How to prepare fresh mushrooms

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 300 g, you will need:

• 1 500 g mushrooms
• Total weight: 500 grams

Times:

Preparation
20 min.

Step by step recipe

1	The problem with fresh mushrooms is the dirt that gets stuck to them, either at the base or on the cap.
2	If you want to keep only the head, you can break (or cut) the foot.
3	If you want to use the maximum of the mushroom, cut and throw away just the earthy part of the stem.
4	Do this for all your mushrooms.
5	Washing The next thing to do, as for vegetables, is to soak them to wash them, but this would be a mistake, the (fragile) taste of the mushrooms would diminish or even disappear, especially for wood mushrooms. Instead, brush them, one by one, under a stream of warm water.
6	The foot...
7	...then the hat. No doubt, it's long enough.
8	Do this for all your mushrooms, and place them in a colander as you go to drain them. At the end, dry them by rubbing them gently in a dry cloth.
9	Cutting Depending on your recipe you may need mushrooms in pieces, and in this case cut them in 2 or 4 (or more) in the height starting with the foot.
10	This will produce fairly large pieces.
11	If you need sliced mushrooms, in this case slice them thinly, lengthwise, starting with the side of the cap. A mandolin is ideal for this.
12	Whatever cut/size you choose, do it for all your mushrooms. They are now ready to be used in your recipe.

Remarks

This method applies to all mushrooms, cultivated or woodland, but it should always be remembered that woodland mushrooms cannot wait (or wait very little), even in the refrigerator.

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