How to Make Kvass (Russian Bread Drink)

Serves: 6

Preparation time: 2 days 12 hours

Cooking time: –

Ingredients needed to make Kvass (Russian Bread Drink):

• 1 gallon water
• 2 tsp dry yeast
• 1 cup dried rye bread, crumbled
• 1 cup sugar
• 2-3 raisins

Cooking instructions for Kvass (Russian Bread Drink):

• Chop the rye bread into small cubes and set aside for a while until it dries up.
• Crumble a cup of the bread cubes into a large stockpot and set aside.
• Bring water to boil in another stockpot and pour it over the crumbled bread right away.
• Cover and let it rest for about 2 ½ hours at room temperature, agitating it with a spoon from time to time.
• Once the bread-water mixture nearly cools down, pour 3 tbsp of warm water into the dry yeast and stir them until mixed thoroughly.
• Empty the cup of sugar into the bread-water mixture and stir until the former dissolves completely.
• Whisk in the yeast blend and stir them all together until well combined.
• Wrap the surface of the bowl with a clean kitchen towel and set aside in a warm place for about 12 hours to let it ferment.
• Pass the fermented mixture or kvass through several layers of cheese cloth, spread across the colander and strain it into a clean stockpot.
• Transfer the kvass into plastic bottles through a funnel, leaving some space above.
• Drop in a couple of raisins and seal the bottle tightly.
• Set the bottles kvass aside for another couple of hours and refrigerate for 2 days.
• Pour it into glasses and serve chilled.

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Last Updated on February 4, 2013 by