Leftover bread and bread crusts are too good to be thrown away. This instructable shows how to make vodka from stale bread. Bread always played a role in the history of alcoholic breverages. 4000 years ago, the sumerians prepared beer from barley bread.

Apr 7, 2021 · Vodka is the secret to making great,workable pie crust that remains ultra-flaky. The alcohol suspends the flour particle, but doesn't dissolve the starch so the fat can still coat the flour particles and evaporate as it cooks to produce a flaky pe crust.

Oct 7, 2015 · Whether you add the smoky, intense flavor of a spiced rum to banana bread pudding or a rich porter to Irish-style fruit cake, alcohol can give flavor, moisture, and a tender crumb to your baked...

Mar 26, 2020 · As lately as hundred years ago bread vodka was used as a cure for many diseases. This drink was popular in Russia and Ukraine—in both countries there were enough raw materials for it. But then this fragrant moonshine was forgotten.

Mar 3, 2021 · A company in Sweden, Gotland Spirits, recently launched a new vodka made from pasta, bread, crackers, and milk powder that would otherwise be wasted. Toast Ale, a brewery based in the UK, uses bread that would end up in the landfill to make it beer.

Dec 13, 2023 · In Russia, after slugging back a vodka shot, it's customary to grab a loaf of bread and inhale. Sounds a little bizarre? Don't knock it till you try it. Sniffing bread is an exercise in...

Mar 6, 2018 · I’m guessing you want to try substituting a couple of tablespoons of vodka for a bit of the water, not making the bread with vodka alone. If you’re using just a few tablespoons of vodka you probably won’t have problems with your yeast.

Feb 18, 2021 · Baking with booze—such as bourbon, rum, port and vodka—can add additional flavor, texture and even change the consistency of many baked goods. Take pie dough for example, adding a splash of vodka produces a super flakey dough and develops less gluten in the dough than water.

Feb 13, 2019 · Investigating why Russian people sniff bread while drinking vodka offers a portal into the realities of Russian life at a time when sympathetic cultural insight is sorely lacking.

Dec 16, 2023 · In Russia, it’s the norm to sniff a loaf of bread after downing a shot of vodka. Seems odd? Give it a shot before passing judgment. Sniffing bread is essentially a scientific experiment, delving into the innatural relationship between …