How to cook brushwood? Brushwood: a step by step recipe with a photo

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Many of us have eaten such a delicious dish. Brushwood is deep-fried thin strips made from unleavened dough. For the characteristic crunch, it got its name, since when eaten or broken, it makes a specific sound. This dish spread all over the world from Greece, where the monks ate it, as it was perfect for the lenten menu. So we will now remember or learn how to cook brushwood - a dish of both European and Asian cuisine.

Preparing brushwood for tea

Today we treat ourselves to a taste familiar from childhood. The delicacy will turn out soft, but with a crispy crust. By the way, keep in mind that this brushwood (crispy, tasty, appetizing) is not a lean product, unlike some other recipes.

To prepare the dough, we need: five chicken eggs, one glass of sugar sand, the same amount of sour cream, butter- 50 grams, one teaspoon of soda and s alt, one tablespoon of vodka, the required amount of flour, vegetable oil, powdered sugar for sprinkling the finished product. Now we offer you a step by step recipe on how to cook brushwood.

1. Beat eggs with a blender or whisk, then add sugar to them and beat again.



2. Add sour cream to the resulting mixture and whisk again.
3. Take butter, melt it and send it to the dough.
4. Sprinkle s alt and soda.
5. Pour out the vodka.
6. Stir the pre-sifted flour into the dough.
7. Now knead the dough, soft and divide into several parts. We will roll out a layer from each part. Pieces with which we are not working yet, close the cup. There is nothing for them to dry out.

Continuation of the step-by-step recipe for making brushwood

We continue to tell our recipe:

1. We cut each of the layers into several separate rectangles and make a cut in each of them. The result is something resembling a buttonhole, only a larger size. We stretch one end through the slot and that's it - our brushwood is ready for frying. Other figures can be made.



2. Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan and heat well. We choose a saucepan depending on the amount of oil. Either there is a lot of oil and the process will end quickly, or the container is small, there is little oil and we will fry for a long time. Fry our brushwood until golden brown on both sides.
3. From the indicated amount of ingredients, a fairly large amount of a dish called crispy brushwood is obtained.
4. Be sure to sprinkle the finished treat with powdered sugar.

Rustic brushwood recipe

First, a few tips on how to cook brushwood:

1. To make the dough elastic, do not abuse the water when kneading it.
2. And to make the brushwood crunchy, it is advisable to add a little vodka, rum or cognac to it.
3. Cut the dough no thicker than two centimeters.
4. It is important not to overdo it with sugar sand, otherwise the dish will darken when frying.



5. You need to fry it in animal fat or melted refined butter. Do not use margarine or butter as they are very foamy.
6. The finished dish can be sprinkled with honey instead of powdered sugar.

We need the following ingredients: three eggs, 150 grams of flour, vegetable oil, one tablespoon of strong alcohol, powdered sugar.

The process of making rustic brushwood

And now, having prepared the necessary ingredients and listening to the advice, we will prepare homemade brushwood. Step by step recipe:

1. Separate the yolks from two chicken eggs, then mix them with a spoonful of alcohol and one egg.
2. Pour the flour gradually, mix thoroughly, the result of such efforts should be a well elastic dough.
3. Leave it aside for 30 minutes, then roll it out into a thin layer, cut into strips and make different shapes.



4. In a deep fryer or a deep saucepan, heat vegetable oil and put dough forms into it in small portions.
5. Then fry until golden brown.
6. Put a napkin on the dish, and already spread the brushwood on it. Thus, all excess fat will be absorbed. Sprinkle the finished dish with powdered sugar.

Cooking brushwood with milk

Diversify our recipes for this crispy dish. Let's fry it with milk. Ingredients for five to seven servings: one and a half tablespoons of milk, two chicken eggs, two glasses of flour, one hundred grams of sugar sand, half a teaspoon of s alt, a teaspoon of vodka, vegetable oil, for dough - one and a half tablespoons, for frying - 100 ml.

And now the recipe for how to cook brushwood. Photos of the process will help you figure it out.

Step by step cooking recipe

Alcohol, of course, you can not add to the dish, but, as you already know, it will give the finished product a magnificent and characteristic crunch. So, how to cook brushwood:

1. Beat chicken eggs with a whisk, pour vegetable oil and milk into the same container, add s alt and sugar, then beat the whole mass until bubbles appear and a homogeneous consistency.
2. It's time to add flour and knead a soft, tender dough. After the process of its preparation is completed, we can immediately continue to work.
3. Sprinkle the table with flour and roll out half of the dough on it with a thin layer and cutit into strips three to four centimeters wide.
4. The length of these strips turns out to be large, we don’t need this at all, so we cut the layer across into two or three parts. Here in these small strips, in the middle, we make a small longitudinal incision.
5. We make bizarre figurines by threading one end into the slot.



6. After we completely use one half of the dough, roll out the other and do all the same.
7. We heat vegetable oil in a deep container, which we pour, not sparing that it is enough for free frying of our brushwood. Do not overheat the oil due to the possibility of its ignition.
8. We lower our products into it, we try to do it carefully and carefully. Let yourself be fried.
9. Fry for just a few seconds on one side, then flip over and cook until golden brown.
10. We take it out with a slotted spoon and send it to a dish covered with a paper towel or towel to absorb excess oil.
11. The brushwood in milk is ready. We wait a bit until it cools down, sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve. Bon appetit!