How long to cook the waves?

Soak the waffles in salted water for 2 days before cooking, changing the water 3 times every day. Cook the waffles for 20 minutes after boiling.

How to cook waves

You will need – waves, water, salt

1. Spread the mushrooms on a flat surface so that they do not start to deteriorate in the basket from cramped conditions.

2. Go through the waves, removing forest debris and needles from each, removing the remnants of the roots.

3. Fill the waves with cold water so that the water covers them.

4. Cover the saucepan with waves and put the mushrooms in the refrigerator for 2 days, changing the water to fresh every day (or 2 times a day).

5. Pass the mushrooms through a colander and put in a saucepan.

6. Pour fresh water over the mushrooms – so that the water covers the mushrooms.

7. Put a saucepan with waves on high heat, wait until it boils and reduce heat.

8. Salt the mushrooms – for every liter of water, 1 teaspoon of salt.

9. Cover the pan with a lid and cook the waves for 20 minutes with a slight boiling of water.

10. Put the boiled waves in a colander and use as directed.

Delicious facts

– Volnushki are lamellar mushrooms, and therefore they are especially fragile and delicate. Volnushki needs to be processed immediately after collection and this should be done very carefully.

– Waves bitterness because of the milky juice – and so that they do not taste bitter in the finished dish, they are soaked in water.

– Waves use for pickling or pickling. Due to the rigid structure of mushrooms, they are not used as a side dish, as well as an ingredient in salads and soups.

– Waves grow among birches and in mixed forests, the wave season is from mid-July to mid-September.

– Waves can distinguish along the pinkish color of the cap and circles extending from the center of the cap. From these waves, the name of the mushroom is a wave.

– Calorie value waves – 35 kcal / 100 grams.

How to pickle waves

What you need to marinate the waves

Water – 1 glass

Volnushki

Sugar – 1 tablespoon

Vinegar 9% – half a glass

Carnation – 3 buds

Peppercorns – 10 peas

Bay leaf – 2 leaves

Bow – 1 small head

Salt – 1 tablespoon

How to pickle waves

1. Wash and clean the waves.

2. Boil mushrooms in salted water.

3. Put water on fire, put onions, spices, salt and sugar.

4. Cook for 15 minutes.

5. Add mushrooms and vinegar to the marinade.

6. Cook for 15 minutes.

7. Put mushrooms in jars using a slotted spoon, pour marinade and roll into jars.

How to salt waves

Products

Volnushki – 1 kilogram

Salt – 2 tablespoons per 1 kilogram of waves

Peppercorns – 10 peas

Lavrushka – 2 leaves

Currant leaves – 2 leaves

Horseradish leaves – 2 leaves

How to salt waves

1. Peel the volnushki, soak in salted water, boil.

2. Drain off the water.

3. Put the waves in a bowl in layers, sprinkle with salt and spices.

4. Put the waves under the yoke of 3-4 kilograms for 2 days.

5. Put the waves in a jar, cover with horseradish and currant leaves, and pour over the juice from the salting of the waves.

The waves are salted for a month and a half.