a plastic bag, fresh matsutake mushrooms can be preserved for about 5 days, if you want to save time a little longer, with kitchen paper towels to fresh matsutake mushrooms one by one, a matsutake mushroom a piece of kitchen paper, wrapped up matsutake mushrooms one by one in the preservation box or a cardboard box and put it in the refrigerator. This can be kept for 7 days.

2, frozen

Use a plastic bag to contain a meal of soup, frozen, frozen matsutake mushrooms used to make soup, and then put into the pot before, do not take it out in advance to thaw, do not take it out in advance to thaw, directly frozen out of the pot, or matsutake mushrooms will have a sour taste.

3, dry and save

Matsutake cleaned, cut 3-5 mm slices, dry with a sealed bag, if the rain in the south, you can use the oven to bake, up and down the temperature of 80 degrees, bake while observing, because each oven is not the same, baked, placed in a cool place to save.

Precautions for preserving matsutake mushrooms

Fresh matsutake mushrooms should be consumed as soon as possible and should not be stored for a long time. If you need to store them, you should remove the pine needles, leaves and other debris attached to the surface of the matsutake mushrooms, and gently wipe off the surface moisture with a clean paper towel or cloth.

Matsutake mushrooms should avoid direct exposure to sunlight or contact with high temperatures, the temperature should not be higher than 10 ° C, and to maintain ventilation. Matsutake mushrooms should be inspected on a daily basis, and any softened, blackened, or hairy ones should be removed in time to prevent decay from spreading.

No plastic bags or non-ventilated containers can be used to pack matsutake mushrooms, which will accelerate the decay. It is also not allowed to mix different kinds of matsutake mushrooms with different freshness, which will also easily lead to matsutake mushroom rot. Matsutake storage should keep the container clean and dry, and remove any odor or hairy matsutake mushrooms immediately.