Kvass from chicory at home

To prepare kvass from chicory at home, you won't need to wait several days. This truly refreshing carbonated drink will be ready in 4-6 hours (it all depends on temperature conditions: on a very hot sunny day, the fermentation time will be minimal).

Using a natural product like chicory as a base for summer cold kvass has no contraindications. It gives kvass that very taste that its barrel counterpart had in Soviet times – sweetish and invigorating, with a pleasant aroma and without a yeasty aftertaste.

Yield: 1 bottle (1.5 liters).

Preparation time: 6 hours + 30 minutes to cool the drink.

Caloric content: 33 kcal per 100 grams of the dish.

Ingredients

• purified boiled water – about 1.4 l;
• powdered chicory – 2 tablespoons;
• white sugar – 5 tablespoons;
• citric acid – 0.5 teaspoon;
• dry yeast – 0.5 teaspoon.

You will also need a one-and-a-half-liter plastic bottle from under water.

Preparation

1. Prepare the ingredients for making kvass from chicory. The boiled water should be warm, about 38 degrees, so that the yeast activates in a comfortable environment and starts working. The specified amount of sugar will make the drink moderately sweet, just like barrel kvass used to be. Citric acid is needed not only to improve the taste – it will also help the fermentation process.

2. Pour 700 milliliters of water into a convenient mixing container. Dissolve the yeast in it and add the powdered chicory.

3. Also add all the sugar and citric acid there.

4. Stir the mixture with a spoon until all components are completely dissolved in the water.

5. Insert a funnel into the neck of the bottle and pour the prepared solution there.

6. Then add warm water, but not all the way to the top.

7. You should leave about 7 centimeters to the neck.

8. While the bottle is open, squeeze it by hand so that the drink rises to the top and in that state, tightly screw the cap – this is very important. Now, it's best to leave the deformed container in the sunshine for about 4 hours. If the weather is cloudy, wrap the bottle in a towel and put it in a warm place (this can be the top shelf of the cupboard).

9. In the sun, the process will go faster, but in any case, after 4 hours you need to check the state of the bottle. As soon as it straightens out and inflates, indicating that there is a lot of gas inside, move the container to the refrigerator for at least half an hour (do not open the cap yet).

10. After completing all the preparation stages, kvass from chicory at home is ready. A refreshing, carbonated, really tasty drink that perfectly quenches thirst will definitely be indispensable in hot weather.