Nutritional value of mushrooms | Page 8

Sep, Santerel, Morel (Morcheles) We need to soften 10-30 'in lukewarm water and dry them before cooking them. We can use the water will soften the mushrooms in September to give flavor to food. Chinese mushrooms: Soak in warm water for about 30 minutes before cooking them and throw their hard stems. Truffles The rarest, famous and expensive mushrooms in the world. Especially the black truffle Perigkor, which grows in the area of Perigko of southwestern France. It grows under the soil and discovered by ... pigs or specially trained hounds. The flavor is very strong and only a small amount to give tone to the food. The truffles are eaten only cooked. The white truffle from Piedmont, Italy also has a strong taste, but certainly a greater quantity to the savory colored dish which will be used and is cheaper than the French. Besides cooked, and eaten raw, grated in salads and risottos. Written by: Kazis Abraham, Clinical Dietitian-Nutritionist, Harokopio Graduate University, M.Sc in Clinical Nutrition. By courtesy of: www.mednutrition.gr