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Kvasha (fruit-and kvass dessert)

Name: Kvasha (fruit-and kvass dessert)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Ukrainian
Ingredients: 300 ml / 1¼ cup kvass; 100 g / 3½ oz. sun-dried or smoked pears, prunes, apricots and apples; 5 slices of rye bread (additional 150 g / 5 oz. bread for the chips); 50 g / ½ cup walnuts; a pinch of ground red pepper; a pinch of salt; juice of ½ lemon

Автор
Klopotenko Ievgen

Ukrainian

Приготування 25 mins

Порції 1

Складність Easy

Ingredients

300 ml / 1¼ cup kvass

100 g / 3½ oz. sun-dried or smoked pears, prunes, apricots and apples

5 slices of rye bread (additional 150 g / 5 oz. bread for the chips)

50 g / ½ cup walnuts

a pinch of ground red pepper

a pinch of salt

juice of ½ lemon

Kvasha (fruit-and kvass dessert): Приготування

Крок 1

Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F degrees.

Крок 2

Soak 5 slices of rye bread in kvass for 10 minutes. Add sundried or smoked pears and apples (similar to what is used in uzvar) to the bread-and-kvass mixture.

Крок 3

Bring the mixture to a boil the mixture and leave it to cool fully. Once cooled, remove boiled pears and apples.

Крок 4

Either pass the soft rye bread mass through a sieve or pulse in a blender until creamy. Add lemon juice, ground black pepper and salt to taste.

Крок 5

Cook rye bread chips. Cut the bread into thin slices and dry in the oven for 3 minutes.

Крок 6

Serve kvasha sprinkled with finely chopped walnuts. Decorate with rye bread chips.

Cooking is easy!