Homemade kvass from dry kvass

Delicious, simple, budget drink for the whole family! Homemade kvass from dry kvass is not inferior to the classic drink from crackers. Dry mix in packs is available in all grocery stores, and even a child can make it! Raisins added to the finished mixture will give the dry kvass a sharp note.

Maria

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Water

Dry kvass

250

Raisins (unwashed!)

Sugar

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 0 % 0 g

Fats 0 % 0 g

Carbohydrates 100 % 2 g

8 kcal

GI: 0 / 0 / 100

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 d

Step 1:
How to make homemade kvass from dry kvass? Prepare the ingredients. There are different mixtures for kvass on sale, some, like mine, are poured with boiling water, others with room temperature water, so follow the instructions on the package: if the mixture is filled with warm water, then in step 2 just mix everything in warm water. In my dry mixture there were malt, yeast, sugar, which are simply poured with boiling water. But I added more sugar and raisins, for a more pronounced taste.
Step 2:
Pour dry kvass and sugar into a three-liter jar (optional). Carefully pour boiling water into the middle of the jar (if poured on the walls, the jar may burst from the temperature difference) and mix until the sugar is completely dissolved. When the mixture cools down to room temperature, pour in unwashed raisins (also, if desired). Raisins can not be washed, because it has the necessary yeast fungi that trigger the fermentation process.
Step 3:
Close the kvass with a napkin or lid not very tightly, so that there is an opportunity for gas to escape. Leave for a day at room temperature. You can close it tightly, but then you need to monitor and periodically release the gas released during fermentation by opening the lid.
Step 4:
The next day, strain the ready kvass. Pour into bottles and put in the refrigerator for 40 minutes - 1 hour.
Step 5:
When the kvass has cooled, pour into glasses. Enjoy your meal!

Note that there may be no sugar in other ready-made kvass mixes. There are also mixtures in which everything is packaged in separate bags. And in such mixtures, you can replace dry yeast with pressed yeast. There are options for pouring the mixture with boiling water, like mine or warm water. READ THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE PACKAGE!

I added raisins with sugar to my ready-made kvass mixture to get a more pronounced, characteristic "sharp" kvass taste. You don't have to do this, but I like it that way more.

Now let's take a closer look at the composition of two types of ready—made dry mixes for kvass, which can be found in stores:
rusk - rye malt, crushed rye breadcrumbs.
bread — rye flour and rye or barley malt.
Crackers are cooked at high temperature. Then the loaves are crushed to the consistency of powder and dried. Both types of semi-finished products are dark brown in color and smell of malt, which is especially noticeable after brewing. The usual package contains 400 g of concentrate, which must be poured with boiling water, according to the instructions that are on each pack.
Sometimes manufacturers offer a concentrate with citric acid, sweeteners and yeast, you can also find boxes with a bag of yeast, but there are packages without these supplements.