Nettle kvass can be called a real elixir of health, as during the preparation it absorbs all the useful properties of the main ingredient. He perfectly quenches thirst on a hot day and at the same time fills the human body with incredibly useful substances. Today we offer you a recipe of kvass from nettles in the classical version, as well as several of its interpretations.
. What is the benefit of this drink?
Any kvass has a positive effect on the body - it tones up, refreshes, stimulates appetite and improves digestion. And nettles, being a curative plant, fills this drink with important substances for the human body, which significantly enhances its usefulness.
Note! One of the most amazing properties of kvass is its ability to significantly reduce cravings for alcohol, while it itself contains a small amount of alcohol.
The use of kvass from nettles can have the following effect:
- improve heart function;
- help with hypertension;
- to eliminate kidney and liver diseases;
- normalize the work of the nervous system;
- to improve cerebral circulation;
- help get rid of excess weight.
Cooking and enjoying!
For preparation of kvass, it is necessary to prepare May nettle, since it will concentrate the greatest amount of useful components, and the drink itself will be able to fully reveal its medicinal properties.
Important! Never use a plant with yellow or slightly yellowed leaves - this product is characterized by a low content of valuable substances!
Classic recipe
Prepare ingredients:
- 1 liter of nettle leaves;
- 3 tablespoons sweetener( honey, sugar);
- 3 liters of water.
The cooking process.
- Wash out the leaves under running water, finely chop with a knife, fold in a jar with a capacity of 3 liters, slightly crush.
- Add the sweetener.
- Three liters of water to bring to a boil and pour into a jar.
- Tie a neck gauze and transfer to a warm shaded place.
- Leave for 3 days.
- To profile.
Nettle kvass with beet
Prepare ingredients:
- 1/3 part of a three-liter can of fresh nettle leaves;
- 1 medium beet;
- 3 tablespoons of sugar or honey;
- 15 g yeast;
- 3 liters of water.
The cooking process.
- Wash the washed leaves in a jar and lightly crush.
- Beets should be cleaned, boiled or baked until cooked. Beetroot broth pour into a jar of greens. Cut the beet into small pieces and poison there.
- Yeast dilute and enter into the drink.
Important! The bank should be filled with liquid up to the top!
- Transfer to a shaded warm place and leave for two days.
- To profile.
Nettle kvass with raspberry leaves
Prepare ingredients:
- 200 g of nettle leaves;
- 100 leaves of raspberry;
- 50 g of sugar or honey;
- 10 g yeast;
- 3 liters of water.
The cooking process.
- Combine leaves, rinse with plenty of water, cut with a knife and fold into a three-liter jar.
Recommendation! In this recipe you should use only young crimson leaves!
- Boil water and add greens.
- Put sugar and yeast.
- Transfer the container to a shaded warm place and leave it for three days.
- To profile.
Nettle kvass with ginger
Prepare ingredients:
- 4 liters of nettle leaves;
- 1 liter of sugar;
- 3 lemons;
- 5 cm of ginger root;
- 25 g yeast;
- about 10 liters of water.
The cooking process.
- Leaflets rinse, discard in a colander, after the excess liquid drains cut them with a knife and put in a pan.
- Lemons arbitrarily cut and add to greens.
- The ginger root is peeled, chopped and sent to the rest of the ingredients.
- Put the pan on the fire, bring the contents to a boil and cook for 20 minutes.
- The resulting broth is poured over gauze into another 10-liter pot.
- Add sugar, boiled leaves, mix, cool.
- In a cold liquid, enter the yeast.
- Transfer the container from kvass to a shaded warm place and leave it for 3-4 days.
- After this period, put the pan in a cooler place and leave there for another 4 days.
Recommendation! If in the warmth kvass began to wander before the specified time, then in the cold it can be transferred a little earlier.
The finished drink should be filtered, poured into bottles that are convenient for you, tightly closed and stored in the refrigerator.
If you are preparing nettle kvass for medicinal purposes, then remember that it is preferably consumed on an empty stomach for 30 days. In this way the maximum effect will be achieved.