What is Matsutake

Autumn is the time for many mushrooms and fungi to grow, and pine mushroom is one of them, but because of the growth environment and production of this mushroom is very limited, many people do not have the opportunity to eat this delicious, so what is this pine mushroom?

What are pine mushrooms?

Pine mushroom is a rare and valuable natural medicinal mushroom in the world, and it is an endangered species in China. The king of mushrooms.

Nutritional value of mushrooms

Pine mushroom contains 17% crude protein, 5.8% crude fat, 8.6% crude fiber and 7.1% ash. It is rich in protein, 7 kinds of essential amino acids, 9 kinds of other amino acids, vitamins, 11 kinds of mineral elements and trace elements. The vitamin C content of matsutake is several times to dozens of times higher than that of fruits and vegetables; the vitamin B1 content is higher than that of plant foods; the vitamin B12 content is higher than that of meat; and matsutake contains medicinal ingredients such as pineal alcohol and isopineal alcohol.

Effects of matsutake mushrooms

The nutritional and medicinal value of pine mushrooms is extremely high. Modern medicine has shown that matsutake mushrooms have various effects such as improving immunity, anti-cancer and anti-tumor, treating diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, anti-aging, promoting gastrointestinal and liver health, etc. Therefore, they are widely used in the development of medicines, health products and cosmetics worldwide.

How to eat Matsutake

Raw

Ingredients: fresh matsutake mushrooms, ice, wasabi, soy sauce, etc. Directions. 1. Wash the fresh pine mushrooms, slice them and set aside. 2. Add an appropriate amount of water to a pot and bring it to a boil over high heat. Blanch the pine mushroom slices in the pot for 3 minutes. Drain and set aside. 3. Place the drained matsutake mushrooms on ice and chill.

Pine mushroom rice

Ingredients: matsutake mushrooms, rice, bamboo shoots, matsutake mushrooms, shredded carrots, fried tofu slices, etc. Directions: Mix rice with some glutinous rice and soak it in water for more than half an hour, shredded bamboo shoots, mushrooms, carrots, fried tofu slices, shredded kombu with soy sauce and cooking wine and leave it for half an hour, then mix the ingredients with soy sauce, cooking wine and chicken powder, turn on the rice cooker and cook it for the last ten minutes, then stir it well after the time is up.

Precautions for eating pine mushrooms

1. Matsutake is an allergenic substance, so it is not suitable for people with allergies and poor liver function to eat too much to avoid allergies. 2. Although matsutake mushrooms can be eaten raw, many of them are contaminated by fungus and insects during the growth process, so they should be washed well and not eaten in large quantities.