Recipe for making kvass from birch sap. Birch kvass - tasty, quick and nothing complicated! We prepare kvass from birch sap with dried fruits, cherries and even coffee

Since ancient times it has been the most popular drink in Russian cuisine. However, not many people know that kvass can be prepared using natural drinks. Birch sap is perfect for this, because it does not lose its beneficial properties during the preparation process.

Birch kvass with raisins - basic principles of preparation

Classic birch kvass is made from sap and raisins, but there are also many recipes with the addition of other ingredients. It could be oranges, mint, honey, coffee, etc.

For kvass, it is better to use freshly collected juice, but if you do not have such an opportunity, you can prepare kvass using canned juice. You will need ten liters of drink.

In addition to birch sap, kvass requires raisins and sugar.

The juice is filtered through several layers of gauze. The raisins are thoroughly washed and placed on a disposable towel to dry.

To prepare kvass, use wooden barrels, enamel or glassware.

Pour sugar into the strained juice, add raisins and stir until the dry ingredients dissolve.

The container with the starter is covered with a clean cloth and left in a warm room. The fermentation process takes an average of three days.

The finished kvass is filtered again and bottled. Store the drink in the refrigerator.

Recipe 1. Classic birch kvass with raisins

Ingredients

natural birch sap – ten liters;

50 pcs. dried raisins;

500 g granulated sugar.

Cooking method

1. Clean freshly collected juice from debris and strain through a sieve.

2. Rinse the raisins in warm water. Place it on a paper towel and dry.

3. Pour sugar into the drink and add raisins, stir until the sugar crystals are completely dissolved.

4. Pour the kvass into a glass container, cover with a clean towel and leave in a warm room for three days.

5. Strain the finished kvass again and pour into clean bottles. The drink can be stored in the refrigerator for up to four months.

Recipe 2. Birch kvass with raisins, lemon and honey

Ingredients

natural birch sap – 5 liters;

two lemons;

25 g yeast;

four pcs. raisins

Cooking method

1. Wash the lemons, pour boiling water over them and cut into medium pieces.

2. Strain the birch sap through several layers of gauze.

3. Wash the raisins in warm water and dry them on a paper towel.

4. Add honey, raisins and yeast to the strained birch sap. It is advisable to use raw yeast, but if you don’t have it, you can use active dry yeast. Mix.

5. Leave the drink in a warm room for three days. Then we filter the kvass and bottle it into clean bottles.

Recipe 3. Birch kvass with a large dark drink

Ingredients

freshly collected birch sap - three liters;

dark large raisins – 25 pcs.

Cooking method

1. Wash the raisins in warm water and dry them on a napkin.

2. Strain fresh birch sap.

3. In the container where the kvass will ferment, combine the juice with raisins and sugar. Mix.

4. Close the container with the drink with a lid and leave it in a cool place for three months. This kvass retains its beneficial properties for a very long time. You can prepare okroshka using this kvass.

Recipe 4. Birch kvass with raisins and oranges

Ingredients

freshly collected birch sap - 2.5 liters;

yeast – 10 g;

orange;

granulated sugar - glass;

raisins - a pinch;

a few sprigs of mint or lemon balm.

Cooking method

1. Wash the orange under the tap, pour boiling water over it and wipe with a napkin. Cut it into circles. Place in a clean glass container.

2. Grind the yeast with a small amount of sugar and pour it into a bottle with oranges.

3. Rinse the sprigs of mint or lemon balm and put them in a bottle.

4. Wash and dry the raisins.

5. Strain the birch sap through gauze, folding it in several layers, and pour it into a glass container. Mix and leave to ferment in a warm room for two days. We filter the finished drink again and pour it into clean bottles. We put raisins in each. Screw on the lids and place in the refrigerator. After just a day, you will be able to drink kvass.

Recipe 5. Birch kvass with raisins, coffee beans and bread

Ingredients

natural birch sap – 2.5 liters;

a handful of coffee beans;

stale Borodino bread - three slices;

a handful of raisins;

granulated sugar – 100 g.

