How to make kvass at home

Even in the old Russian times, it was customary to boil a brew from various cereals such as oats, wheat or rye. In its manufacture was used a variety of herbal supplements, e.g., herbs, berries or vegetables. It was not only easy to prepare, but the presence of a large number of beneficial properties that are included in its composition.

At that time, each family had its own recipe of jam this drink. These recipes remain today and are widely used by chefs from different countries. In this article we will discuss how to make kvass at home.

First we need to note that beer and kvass are composed of the same ingredients, but they differ in the cooking method. Beer obtained by the alcoholic fermentation, and the brew-fermentation sour, during which there are lactic, acetic, formic and carbonic acids and alcohol that gives the drink a special taste and aroma.

Homemade brew suggests the presence of these ingredients: one kilogram of rye bread, ten gallons of water, twenty-five grams of yeast and mint, one Cup of sugar, fifty grams of raisins.

Breadcrumbs are placed in a pot, pour boiling water and leave for four hours. The resulting infusion is filtered, put the yeast, mint and sugar, cover with a towel and leave for six hours for fermentation. When you see foam, the brew is filtered and bottled, adding a little of the raisins, then put them in a cool place for three days.

In the same way you can prepare Petrovsky kvass. However, instead of mint, put honey (fifty grams) grated horseradish (fifty grams).

Consider how to make kvass at home from apples and carrots. It is necessary to have available: ten medium-sized apples, three carrots, half a Cup of sugar, five litres of water, one spoon of yeast and dried chamomile.

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The Apples should be washed and Chistov, cut into slices. Carrots cleaned, scrubbed on a coarse grater and mix with apples. To the resulting mass added water, in which pre-dissolve yeast and sugar, mix everything and leave for one day for fermentation. Over time, the brew moving in a cool place for two days, and then it is filtered and the remaining cake is used for preparation of a new drink.

Another recipe for how to make kvass at home from oats.

Ingredients: one Cup of oats, four tablespoons of sugar, fifty grams of raisins.

Oats well washed and put in a three-liter bottle, then add sugar and raisins, pre-washed with water. All of this is poured cold water (boiled), cover the jar with gauze and put in four days on a well-lit place, and at the end of time  should be filtered. It should be noted that the remaining oats can be used  to four times, each time while adding the sugar one spoon less.

Consider how to make home brew from rice. To do this: one hundred grams of boiled rice, half a liter of water, one spoon of raisins, a hundred grams of sugar, a pinch of dry yeast.

Rice well washed, boiled in salted water, recline on a sieve and ostuzhayut. Add to it the yeast, raisins and sugar, to shift in a towel, wrap and leave for one hour. In the remaining sugar, add water and pour it to the rice, after which all cover with film and leave for four days. At a time when the film is formed on kvass, the drink is ready to drink, it will only drain and add the raisins.

Thus, before you prepare kvass at home, you need to choose a recipe and buy all the necessary ingredients. To prepare this drink is not difficult. He is not only able to remove thirst, but also to give a special taste to other dishes where it is used as one of the ingredients.