Brushwood is delicious crispy sticks fried in vegetable oil and sprinkled with powdered sugar. There are many recipes for the preparation of this delicacy in the world, but in Russia this dish is most often prepared with kefir.
A simple recipe for kefir brushwood
You will need:
- 100 ml of kefir;
- one egg;
- 1 ½ cups flour;
- a tablespoon of sugar;
- a pinch of salt;
- vegetable oil;
- icing sugar.
Preparation
Beat egg with salt and sugar until white. Pour kefir into the egg mixture (the fat content is not important) and begin to beat the mass with a mixer, adding sifted flour into it in small portions. As soon as the dough starts to become thick, you need to knead it with your hands.
Put the finished dough in a cool place for 30 minutes.
After the time has elapsed, roll out the finished dough, cut it into rectangles and fry in a large amount of oil.
Cool the finished brushwood, then sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Lush brushwood on kefir
You will need:
- 250 ml of kefir;
- one glass of flour;
- two tablespoons of cottage cheese;
- two eggs;
- half a teaspoon of baking soda;
- one tablespoon of sugar;
- a pinch of salt;
- vegetable oil (for frying).
Preparation
Grind the cottage cheese through a sieve, beat the egg with sugar and salt. Mix cottage cheese with egg mass and kefir (the fatter the kefir, the more airy the brushwood will turn out).
Add flour and soda to the mass and knead a soft dough that does not stick to your hands, let it stand in the refrigerator for about 20 minutes.
Roll out the chilled dough to a thickness of three millimeters and cut it into diamonds. In the center of each diamond, make a notch and pass one of the corners of the shape into this hole (in the end, you should get figures that resemble curls).
Fry the resulting shapes in hot oil until pleasant golden brown. The air brush is ready.