Cooking method

1. Pour coffee beans into a dry frying pan and lightly fry them over low heat.

2. Place slices of Borodino bread on a baking sheet and place in the oven. Dry the bread at 60 C for ten minutes.

3. Wash the raisins in warm water and dry them on a disposable towel.

4. Place coffee beans, slices of bread, sugar and raisins in a clean, dry three-liter jar.

5. Strain the birch sap and pour it into a jar with other ingredients. Mix. We pull a medical glove over the neck of the container, piercing it with a needle.

6. Leave the jar in a warm place for three days. When the glove is “deflated,” we filter the kvass again and pour it into clean glass bottles. Screw on the lids. Place the drink in the refrigerator.

Recipe 6. Birch kvass with raisins and rose hips

Ingredients

five liters of birch sap;

20 rose hips;

a glass of sugar;

20 pcs. raisins

Cooking method

1. Strain the birch sap through several layers of gauze. Pour it into a wide-necked carboy or bottle. Add sugar and stir until it is completely dissolved.

2. Rinse the raisins and rose hips. Pat them dry on a paper towel.

3. Add raisins and rose hips to the container with birch sap. Close the lid and send it to the cellar.

Recipe 7. Birch kvass with raisins and dried fruits

Ingredients

natural birch sap – five liters;

300 g raisins;

dried fruits - kilogram.

Cooking method

1. Rinse dried fruits in warm water. Place them on a paper towel and dry.

2. Place raisins and dried fruits in a clean, dry glass container and fill them with strained birch sap.

3. Infuse the drink in a warm room for three to four days. Stir the kvass periodically.

4. When the fermentation process is complete, pour the kvass into clean bottles, close the lids and place in the refrigerator.

Recipe 8. Birch sap with raisins and dried apples

Ingredients

20 pcs. dark raisins;

two liters of birch sap;

15 g dried apples;

granulated sugar – 100 g.

Cooking method

1. Pour the strained natural birch sap into a jar.

2. Rinse dried apples and raisins in warm water and dry on a napkin. Place them in a can of drink. Add sugar and stir.

3. Cover the container with several layers of gauze. Leave in a warm room for three days. After the allotted time, the color of the drink should change and the taste will become slightly sour.

4. Strain the kvass again and bottle it. Close the lids and place in the refrigerator. Serve the drink chilled.

Recipe 9. Birch sap with raisins and barley

Ingredients

natural birch sap – 20 liters;

granulated sugar – 100 g;

a glass of raisins and other dried fruits;

120 g barley.

Cooking method

1. Rinse raisins and dried fruits in warm water and dry on a paper towel.

2. Also wash and dry the barley. Place the dried fruits and barley in different linen bags and tie them tightly.

3. Strain natural birch sap and place in a large saucepan. Place on the fire and bring to a boil. Add sugar and lower the bags of barley and dried fruits. Boil for a minute, remove from heat and cover tightly.

4. Leave the pot with kvass in a warm room for a day. Then remove the bags and strain the drink through a sieve. Pour into bottles and close the lids tightly. Store in a cellar or other cool place.

Recipe 10. Birch kvass with raisins, apples, ginger, honey and mint

Ingredients

two liters of natural birch sap;

100 g sugar;

five apples;

3 g fast acting yeast;

5 ml light honey;

ten mint leaves;

40 g fresh ginger root;

half a lemon;

75 g raisins.

Cooking method

1. Wash the apples, cut them in half, remove the core and cut into slices. Place them in a saucepan and fill with birch sap. Place on the stove and cook from the moment it boils for three minutes. Remove from heat and cool.

2. In half a glass of warm broth, dilute the yeast with a teaspoon of sugar. Leave in a warm place for 20 minutes.

3. Pour the diluted yeast into the birch broth, add honey and squeeze the juice of half a lemon into it, add sugar.

4. Peel the ginger root and chop it on a fine grater. Wash the raisins. Rinse the mint leaves.

5. Add the prepared ingredients to the broth and stir. Cover the container with a clean, thick cloth and keep in a warm room for 12 hours.

