Kvass is an original Russian drink that people always had on the table of different classes. He was loved and drunk by both peasants and nobles, kings. Homemade kvass from crackers is a delicious drink that perfectly quenches thirst and refreshes. In addition, the people claimed, and still claim, that the drink is able to restore strength and relieve fatigue.
Making kvass at home is not so difficult as it might seem, but unlike a store bottled or draft drink, such kvass is much more pleasant and interesting to taste, and it is really useful.
There are many recipes for homemade kvass from crackers, this drink is prepared with and without yeast, and with raisins, mint leaves, currants and other ingredients. Each recipe, despite the apparent complexity, is easy and easy to prepare, in addition, the set of ingredients for the product is minimal and affordable.
Homemade cracker kvass - interesting facts, general principles of cooking
Many people are sure that kvass is useful, but not everyone knows exactly what benefit this drink brings. It contains many vitamins and trace elements - vitamins of the B, E group, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, lactic acid, as well as amino acids.
In the old days, kvass was successfully used to treat vitamin deficiency, increase working capacity, and improve mood.
Kvass from rusks is recommended for treating the nervous system, cleansing blood vessels, strengthening teeth, and gastritis. And the use of beet kvass with the addition of crackers can lead to the restoration of liver cells.
To make homemade kvass, you need to purchase black, rye or Borodino bread and yeast. Small bread cubes are cut from bread, from which crackers are then made. Also, crackers usually contain granulated sugar and boiled water. In addition, other ingredients are added to taste: honey, raisins, and even horseradish with garlic.
For insisting use enameled or glassware, in no case take aluminum or plastic. It is recommended to store ready-made kvass in a cool place; the shelf life of a home-made drink is three days.
Homemade crackers without yeast
Sourdough homemade kvass yeast without yeast
Ingredients:
• 50 grams of rye crackers;
• 400 ml of boiled water;
• a teaspoon of granulated sugar.
Cooking method:
1. Boil two glasses of ordinary water, cool it to room temperature.
2. Pour water into a liter jar.
3. Dissolve granulated sugar in lukewarm water.
4. Put rye crackers in the resulting liquid.
5. Cover the neck of the jar with gauze or cotton cloth, put in any warm place for two days.
6. After the time allotted for fermentation, the leaven should acquire a harsh odor and a cloudy color.
7. Now you can safely go to the stage of preparing homemade kvass from crackers.
Kvass from yeast-free sourdough
Ingredients:
• 100 grams of rye crackers;
• 0.5 liter yeast-free yeast (recipe 1);
• one and a half liters of boiled water;
• a tablespoon of sugar.
Cooking method:
1. Pour in a three-liter jar prepared sourdough from crackers.
2. Put crushed, dried until golden brown, crackers, sugar.
3. Pour cool-boiled water to the brim.
4. Cover the jar with a capron lid, put the container with homemade kvass for a day in a warm place.
5. Pour two-thirds of the drink into another container, add boiled water to the remaining can.
6. Add a couple more pieces of crackers, if there is not enough sweetness - sugar.
7. Insist another day.
8. When pouring kvass into a glass, make sure that the dregs do not rise from the bottom.
Homemade cracker with yeast
Ingredients:
• kilogram of rye bread;
• 40 grams of yeast;
• three liters of water;
• one and a half glasses of sugar.
Cooking method:
1. Cut the bread into small pieces, place on a dry baking sheet, place in the oven. Sauté until golden brown.
2. Put the crackers in a pan, pour one and a half liters of water. Soak crackers in water for two hours, remembering to stir the mass from time to time.
3. Gently pour the infusion into a suitable container, pour the same amount of water for another hour. Drain into the same container again.
4. The resulting wort should have a temperature of 20 degrees.
5. Add sugar to the wort, yeast, after diluting it with the same wort.
6. Remove the can with kvass for 12-16 hours in a warm place.
7. Pour the prepared kvass into cans or bottles, put in the refrigerator.
Kvass from crackers and flour with the addition of mint
Ingredients:
• 800 grams of rye bread;
• five liters of water;
• one and a half kilograms of sugar;
• 70 grams of yeast;
• a glass of wheat flour;
• mint leaves to taste.
Cooking method:
1. Pour yeast into a glass, pour warm boiled water. Shuffle.
2. Rinse the mint, pour boiling water, let it brew.
3. Sliced bread in small cubes, dry in the oven, and then pour boiling water. Cool the mass to thirty degrees.
4. Mix the crackers diluted with water together with the liquid with mint extract, yeast.
5. Cover the jar with a lid with gauze, remove for a day in the heat.
6. After the lapse of time add sugar, mix until all sugar grains are completely dissolved.
7. Keep the kvass from the crackers warm for a couple of hours, then pour into suitable containers and put in the refrigerator.
Homemade kvass from rusks of Borodino bread with raisins
Ingredients:
• two slices of Borodino bread (200 grams);
• three liters of water;
• 15 grams of yeast;
• a teaspoon of flour;
• a large handful of black raisins.
