Golovach - mushroom family Champignon.He got such a capacious name due to a special form that looks like a big sugar head. This is a fungus many respect for taste. Experienced mushroom pickers arrange a quiet hunt for their heads for almost the entire summer, and then prepare from the production of various delicacies that they enjoy eating. The mushroom is really tasty, and its flesh has a snow-white shade and dense structure. But, despite its excellent qualities, this mushroom cannot be called too common. The point here is not at all in the habitat, it is just quite extensive. And the fact that about golovach mushroom, many did not even hear.
Habitat and outward signs
Golovach mushroom, photos of which are presented in thisarticle, you can find in deciduous and coniferous forest. It grows in many countries with a temperate continental climate, including Russia and the countries of the former CIS.
Golovach - one of the firstborn who grow upbefore their forest counterparts. You can go hunting for this mushroom at the end of May. And the most delicious headwaters are found in forests in August. With the first frost, the mushroom will no longer bear fruit, the mycelium will “fall asleep” until next spring.
Going on searches headheads, remember their unusual appearance. The mushroom is rather large, but its most prominent part is the “head,” that is, a ball-shaped cap.
Varieties and doubles head
Многие называют этот гриб дождевиком.In fact, they are really quite similar, and they are related. However, these are two different types. Nothing bad will happen if you pick up a basket of raincoats, call them golovachami, drained with potatoes and plenty to fill - both kinds are edible. But still it is worth understanding the difference. A raincoat is smaller than a head, its surface may be beige, and not white, it feels rough to the touch.
There are several subspecies head.They live together very well and often live in the same forests. The differences relate primarily to external features. For example, a giant golovach mushroom in height usually reaches 20 cm, but there are cases when 50 cm specimens became the prey of mushroom pickers! One mushroom is enough for several servings.
Cooking application
Вкус, текстура, аромат и простота использования - these are qualities for which cooks and golovach mushroom respect. How to cook something tasty out of it? Tip can be found in the recipe of champignons. This mushroom is more common and familiar. In any dish, the recipe of which involves the use of champignons, you can safely chop up the heads.
The very first day you returned from the forest withprey, be sure to clean the mushrooms. How to do this is understandable intuitively - all the excess is easily removed by itself. Cut the mushroom into cubes, load into salted boiling water and boil for about 40-50 minutes. Drain the water in the sink, use it for cooking soups and pouring it is impossible - it can be poisoned, and the taste of it, as a rule, is terrible. Rinse the mushrooms and use at their discretion. A small selection of ideas will help you make a choice.
- Fry the head in oil and pour into the cauldron.Add raw potatoes, fill with boiling water, put stew. Fry the onions in a frying pan, load into the cauldron 5 minutes before readiness. For 2 kg of potatoes you will need 700-800 g of mushrooms and a pair of onions. Serve with homemade sausage, smoked bacon, sauerkraut.
- Fry mushrooms, onions and carrots in boiling fat.If desired, add a small amount of eggplants or zucchini. When the vegetables are fully cooked, smash the mass in a blender. Mushroom caviar is an excellent magic wand that can be served with sandwiches, added to bakery toppings, wrapped in pancakes, stuffed with volovan.
- Golovach - a mushroom that is suitable forpickling. Pour the boiled ginger marinade, for the preparation of which mix 1 liter of water, 4 tbsp. l vinegar, 1 tbsp. l salts, 1-1.5 st. l sugar and pinch of your favorite seasonings. Leave the mushrooms to marinate for 12-14 hours. Serve as a snack, watering with homemade vegetable oil.
The use of headache
Диетологи утверждают, что этот вид богат белком, which is well absorbed. If you have the opportunity to include in the diet golovchiki, be sure to use it. You will replenish stocks of valuable micronutrients and vitamins. Golovach - a mushroom that can be included in the menu at least daily.
How to do it is impossible
However, there are a number of contraindications.First, bypass the adult golovach. Mushroom, which had time to overripe, is not suitable for food. He has accumulated in his pulp such an amount of toxins that he is able to contend with lethal force with all kinds of toadstools and toadstools.
Young mushrooms are completely safe.However, even they can not be included in the menu of children up to eight years. This restriction applies to all forest fungi, since the child is simply not enough enzymes necessary for the digestion and assimilation of fungi.
Otherwise, there are no taboos. Cook golubichi mushrooms as you like, eat yourself and treat the guests.
