Preparation of homemade croutons is a very convenient and profitable way of preserving unused bread rests, then they can be used as one of the components for preparing prefabricated soups and kvass .
Tell you how to make delicious croutons at home. The main idea: cut the bread and dry it.
Unskilful homemade croutons can be made from any bread, and sweet ones - from baked bakery products.
It is advisable, of course, that you choose useful bread from whole wheat flour, however, this is an individual choice.
Simple fresh, unsweetened homemade croutons
Ingredients:
- bread.
Preparation
Cut the bread into thin slices, and then each slice into several pieces of the desired shape and size (for convenience smaller).
You can dry the crackers on an open tray in a dry room in a natural way or in the oven at a minimum temperature with a slightly slightly opened door.
How to make crumbs in a frying pan?
Alternatively, you can dry the crackers in a large dry frying pan over low heat without using fats, of course, during the process, it would be nice to turn them over with a shovel or fork.
How to make delicious homemade croutons with garlic in the oven?
Method two: or grate the cooked crumbs with a clipped garlic clove, but this is long.
Aromatic rye salted suhariki with garlic to beer
You will need a clean new household plastic spray gun.
Ingredients:
- bread rye not too fresh (preferably finely porous);
For impregnation:
- garlic - 3 cloves;
- salt - 2-3 pinch;
- water - 200 ml;
- gin or vodka with a neutral taste - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- lemon juice - 1 tbsp. a spoon.
Preparation
We cut a loaf of bread in large thin slices and lay out on a work board.
Dissolve salt in the water, pour in the genie, add garlic squeezed through the hand press and insist for 20 minutes, then strain and add the lemon juice to improve the flavor.
Fill the impregnating liquid into the atomizer and lightly sprinkle the bread slices on one side (they should not be too wet on the underside, too wet).
Spread the prepared slices on a dry baking sheet and lightly dry in the oven at the lowest heat with the door ajar. When croutons are slightly dried, we cool them and cut into smaller pieces of the desired shape and size, which, in turn, put on a baking sheet and dried.
And if you want more spicy croutons?
In this case, in the liquid for impregnation, you can include a hot red pepper, as well as other ground spices (cloves, caraway seeds, fennel, coriander, etc.). After twenty minutes of infusion, the liquid should be carefully filtered through a good filter (so that the working parts of the atomizer are not clogged). After use, the appliance should be thoroughly rinsed with cold water.
How to make sweet homemade croutons?
Ingredients:
- Bakery products (without liquid filling).
Preparation
We operate according to the proven scheme: cut into large slices, then - into smaller pieces and dried.
We serve sweet sweet crunches with compotes , juices or teas, with sour-milk drinks. Sweet croutons are better in the morning (children can and at noon).