Cooking method:
1. Cut Borodino bread into cubes, dry it to a light crunch in the oven on a baking sheet.
2. Pour the crackers with boiling water, leave the mass for three to four hours.
3. Mix the yeast and flour, pour the mass with five spoons of slightly warm water, mix thoroughly.
4. Pour the yeast into the must, soak in a warm place for a day.
5. Filter the finished drink, put in it washed and dried raisins.
6. Keep the homemade kvass from crackers warm for another 3-6 hours, then put it in the refrigerator for further infusion for 2-3 days.
Vigorous homemade cracker kvass with horseradish and honey
Ingredients:
• 800 grams of rye crackers;
• 100 grams of honey;
• 50 grams of raisins;
• 100 grams of grated horseradish;
• 25 grams of yeast;
• four liters of water.
Cooking method:
1. Pour boiled water with rye crackers, let them brew for about 3-4 hours, then strain.
2. Add yeast to the resulting liquid, cover the container with a cloth, and remove for 6-8 hours to ferment in a warm place.
3. Put liquefied honey, chopped horseradish in the wort. Mix well.
4. Bottle the kvass. Put some raisins in each bottle.
5. Infuse the drink first three hours in the warmth, after three hours in the refrigerator.
Beetroot kvass from crackers
Ingredients:
• two liters of water;
• kilogram of beets;
• 80 gram slice of black bread;
• a tablespoon of sugar;
• half a teaspoon of salt;
• clove of garlic.
Cooking method:
1. Thoroughly rinse the beets, peel and grate them on a large segment of the grater.
2. Put the mass in a three-liter jar.
3. Add crackers made from brown bread, a little salt, granulated sugar.
4. Pour all the ingredients with slightly warm boiled water, cover the jar with gauze, remove the kvass in the heat for three days.
5. A day before readiness, put in a drink peeled, but not crushed kvass.
6. Put the finished drink in the refrigerator.
Rye homemade rusks made from crackers
Ingredients:
• 600 grams of rye bread;
• a package of dry yeast (20 grams);
• two glasses of sugar;
• blackcurrant leaves.
Cooking method:
1. Cut the bread into small pieces, lay on a cloth so that the slices do not touch each other. Dry for 24 hours, then brown in the oven.
2. Pour the prepared crackers with boiling water, leave for 10-14 hours.
3. Rinse currant leaves, pour boiling water, leave for 10-15 minutes, then drain the liquid into a glass.
4. Strain the prepared wort through a sieve or cheesecloth. Mix the infusion of crackers with a decoction of currant leaves.
5. Add granulated sugar and yeast, insist for 6-8 hours.
6. From the settled kvass, remove the foam, strain.
7. Pour the drink into a suitable container, put it in the refrigerator.
Crackers apple kvass
Ingredients:
• 100 grams of sugar;
• 100 grams of light raisins;
• 100 grams of honey;
• 200 grams of rye bread;
• two large sweet and sour apples;
• water.
Cooking method:
1. Pour sugar into a glass of boiled water, mix. Get the sugar to dissolve completely.
2. Rinse apples, peel, cut into 8 parts, remove the core.
3. Put the prepared fruit in a small saucepan, add the sorted and rinsed raisins. Pour the food with sugar syrup.
4. Remove the sourdough for 2-3 days in a warm place, stir the mass from time to time.
5. Cut the bread into small cubes, dry it in the oven, laying on a dry baking sheet.
6. When the finished crackers have cooled, twist them through a meat grinder or grind a mashed potato masher.
7. Strain the leavened leaven, mix the infusion with bread crumbs.
8. Transfer the mixture to a clean three-liter jar.
9. Add honey, fill the jar with cooled boiled water, not reaching the edges by two to three centimeters.
10. Tie the neck of the jar with gauze, remove the kvass in a warm place for five days.
11. After the allotted time, carefully pour the kvass into a suitable one so that the sediment and turbidity remain at the bottom.
12. Before use, kvass is recommended to cool.
You can re-fill the remaining sediment with water and also withstand homemade kvass for five days. Further use of sourdough is not recommended.
Homemade cracker kvass - useful tips
• When drying crackers, do not forget to stir them and make sure that they do not burn. Burnt crackers will not only add an unpleasant dark color to the drink, but also spoil it with the repulsive smell of bitterness and rancid taste.
• When you remove the kvass to roam, do not cover the container tightly. The product must breathe; therefore, gauze is recommended.
• Kvass, especially homemade, is a very useful product, but despite all its positive qualities, this drink has certain contraindications. Homemade kvass from crackers contains a small amount of alcohol, from about 0.6 to 2.6%, so it is contraindicated in children under seven years of age. In addition, people suffering from cirrhosis of the liver, vegetovascular dystonia, hypertension, as well as lactating and pregnant women, drivers on the road should refrain from drinking this drink.
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