Can fresh or cooked mushrooms be frozen?!
Can fresh or cooked mushrooms be frozen?
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Mushrooms can be conserved for extended periods of time in the freezer, either raw or partially cooked. In the case of mushrooms that will be eaten whole, after carefully cleaning them, place them in the freezer on a cardboard food tray, making sure you don't overlap them and cause them to stick together (once they are frozen, put them in a bag). In order to conserve all the flavor and texture of smaller mushrooms, it's a good idea to chop or slice them and partially cook them before freezing. Let them simmer over a low flame with a little butter or oil (without salting them), leaving them over the heat until they have lost about half their natural juices. Then let them cool and freeze them along with a little bit of their juice in freezer containers or bags. When you decide to use them, you don't even need to thaw them, just start cooking them as if they were fresh. When freezing mushrooms, you should only use the best ones, the ones that are firmest, eliminating the ones that are too mature or damaged, always checking to make sure there are no parasite larvae.
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Here are some more links on the matter:
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http://www.pioneerthinking.com/freezemus...
Anyway, hope I helped.
anything can be frozen.
the question is will it taste the same after you heat it up again
whatever you do make sure you cook them properly
I wouldn't suggest freezing mushrooms. THe y ose a lot when yo do that. I went to school for Culinary Arts anything you by "fresh" is best not to freeze in my opinion.
I would precook them, cool and then freeze. If you freeze them raw the texture would resemble a cork, not very pleasant.