It is better to cook bread kvass on your own. It is healthier than the one brought from the store, and if the recipe is followed correctly, it is much tastier. Here is a good recipe for kvass without using yeast.
In order to make homemade kvass without yeast, you will first need to make a sourdough. For her, prepare a glass of boiled water, it should be barely warm; a small slice of black bread; a teaspoon of sugar. Place the ingredients in a half-liter jar, after crushing the bread. Cover the jar with a clean cloth. Put the starter culture prepared in this way in a warm place for a couple of days.
To make bread kvass at home without using yeast, you will need to add the following ingredients to the sourdough: a tablespoon of sugar, a couple of pieces of rye bread, one and a half liters of boiled cold water, half a liter of ready-made sourdough.
After a day or two, the sourdough should be tasted to make sure it is ready. You should get a cloudy, sharp-tasting liquid. Prepare a two-liter container for making kvass, pour the leaven into it, add two chopped pieces of rye bread, sugar, add boiled cooled water to the edges of the container. Close all the top with a lid.
Now the jar (or jug) with all the ingredients must be left in a quiet place for a day to infuse. You can add croutons to it, pre-dried until golden brown in the oven or microwave. At the same time, kvass is infused a little longer, but almost immediately it will acquire an appetizing golden color. You need to taste kvass in a day or two.
To make the taste of kvass more intense, it should be infused longer. Some of the liquid can be used for re-fermentation to obtain a new portion of the drink. Drain two-thirds of the resulting liquid into a separate container. Add what remains in the jar with boiled water cooled to normal room temperature. Add a shredded piece of rye bread. Then everything must be closed with a lid for subsequent infusion.
