Birch mushroom

The birch mushroom belongs to a sort of mushrooms Lektsinum. Its hat has brown soft coloring. This mushroom received the name for the fact that most often it can be found in birchwoods. The first birch mushrooms appear at the beginning of summer and meet to the late fall. Because of the fact that when drying pulp of a mushroom blackens it carry to black mushrooms.

Use of birch mushrooms

Fans of mushrooms claim that to the flavoring tastes the birch mushroom loses to a boletus only a little. A lack of a birch mushroom is that its pulp in preparation time rather strongly darkens. To prevent this darkening it is recommended to presoak these mushrooms in weak solution of citric acid (0,5%) approximately for half an hour.

Birch mushrooms can cook, fry, extinguish, salt and to be pickled. It is possible to make amazingly tasty stuffing for pizza, rolls and pies of them. Dry mushrooms usually crush in powder and use as a basis for various sauces and sauces.

Structure and properties

The main value of birch mushrooms is the full-fledged protein which is contained in them including irreplaceable amino acids – a glutamine, arginine, tyrosine, a leucine. Besides birch mushrooms are vitamin-rich C, B, PP, D and E. The food fibers which are contained in pulp of these mushrooms stimulate work of intestines, and also like a sponge soak up toxins and bring them out of an organism outside naturally.

Birch mushrooms render medical effect at diseases of a nervous system and urinary tract, and also regulate sugar level in blood serum that does possible to include these mushrooms in dietary food of patients with a diabetes mellitus. In addition birch mushrooms, due to maintenance in them phosphoric acid improve activity of a musculoskeletal system, give to skin and mucous membranes a healthy and beautiful look. Considering the low caloric content of birch mushrooms, the people wishing to lose weight can include them in the menu.

Contraindications

Despite the rich and saturated taste, mass of useful properties of birch mushrooms not all people can eat. They should be excluded from a diet of the people suffering from a peptic ulcer of a stomach and duodenum and also in the presence of an idiosyncrasy (individual intolerance).

Birch mushrooms should be distinguished from a bitter boletus which has big similarity with them. However the last because of the very burning and unpleasant taste treat inedible mushrooms. It is rather difficult to distinguish them by outward. And if you have doubts, then just pull down a mushroom hat. Pulp of a bitter boletus on a break under the influence of air very quickly begins to redden, and at a birch mushroom remains invariable.

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The birch mushroom grows very in high gear. For every day it grows approximately by 4-5 cm, and its weight increases for the same time for 10,0 grams. It reaches the maturity for the sixth days then quickly grows old. And total period of life of this mushroom only ten days.

How many it is necessary to cook birch mushrooms?

Birch mushrooms should be washed out under flowing water and to wet for half an hour in the cold acidified water. It is necessary to cook them not less than 45 minutes on small fire, without forgetting to remove the foam which is formed in the course of cooking regularly.

Nutrition value and caloric content of birch mushrooms

Birch mushrooms contain 1,2% of carbohydrates, 0,8% of fat and 2,1% of protein. Caloric content of birch mushrooms makes 20 kcal on 100,0 g of mushrooms. Nutritional value of these mushrooms is caused by also rich contents in them macro - and microelements: manganese, iron, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, magnesium and calcium.

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