Many people like wood on kefir due to its soft and tender taste, crunch, simple cooking. Moreover, there are many different recipes for the preparation of this delicacy, which "modify" the final product.
Some secrets of cooking delicacies
Before we tell about the most popular recipes of this dish, you should learn more about the basic secrets of cooking.
Observing them, you can make a truly delicious dessert "as in childhood."
A little more detail:
- Kefir for cooking must be fresh - in the old fermented milk product undergo oxidation processes, which is why it starts to taste bitter, which will negatively affect the taste of the snack. The fat content of the drink is also important - it is best to choose with a value of 2.5%. Less fatty will be more liquid, you will have to add more flour, which is why the dough will not be greasy.
- The consistency of brushwood dough is also important. Here it is important to keep a balance - it should be quite steep so as not to stick to hands, but also gentle so that it is convenient to roll.
- The dough itself must be rolled thinly - about 0.5 mm thick. The thicker it is, the less crispy it will turn out brushwood.
- Choose the right oil for frying. The most delicious will turn the brushwood in melted butter - it gives a pleasant nutty flavor. But you can also use the usual refined, as long as it is of high quality.
The classic recipe for making brushwood
When cooking in accordance with this recipe, baking powder is not used, and whipped eggs will add porosity to the finished dish. Required products such as:
- 600 ml of 2.5% kefir;
- 2 eggs;
- 6 tbsp. Sahara;
- 1 tsp salts;
- 4 cups flour;
- to taste vanilla.
From the prepared products we make the dough: we beat the eggs intensively with a mixer until foam appears, in the process we gradually fall asleep sugar. Add kefir, vanillin and salt to the mixture, whisk thoroughly again. Flour must be sifted, and then pour it into the mixture, without stopping to beat the dough.
When the mass begins to stick to the whisk, continue to knead the dough with your hands. If the yogurt is a bit watery and the mixture sticks to your hands, add a little flour. Keep kneading until the dough begins to move.
Prepared dough is left for half an hour under a towel, then we divide it in half and roll each half of the mass. The resulting layers are cut into slices or strips, each making small holes where you want to pass one of the edges of the workpiece, then turn it out. Due to this, it will turn into brushwood in the form of curlicues.
Heat the butter in a saucepan and put the dough pieces in there, lightly brown the products, then remove from the container, spread out on napkins (this will remove the excess oil) and sprinkle with powdered sugar on top.
"Magnificent" delicacy
To get brushwood lush, it will need soda - reacting with lactic acid, it will emit carbon dioxide. Additionally, "extinguish" it is not necessary.
Ingredients are as follows:
- 600 ml of 2.5% kefir;
- 2 eggs;
- 6 tbsp. Sahara;
- 1 tsp salts;
- 4 cups flour;
- 0.5 tsp soda;
- to taste vanilla.
Cooking technology:
- Mix kefir and soda, whisk a little.
- Separately combines egg, sugar, salt, vanillin.
- Pouring kefir mixture to the egg, stir until smooth
- Slowly inject the well-sifted flour.
It remains to roll out the dough, make thin blanks of it and fry in a large amount of butter. It should also be borne in mind that when cooking lush brushwood will greatly increase in volume.
Soft and gentle brushwood
This recipe does not crunch, something like donuts. Looking for products like:
- 0.6 l yogurt;
- 4 eggs;
- 6 tbsp. Sahara;
- 1 tsp salts;
- 1 tsp soda;
- 5 tbsp. flour;
- to taste - vanilla sugar.
First, you should prepare the dough by mixing soda, salt, eggs, sugar and salt, mix everything thoroughly, but rather beat it with a mixer, then roll out the dough about 5 mm thick from the resulting mixture.
Soft brush is much easier to give a different shape:
- to make circles of different diameters from the rolled dough with the help of glasses;
- make cuts on each circle — future petals;
- lay smaller blanks on top of the larger ones, compacting the center with a stick;
- after roasting in butter, spread the brushwood and sprinkle with powdered sugar, garnish with a berry on top in the middle.
Unusual Beer Snack
This dish is not a sweet snack, but, rather, it will successfully replace crackers, chips for beer, wine. To prepare the brushwood, you will need:
- 400 ml of kefir;
- 5 eggs;
- 3 tbsp. sugar (optional ingredient);
- 1 tsp. salt and soda;
- 5 tbsp. flour;
- 200 grams of cheese;
- 2 tsp. mustard;
- 4 p. vegetable oil.
Cooking technology is as follows:
- Soda extinguish kefir, then add there 4 eggs, salt, butter (sugar, sleep optional).
- We pour the flour in small portions and leave the dough for half an hour under a towel.
- Separately, rub cheese, add mustard, 1 egg, 1.5-2 tbsp. flour.
- Divide the dough in half, roll it onto layers about 3 mm thick.
- Cut layers up to 4 cm wide, make triangles of them.
- On each triangle we spread 1 tsp. cheese mixture, cover with a second layer of dough, pressing the edges with a fork.
The resulting blanks are placed in an oven, preheated to +180 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Serve this snack can be with sauces, ketchup, fresh herbs.
Is brushwood harmful?
Wood - a high-calorie product, which also contains more than 30% of carbohydrates, which makes it quite dangerous for the figure. Therefore, you should not abuse this dessert - it can not only cause the development of diseases of the endocrine system, but also can lead to an imbalance of the intestinal microflora.
To reduce calorie content a little, you do not need to add sugar According to many chefs, this will only make the dough easier and more airy.