6. Strain the finished kvass, cool and pour into clean, dry bottles.

If you use freshly collected birch sap, be sure to strain it to get rid of wood debris.
It is better to prepare kvass only using natural birch sap.
Do not use plastic containers for fermentation.
During the cooking process, you can add various medicinal herbs to kvass.
Under the right conditions, kvass can be stored for up to six months.

Kvass: simple recipes

We prepare kvass from birch sap with the addition of dried fruits and raisins at home according to the recipe. Find out how this kvass is useful. Step-by-step video recipe.

3 l

20 minutes

10 kcal

5/5 (4)

We propose to diversify the usual components of kvass. We will replace the water with healthy birch sap, and the yeast and bread with dried apples and raisins. We will get a very healthy, bright, unusual refreshing drink.

To begin with, I really want to tell you everything about the properties of kvass made from birch sap. Firstly, thanks to the microelements contained in birch sap - calcium, potassium, manganese, essential oils - the immune system is strengthened. The juice has a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular and digestive systems. Birch sap helps remove toxins from the body and helps us stay healthy. And the addition of various fruits, dried fruits, and honey to the starter makes this drink truly a storehouse of vitamins.

Recipe for kvass from birch sap with raisins

Kitchen appliances: plastic bottles or three-liter glass jar, funnel (watering can), spoon.

Ingredients

How to get birch sap

Many people will ask where to get birch sap? There are several ways.

Buy pure birch sap in the store, it is already bottled in three-liter bottles. Choose 100% juice without additives.
You can find many private advertisements on the Internet to buy sap from those who collect birch sap. Delivery is now easy.
Get birch sap yourself. This is not the easiest way, but if you wish, you can usefully spend time in nature. Be sure to get out into the forest, where the air is clean and there is no urban pollution. Collection should be done in the spring, with the first warm weather. The season for collecting birch sap is March-April. You need to select a healthy mature tree, make a cut at a height of about half a meter, install a small flexible tube so that the liquid flows into the container. A regular plastic bottle will do for this. Fresh juice can be stored for no more than three days. Well, we recommend making kvass from birch sap with dried fruits.

Preparation

To make kvass from birch sap at home, you don’t need to put in a lot of effort. Surely you have empty plastic bottles at home, we will use them as containers for our kvass. We will need 2 bottles of 1.5 liters each.

I wonder how to make kvass from birch sap in a jar. To do this, you need to take a three-liter jar, wash it, pour in birch sap and all the ingredients according to the recipe. Mix all the contents well and cover. But use gauze, not a lid. Fold clean gauze in several layers, cover the jar and secure with a rubber band. Store in this state until ripening for 3-4 days. Then you can strain the kvass using the same gauze.

This recipe for kvass made from birch sap will help make the option with honey even healthier. Take half a spoonful of sugar and a tablespoon of honey and stir a little longer until the honey dissolves in the juice. That's the whole trick.

Making birch kvass at home is a fairly simple and not time-consuming process. But the pleasure and benefits of this drink are simply enormous.

Think about it, if birch sap, prepared for future use, undergoes heat treatment and loses more than 50% of useful microelements, then in the case of birch kvass, everything valuable remains untouched and at the end, we get the most valuable, healthy, and most importantly natural product, which cannot be bought even in stores positioning themselves as the Eco brand.

You can read about the benefits of kvass made from birch sap in the next article, but now let’s get straight to the recipe itself.

Step-by-step preparation of homemade kvass from birch sap

Let us note in advance that kvass made from birch sap, the recipe for which we will give below, does not require the presence of all dried fruits, namely dried apples. They, like raisins, contribute to the fermentation process of the drink.

If you are a beginner and making a drink for the first time, you can try store-bought ones.

Recipe for a 1.5 liter bottle or jar

To make birch kvass at home you will need:

birch sap - 1.5 l.;
dark raisins - 10-12 pcs.;
dried apples - 7-10 pieces;
sugar to taste (minimum 5 teaspoons - maximum 5 tablespoons per bottle).

