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Clean Chanterelles: the Best Tips for Cleaning

You should clean chanterelles very carefully, as the mushrooms are sensitive. We show you the best tips on how to clean chanterelles properly.

If you walk through the forest in summer, with a bit of luck you will come across the first chanterelles. Their bright yellow is hard to miss. If you have a cloth bag with you – plastic is not only bad for the environment, but also bad for the mushrooms – you can carefully cut off a few of the tasty mushrooms just above the ground with a sharp knife.

Freshly picked chanterelles are very aromatic, but of course they are not as clean as the pre-cleaned ones from the shop around the corner. How do you get rid of the “dirt”?

Clean your chanterelles properly with these tips

Remove coarse dirt: Even collected chanterelles have to be cleaned thoroughly because needles, soil and other dirt stick to them. Since a water bath is taboo and chanterelles are very sensitive, you can brush off the dirt with a kitchen brush (available from **Avocadostore) or kitchen paper (e.g. made from fast-growing bamboo from **Avocadostore).
Cut off the stalk: Whether the chanterelles are from the forest or the supermarket, you first need to remove the bottom part of the stalk.
Remove bad spots: If you discover soft, dry or glassy spots when cutting off the stem ends, you should also cut them off with a sharp knife.
Now the chanterelles are clean and ready to be cleaned and you can use them to make sauces, soups and stir-fries.

Clean especially dirty chanterelles

Water bath: If the dirt is particularly bad and cannot be removed with a brush and kitchen roll, you can use water: place the mushrooms in a sieve and dip them briefly in a cold water bath. Then place them on a clean kitchen towel that will soak up the excess water.
Flour bath: Dust the mushrooms with flour and then briefly dip them into a cold water bath using a sieve. The flour separates from the chanterelles and takes the adhering dirt with it. This method works especially well with larger batches, when it would take too long to hand-clean all the mushrooms.
Danger! In Europe, chanterelles may only be collected for personal use, since their stock is constantly shrinking. Collecting is generally prohibited in nature reserves and national parks. Check with your local municipality before collecting chanterelles.

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  1. Before cutting salted fish, it is recommended to fill it with cold water and hold it there for a while so that the fish swells slightly – this will make it easier to clean.
  2. The insides of small fish can be removed quite easily without cutting the abdomen. Make a deep incision near the gills, then sever the fish’s spine and remove the fish’s head and entrails.
  3. The fish is easily cleaned from the scales if it is first dipped in boiling water, and then put into warm water with the addition of a small amount of 9% table vinegar.
  4. The skin of the fish can be easily removed if the fish is preliminarily sprayed with vinegar (9% table vinegar).
  5. Scales from the fish are removed more easily and faster if you start cleaning it from the dorsal fin to the abdomen and to the tail.
  6. If you are cleaning very slippery fish, dip your fingers in salt to make your work easier.
  7. It is easier and easier to clean the fish using a regular grater under a small stream of cold water in the direction from the tail to the head.
  8. It is recommended to defrost frozen fish in cold water with a little salt added. Never use hot water for defrosting – the quality of the fish will noticeably deteriorate.
  9. Fish fillets should be defrosted simply in the air, covered with cling film.

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