Finnish mushroom salad (Suomalainen sienisalaatti)

Finnish mushroom salad (Suomalainen sienisalaatti)

Ingredients

• 3-4 dl of salted mushrooms
• 1 onion

Dressing:

• 2 dl cream
• 1-2 tsp lemon juice or vinegar
• 1/2 tsp of sugar
• dash of freshly ground white pepper

Soak the salted mushrooms until the salt level is right. Press the excess water out and chop the mushrooms. Peel and chop the onion. Check the taste, it should have a slightly sharp tang. Stir the mushrooms and the chopped onions into the dressing.

The traditional Finnish mushroom salad is made of salted milk caps. Before salting, the cleaned mushrooms are boiled in plenty of water for five minutes, rinsed and cooled. Then the mushrooms are placed with layers of salt (salt content is 10-15% of the weight of the mushrooms) in glass jars. The mushrooms are pressed down into the jar by covering them with a weight, e.g. a plate with a clean stone on it, and stored in a cold place.

Source: https://finland.fi/life-society/finnish-recipes/