Royal mushrooms: shish kebab, French appetizer

Champignons are edible mushrooms, which are successfully cultivated in many countries. They cook soups-mashed potatoes, add them to sauces, prepare side dishes with pasta and potatoes, use them in salads, etc. These mushrooms are salted, marinated, eaten raw, baked in the oven and on the grill. Varieties of mushrooms: meadow, field, forest, royal, or otherwise - portobello.

Meet Portobello

All varieties of champignons have a bright taste, a large content of vitamins, proteins, minerals.

The most refined taste is possessed by royal ones. Cultivate them were about 20 years ago, from other varieties they are distinguished by a large brown hat, pronounced mushroom flavor and taste. They are used not only in processed form, but also in raw.

Many culinary and gourmet prefer portobello, finding the taste of these mushrooms is similar to the taste of white mushrooms.

Before cooking royal champignons, the recipes of which will be offered below, should:

• Clean from the ground, adhered korinok and gently rinse with cold water;
• In no case mushrooms do not soak: they will lose their flavor, taste and become watery.

Shish kebab from mushrooms

To prepare a spectacular dish you will need:

• Royal mushrooms - 10 pieces;
• Soy sauce - 3 or 4 tablespoons (table);
• Garlic - 4 cloves;
• Juice of one lemon;
• Greens of dill - one bunch;
• Freshly ground black pepper, curry, food salt - to taste;
• Vinegar wine - 1/2 spoon (tea).

Cooking is as follows:

1. Peel the garlic and finely chop it. Dill to wash, grind.
2. Champignons to prepare, dry on a paper towel.
3. In a container pour the chopped dill, garlic, pour soy sauce, juice of one lemon, wine vinegar. Mix everything, add salt, pepper, curry to taste.
4. The resulting marinade pour into the mushrooms, gently mix.
5. Mushrooms leave marinated (minutes 15 or 20).
6. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Mushrooms strung on skewers, neatly folded into a mold, pour the marinade and put baked for 15 minutes.
7. Champignons are ready to serve.

French Appetizer: Portobello in batter

The original snack from mushrooms in batter is a frequent dish in French restaurants. However, it is easy to prepare at home. By this you risk surprising and intriguing your family and friends.

To prepare mushrooms in a crispy batter, royal mushrooms are great: they are juicy and fleshy.

The recipe for this dish requires:

• Mushrooms (royal champignons) fresh - 1/2 kg;
• Drinking water - 1 glass;
• Wheat flour - how much it will go for batter;
• Bread crumbs - how many will come in for breading;
• Pepper ground (black, red) - to taste;
• Salt - to taste;
• Vegetable oil for deep frying.

Mushrooms cleaned, rinsed under a stream of cold water, dried on a paper towel.

Prepare batter: in the flour gradually pour the water, stir to a smooth texture of sour cream, add salt, pepper, and stir again.

Mushrooms alternately dipped in batter, then in breadcrumbs (crackers). Observe that the breading is well "seized" on the mushroom.

Put the mushrooms on a baking tray and bake in the oven. When the breadcrumbs are browned, take the portobello out of the oven, thread each champignon on a skewer, put it on a dish. Serve with sour cream or other favorite sauce.

Instead of an oven, you can use a deep fryer. Each fungus in the breading can be fried in deep frying.

Conclusion

Royal mushrooms, recipes with photos of which are presented above, it is very easy to cook at home. They make an easy and original snack for any occasion. From these mushrooms you can cook soups, make salads, sauces - everything that the imagination of the cook will have.

Cook with love, use the recipes given in the article, experiment. Bon Appetit!