Beet is a vegetable with a juicy root of a round or conical form with a dark red/purple color. When this veggie is cut in half and viewed in cross-section, you can see light circles. From the very outset people valued only leaves of this vegetable, not the roots. In the Ancient Rome they ate beet leaves soaked in wine and topped with pepper. Romans even paid a tribute to their owners with beetroot. To Ukraine beetroot was brought from Byzantium at the time of Kyivan Rus. This vegetable has...
Beet kvas
Ingredients: 1-2 fresh beets 3 l (liter) water a rye-bread crust 3 liter glass bottle Cooking Wash the beets, peel and cut them. Place the cut beetroot in the bottle and pour it with cooled boiled water (3 liter). Then add a piece of rye-bread in order to quicken the fermentation process. Leave the bottle in a cool dark place. When the kvass begins to fret, you will need to get the bread out. Your beet kvass is ready to drink. You can also use the beet kvass for...