Name of mushrooms that can be eaten raw (+27 photo)

Each mushroom is unique in its own way. Taste, aroma and color - all these qualities make this product unique. And if you cook it correctly, you will get a completely refined dish. However, not everyone knows that some mushrooms can be eaten raw, without any heat treatment. However, such use can be safe only subject to certain rules.

Types of mushrooms that can be eaten raw

Not all raw mushrooms can be eaten without fear. Speaking about the raw food diet of mushrooms, someone, for sure, first of all will think about russula, by virtue of their name, and it will turn out to be wrong.

But the mushrooms from the list below can be eaten raw, this, in particular:

• oyster mushroom;
• champignon;
• truffle;
• saffron milk cap
• sub-milkman (euphorbia);
• fox
• porcini.

Each of these "mushroom" species deserves separate attention and more detailed consideration.

Oyster mushrooms

Oyster mushrooms - a variety of mushrooms, the place of growth of which are trees. Oyster mushrooms have a grayish color, although there is also a brown and violet-ashy shade.

In raw form, you can only use their hat, since the legs are very hard. The mushroom has a rather pronounced taste and aroma. Moreover, in terms of taste, it resembles a honey agaric.

Champignon

Champignon, for sure, is familiar to everyone without exception. This is an excellent delicacy that can be consumed with bread, or simply with spices - salt, red and black pepper, etc.

Raw champignon has a sweetish flavor, and a tangible aroma that is difficult to describe in words. Thanks to these qualities, it gives piquancy and, at the same time, sophistication to the dishes for the preparation of which it is used.

Truffle

Truffle - a truly unusual and unique mushroom. However, not everyone can afford such an expensive pleasure. In appearance, it remotely resembles a potato tuber, only the shape of the truffle is not so perfectly smooth.

Its flesh is rather dense, but juicy, with loose filling. It can be whitish or yellowish. Truffle resembles nuts to your taste. It is sweetish and has a very pleasant aroma remotely resembling the smell of algae. Therefore, not everyone may like such an exotic.

Ginger

The name of these mushrooms speaks for itself. They have a fiery orange or ocher-yellowish tint. It is recommended to use mushrooms immediately after their collection. It is advisable to salt them well first.

Redheads have a fleshy, juicy flesh. Their juice has a sweet smell and taste, the color is red. However, you should not get involved in them - they are less safe than, for example, champignons.

Spurge

Milkweed, or euphorbia - a mushroom that can often be found near roads or trails. Usually they grow in places covered with leaves of trees. Euphorbia has an orange hue, but its smell is specific, reminiscent of a herring.

On a note. Euphorbia may not be to the taste of all gourmets because of its specific taste. However, it changes after thorough heat treatment. If you intend to use it raw, then immediately before serving it is advisable to sprinkle it with salt or other spices.

Chanterelles

Chanterelles are not only tasty, but also very healthy mushroom. It has an antiparasitic effect, and can be used for helminthiases.

These mushrooms have a fairly dense, fleshy flesh, which in the middle has a light color, and at the edges it has a brighter, orangeer. It is noteworthy that with pressure on the contents of the fungus it turns red.

The smell of chanterelles is very difficult to convey in words. Distantly, it resembles the aroma of dried fruits, or fresh plant roots.

Porcini

This mushroom variety has a reddish-brown or all-white hat. In a different way, these gifts of nature are also called boletus.

The leg of this representative of the mushroom family is quite dense, even massive. As many fans of the “silent hunt” note, it is this representative of the mushroom kingdom that deserves the highest praise due to its specific (in a good sense) taste and aroma.

To some, their fragrance may seem the highest bliss, but to another person it will seem disgusting. They do not argue about tastes, and even more so do not rely on someone else's opinion in this matter, so each mushroom picker should choose for himself what to prefer.

Cooking with Raw Mushrooms

On the basis of raw mushrooms, you can cook very tasty, and most importantly, healthy dishes. But before that, it is important to carry out preliminary preparation for this process.

Processing Features

First of all, the collected mushrooms must be cleaned. This must be done even if you brought them from the supermarket. On them can be both small leaves, and black spots of dirt, and even pests. Therefore, do not be lazy and carefully inspect each fruit.

After this, the products should be washed under running water, or in several waters. Then spread it on a clean cloth, or discard it in a colander so that it is glass and slightly dried. When all the manipulations are completed, you can proceed to cooking.

Dish recipes

Below are some recipes for raw mushroom dishes that you can eat at least every day.

Salad with champignons "Improvisation"

To prepare this dish, cut into slices tomatoes, cucumbers, avocados and pears. Finely chop the lettuce leaves or just tear it with your hands. Mushrooms can be cut into layers or slices. Add walnuts, then season the salad with sour cream, mayonnaise and a mixture of lemon and grapefruit juice.

In the end, you should get such a salad.

Salad with mushrooms and Peking cabbage

The recipe is based on the use of champignons, but if you are willing to experiment, you can take a different view of the representatives of the mushroom kingdom. In our case, the salad is as follows:

For its preparation, it is necessary to chop 200 g of Chinese cabbage and chop the same amount of mushrooms. Crush a head of white, 2 stalks of green onions and 2 garlic cloves. Add chopped parsley. Mix all the ingredients, then season with sauce made from:

• 45 ml of soy sauce;
• 30 ml of olive oil;
• 400 ml of lemon juice.

Add spices to taste - and the dish is ready.

Salad with mushrooms, sesame seeds, tomatoes

This dish turns out to be very beautiful, and, most importantly, delicious. Moreover, it is easy to cook, because it consists of only a few ingredients.

200 g of champignons cut into layers, slices or large cubes. 2 medium-sized tomatoes cut into layers. Finely chop a half bunch of greens of fresh parsley. Mix all the ingredients on a plate, as shown in the photo. Sprinkle the finished dish on top with sesame seeds, and you can serve it on the table.

Note. Cooking such dishes is very easy and fast. The above recipes are based on mushrooms, but you can quite replace them with any other mushrooms that are allowed to be consumed raw. Do not be afraid to experiment if you are fully confident in the quality and safety of the mushroom product.

Risks and possible consequences of "mushroom raw food diet"

Raw mushrooms can be dangerous for three reasons:

1. Raw mushrooms can easily be poisoned. And we are talking not only about poisonous mushrooms, but also about edible collected in adverse ecological areas and along the tracks.
2. Many mushrooms are difficult to digest. Having chitin and protein, fungi often cause disruption of the digestive tract. In addition, they can cause allergies.

   

3. In addition, you can easily make a mistake when collecting these products yourself. Even experienced mushroom pickers are not immune from fatal errors. There are cases when the family ate mushroom dishes, after which everyone was either hospitalized in a hospital or fatal. Therefore, if you are a beginner mushroom picker, then be extremely careful when picking mushrooms. If you have any suspicions about their safety, it is better not to take them, or refuse to use them raw.
   Advice!

   Experts recommend heat-treating any fruit collected in the forest.

Answers to Common Questions

Mushroom dishes are a truly tasty and healthy treat. But a person should always know the measure in his culinary preferences, since excessive consumption of any product may not be beneficial, but rather harm the body.