So, let's begin.

	We take sugar, dried fruits, raisins (there is no need to wash them, since they contain natural yeast).
	We filter the birch sap through a fine metal mesh or gauze, thereby removing small debris and forest dwellers who also wanted to enjoy the sap.
	For preservation, birch sap should be as fresh as possible (light in appearance), but for kvass, sap that is not the first freshness is suitable. Typically it has a darker yellowish color.
	We take a container, in this case a plastic bottle. You can prepare and store birch kvass in glass jars, but then you will need to seal them with thick plastic lids, not sealing ones. If excessive gassing occurs, the lid will pop off the jar without damaging the container.
	Pour in the juice, leaving about 7 cm unfilled to the top.
	Add dried apples.
	A handful of raisins.
	Now it's sugar's turn. It is better to pour granulated sugar into a bottle using a sheet of paper rolled into a bag with a hole inside. (Lifehack:))
	Twist and shake. It is not necessary to achieve complete dissolution of sugar; during the fermentation process it will certainly react and dissolve. We put the drink away for 3-4 days for fermentation in a warm place, you can just leave it in the apartment.

After this time, the kvass made from birch sap can be considered ready, and now you can drink it for pleasure. But if you want to save it for future use, then strain all the ingredients, pour it into a glass container and put it in a cold place - a cellar or refrigerator.

Happy drinking!

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Birch is not just a beautiful and graceful tree. Many people in the spring extract a very healthy and tonic drink from it. People often call it birch sap. This liquid is considered a storehouse of vitamins. Some gardeners preserve birch sap with raisins, oranges, mint and other fruits. However, this is not the entire range of recipes that can be prepared from this type of juice at home. There are many interesting options for such drinks made from this ingredient. The recipe with honey is especially interesting.

Classic recipe with raisins

Many housewives are wondering how to make kvass from birch sap with raisins. There are 2 main methods: classic recipes from ordinary raisins and more sophisticated options from dark raisins.

These drinks are prepared exclusively using environmentally friendly raw materials. To prepare them you need to take:

10 liters of fresh juice;
500 g sugar;
50 g regular or dark raisins.

First you need to clean the resulting wort from the remaining bark through several layers of gauze or through a sieve. Raisins for drinking must be pre-prepared, namely well dried. All of the above components must be mixed until some of the ingredients, in this case sugar, are dissolved. After this, it is recommended to cover the container with the future drink with a special lid with holes and place it in a warm and dark place for fermentation. As a rule, this process lasts at least 3 days. Already full-fledged kvass needs to be strained one last time and only then poured into small containers.

Birch kvass with raisins comes out very fresh and tasty. Experts advise cooling it before serving directly. The recipe for kvass made from birch sap with raisins is very simple and does not require special knowledge and skills.

Homemade kvass (video)

Kvass based on natural honey

The honey-based option is sweeter and extremely healthy. It is recommended to drink it to strengthen the immune system, so every housewife should know how to make kvass from birch sap with the addition of natural bee honey.

To prepare it you need to take:

fresh juice - 10 l;
3-4 lemons;
3-4 raisins;
yeast - 50 g;
honey - 40 g (more if desired).

Preparing the drink is a simple process. As in the previous version, it is necessary to carefully strain the prepared wort through cheesecloth or a large sieve. Squeeze lemon juice into the resulting liquid. It is very important that no remaining zest gets into the drink, as this, in turn, can contribute to the appearance of unpleasant bitterness.

After thoroughly mixing the birch and lemon sap, you can add yeast, honey and raisins. All this must be thoroughly mixed until the yeast and honey are completely dissolved. The resulting liquid should be poured into jars and placed in a cool place. Naturally, there is not enough space in the refrigerator for this, so it can be replaced with a cool cellar. After 3-4 days, the drink can be safely consumed. It’s easy to make such kvass from birch sap at home, and sometimes even useful, since it often helps get rid of a common cold.

