How to dry bracken fern at home

Dried bracken fern retains all the necessary vitamins, as well as its taste and aroma, so you can dry it and not worry that you wasted your time.

For drying, shoots of 15-20 cm, dense and fleshy are selected. For ease of further consumption, fern shoots should be boiled.

Boil a pan of water, add a little salt and pour the fern into the boiling water. Start the timer immediately. The term of heat treatment of fern should not exceed 8 minutes. Even if it hasn’t had time to really boil before this time, still drain the boiling water and pour cold water over the fern shoots.

Drying ferns in the fresh air

The cooled fern now needs to be dried. With natural drying, this occurs in several stages.

First, the water after blanching must dry and drain, then the dried fern is laid out on craft paper in one layer and dried in a warm and well-ventilated room for 2 to 4 weeks.

Drying bracken in an electric dryer

The preparation of the fern is the same as for natural drying, and it is also necessary for the fern to dry itself.After the branches have dried, place them in an electric dryer tray and dry them at a temperature of +50 degrees for 6 hours.

In this case, it is better not to dry it out than to overdry it. Therefore, pour the fern into a fabric bag and hang it in a dry and warm place for final drying.

How to cook dried bracken

After all, simply drying is not enough. You need to know how to restore the product after dehydration.

In the evening, pour boiling water over the required amount of fern, drain and rinse the water in the morning. Leave only the stems and let the small leaves merge.

Boil the fern for 10 minutes, then drain the water.

Now the fern is ready to eat, and is suitable for making soups or vegetable stews, bringing a stunning mushroom flavor and aroma.

How to salt and dry ferns for the winter, watch the video from Natalya Kim: secrets of collection and processing

Preparation of fern.