Kvass

Kvass

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About recipe

An excellent drink to quench your thirst on hot summer days. Such kvass is prepared very easily, but not very quickly. I hope you enjoy this recipe. Real kvass is made from barley grains, but at home we can facilitate the process and make delicious kvass from rye bread. The process is quite easy, but not fast. We do not take into account patience, so we read the recipe for how to make kvass and get down to the point.

Purpose: Drink recipes
Recipes by ingredients:
  • Required ingredients::

  • Rye bread
    1 kilogram
  • Yeast
    15~20 grams (or 1/2 teaspoon dry)
  • Sugar
    1 cup (more to taste)
  • Water
    6 liters
  • How to make
  • Cut the bread into slices and dry in the oven. You can even overdry a little so that a very dark crust forms on some pieces.
    1. Cut the bread into slices and dry in the oven. You can even overdry a little so that a very dark crust forms on some pieces.
  • We transfer the bread to a large saucepan or bucket and pour boiling water over it. Add sugar, stir and leave to cool to 30 degrees.
    2. We transfer the bread to a large saucepan or bucket and pour boiling water over it. Add sugar, stir and leave to cool to 30 degrees.
  • Add yeast to a small cup, add a spoonful of sugar. If you use dry yeast, add a little water from the bread pot.
    3. Add yeast to a small cup, add a spoonful of sugar. If you use dry yeast, add a little water from the bread pot.
  • Yeast should rise and foam. Pour into a saucepan with cooled steamed bread. We mix. Soaked bread can be crushed.
    4. Yeast should rise and foam. Pour into a saucepan with cooled steamed bread. We mix. Soaked bread can be crushed.
  • You can leave in a bucket or you can pour it into jars. Just do not fill them to the very top. We screw the neck of the jar with gauze an...
    5. You can leave in a bucket or you can pour it into jars. Just do not fill them to the very top. We screw the neck of the jar with gauze and a lid with holes. Lets leave for a couple of days in a warm dark place.
  • And now you need to strain everything through a linen towel.
    6. And now you need to strain everything through a linen towel.
  • Squeeze thoroughly, you can use the soaked bread as a snack for the next portion of kvass.
    7. Squeeze thoroughly, you can use the soaked bread as a snack for the next portion of kvass.
  • The resulting liquid is bottled, but again we do not pour it to the very top. You can put a few raisins in each bottle. We put it in the ...
    8. The resulting liquid is bottled, but again we do not pour it to the very top. You can put a few raisins in each bottle. We put it in the refrigerator for another day or two.
  • And then it is already possible to taste kvass.
    9. And then it is already possible to taste kvass.
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    Source: povar.ru
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