How to make birch kvass (video)

Bread based drink recipe

Kvass made from birch sap with bread is, one might say, a purely masculine drink with a bright, rich taste. It is very reminiscent of the regular bread version, and sometimes even some dark beers.

To prepare this exclusive drink you should take:

2.5 liters of juice;
2-3 crusts of Borodino bread (another black variety is possible);
approximately 100 g sugar;
50 g raisins;
50 g coffee beans.

First you need to prepare natural coffee beans. Dry them a little and brown them in a dry frying pan without oil. Borodino bread can be dried in the oven at the same time. Place all the necessary components in a large jar, at least 3 liters, and fill with purified juice. After thorough mixing, you should put a rubber glove on the neck of the jar and pierce it with one finger.

After 2-3 days you will see that the glove will inflate like a balloon. This means that the drink is not ready yet. When it falls again, you can safely eat it.

Now you know how to make birch kvass with the addition of various components. Each of the above recipes is unique and interesting. Therefore, each person can choose for himself the best recipe for making this drink.

Birch sap is a healthy and tasty drink that is available fresh only in early spring. To preserve the benefits and taste, it is preserved in jars. But kvass is no less tasty and healthy. At the same time, all vitamins and microelements are retained in the drink.

Unfortunately, a freshly picked drink can be stored for no more than two weeks. Therefore, it is either canned or a refreshing and healthy kvass is prepared on its basis.

Useful properties of the drink and its components

Birch kvass is not only a tasty drink, but also an excellent disease prevention

Refreshing and healing kvass is prepared from a drink given to us by nature itself. Birch kvass is a real storehouse of vitamins and microelements. It contains:

enzymes;
iron;
organic acids;
vitamins;
magnesium;
calcium salts.

Birch kvass retains all the benefits, so it has healing properties:

strengthens the immune system and is an excellent prevention of many diseases;
helps to cope with colds faster;
normalizes the functioning of the intestines and stomach;
kvass helps cope with headaches;
removes harmful substances from the body;
effectively fights vitamin deficiency, increases vitality, adds energy and vigor;
has a diuretic effect;
improves blood circulation.

Harm and contraindications

Birch kvass is a healing drink that will give you health and energy

The drink, like the juice itself, from which kvass is made, is absolutely harmless. Almost everyone can use it, even children.

There are only two categories of people for whom the use of birch kvass is contraindicated:

people with individual intolerance to the product;
people who are allergic to birch pollen.

Homemade birch kvass recipes

If the juice is collected by yourself, there is nothing to worry about the naturalness of the product

Classical

Classic birch kvass is an excellent base for making okroshka

Ingredients:

freshly collected birch sap - 10 liters;
50 raisins;
granulated sugar 0.5 kg.

Cooking method:

Rinse the raisins, place on a disposable towel and dry.
Strain the juice, pour it into a barrel or other container, pour in sugar, add raisins and stir until the sugar crystals are completely dissolved.
Cover the vessel with a thick cloth and leave for 3 days in a warm place.
Pour the strained kvass into bottles, cap and store in the basement.

The drink improves immunity, gives energy and strength.

How to make it with barley

Birch kvass with barley will help cope with vitamin deficiency in early spring

Ingredients:

250 g barley.

Cooking method:

Strain freshly collected birch sap through gauze folded several times. We leave the drink in the basement for two days.
Fry the barley grains in a dry frying pan until slightly golden brown.
Attention! If the barley is overcooked, the kvass will taste bitter.
Pour the roasted cereal into the juice or put the barley in cheesecloth, tie it with a bag and lower it into the drink.
Cover the bottle with a cloth and leave it warm for three days. Stir occasionally. We filter the finished drink and bottle it. We close with corks. You can store kvass in the basement for up to six months.

You can prepare okroshka based on this kvass. This drink is an excellent prevention of vitamin deficiency and colds.

How to ferment juice with raisins

Kvass with raisins normalizes the functioning of the digestive system

Ingredients:

20 liters of birch sap;
granulated sugar - 1000 g;
100 dark raisins.

Cooking method:

Cover the sieve with gauze. Strain the juice directly into the barrel.
Add all the sugar and stir until it is completely dissolved.
Now add the washed raisins and leave the drink for four days in a warm place, covering the barrel with a linen cloth.
Strain the finished drink and pour into a clean, dry glass container. We seal tightly with corks and store in the cellar for up to four months.

Birch kvass with raisins has a beneficial effect on digestion.

With other dried fruits

Birch kvass with dried fruits is a real vitamin “bomb”

Ingredients:

freshly collected birch sap - 3 liters;
200 g raisins;
800 g other dried fruits.

Cooking method:

Strain the juice through a sieve lined with gauze directly into a glass container and leave it in the basement for two days.
Wash raisins and dried fruits (for example, dried apples) thoroughly and place in birch sap.
Close the container with a lid with holes, or cover with a thick cloth.
Infuse the kvass in a warm place for a week. The drink will ferment longer because no sugar is added.
Strain the finished kvass and pour into clean bottles. Seal tightly with corks and store in the cellar.

The beneficial properties of birch sap in combination with dried fruits make it possible to obtain kvass, which will replenish the lack of vitamins in early spring.

How to make with bread or crackers

Birch kvass with bread - a combination of traditions and benefits

Ingredients:

3 liters of birch sap;
half a glass of sugar;
a handful of raisins;
300 g of black bread.

Cooking method:

Strain the juice through a sieve lined with gauze and leave for two days.
Cut the bread into small pieces, place on a baking sheet and dry in the oven.
Place the crackers in a bottle, add sugar and add raisins. Pour in birch sap and stir.
Tie the neck of the dish with gauze and leave the drink warm for three days.
Strain the finished birch kvass and bottle it. Seal tightly with corks. Store the bread drink in the basement for up to six months.

The health benefits of wheat

Birch kvass with wheat will add strength and energy for the whole day

Ingredients:

10 liters of birch sap;
80 g sugar;
100 g raisins;
grains of wheat.

Cooking method:

Place the strained birch sap in a wooden tub or pour into a clean glass container.
Add sugar and add washed raisins. Fry the wheat grains in a dry frying pan until light golden brown. Also add it to birch sap.
Cover the dish with a thick cloth and leave it warm. When the fermentation process is complete and the drink acquires a pleasant sour taste, strain the drink and bottle it. Store in the basement.

Delicious drink with honey, lemon and yeast

Some housewives exchange lemon for orange

Ingredients:

birch sap - 5 liters;
raisin;
2 lemons;
liquid honey - 100 g;
fresh yeast - 50 g.

Cooking method:

Dissolve the crushed yeast in 50 ml of warm water.
Wash the lemons and soak in hot water for a couple of minutes. Wipe them with napkins and cut them in half, squeeze out the juice and strain it through a sieve.
Filter the birch sap and pour in yeast, lemon juice and liquid honey diluted in warm water. Stir until the latter is completely dissolved.
Pour the resulting liquid into a bottle, put a few raisins in it and cover with a cloth. Keep the drink in a cool place until the fermentation process is complete. Pour the strained kvass into bottles.

Birch kvass with honey and lemon will help you cope with colds faster. It is advisable to prepare it for the winter in order to use it as a composition to enhance immunity.

Video about the drink preparation option

Do you need a barrel for ripening?

Our ancestors prepared kvass, including birch kvass, exclusively in oak barrels. But today you don’t often see such utensils in kitchens, so it’s okay if you make a drink in a glass or enamel container. The taste and benefits will not suffer from this.

Attention! Do not use plastic containers for storage and fermentation.

Today it is almost impossible to find natural kvass on store shelves. As a rule, it is made with the addition of dyes and preservatives. You can only be sure of the quality of the drink if you make it yourself. To make birch kvass even more useful, you can add various medicinal plants to it. The drink will not only refresh you, but also give you health and energy.

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