Rye crackers at home. Delicious black bread croutons with garlic - recipe

• How and how much to dry crackers in the oven
• 2 Simple croutons in the oven from black bread
• 3 To beer with salt and spices
• 4 Spicy appetizer for a foamy drink
• 5 Rye bread garlic croutons
• 6 How to make with cheese
• 7 With chicken and tomato flavor
• 8 Black bread croutons with thyme

Black bread is a favorite on the table; sandwiches or croutons based on it are eaten first. Crackers are served with soups and general dishes, they are an excellent snack. Recently, it has become popular to buy rye crackers with all kinds of beer flavorings. And only economical housewives know that they can be made at minimal cost at home. Croutons prepared according to proven recipes in the black bread oven will become a favorite on your table!

How and how much to dry crackers in the oven

There are no specific recommendations in this regard, the time depends on the degree of freshness and type of bread, as well as the features of your oven. If you need more toasted crackers, you should fry them for more than 20-25 minutes, sometimes it's enough just to dry them for 10-15 minutes. Bread can be taken fresh or stale, and the second option will be easier to cut and dry faster.

Required Ingredients:

• black bread - 400 g;
• parchment.

Cooking:

1. Cut the bread into thin slices, the size can be adjusted at your own discretion.
2. You need to cut the bread with a special knife, then it will not crumble, and the slices will be even and of the same thickness.
3. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, if you're sure the bread won't burn in the oven, you can skip this step.
4. Spread the slices of bread on a sheet, scatter them so that they dry evenly.
5. Place the sheet in the oven, turn on the convection mode at a temperature of 180 degrees. Dry the bread for at least 20 minutes.

Simple croutons in the oven from black bread

Required Ingredients:

• a loaf of black bread.

Cooking:

1. Bread can be taken both fresh and stale. The leftover slices of black bread from the table will do. The economical hostess does not lose anything, everything goes into action.
2. Cut into slices of arbitrary shape, lay on a baking sheet. Remove crumbs as much as possible, otherwise they will burn during drying.
3. Bake in the oven at medium temperature. Willingness to determine according to taste.
4. Remove from oven, cool and serve.

If earlier you thought that making croutons in the oven is difficult - this is a mistake, they are easy and simple to prepare!

To beer with salt and spices

Required Ingredients:

• black loaf;
• small table salt;
• spices for meat;
• vegetable oil.

Cooking:

1. Cut brown bread into small cubes or strips. Put them in a cellophane bag
2. Add spices to the package, pour in vegetable oil. Shake the bag well to mix everything.
3. Pour the contents of the package onto the sheet. Bake in the oven until crispy.
4. Remove when ready, salt, let cool and can be served with beer.

Homemade croutons will surprise you with their crunch and taste. Be sure that they are prepared with love and without harmful flavors.

Spicy snack for a foamy drink

Required Ingredients:

• rye bread - 450 g;
• olive oil;
• hot ground pepper;
• coriander;
• salt.

Cooking:

1. Finely chopped slices chop into strips. If the bread crumbles, do not cut it too finely.
2. Next, you need to flavor the bread with pepper, it is best to do this in a bag, as in the previous recipe, or directly on a baking sheet. Sprinkle generously with pepper, coriander and drizzle with oil. The oil will cause the seasonings to stick to the bread, otherwise they will remain on the sheet.
3. Bake until crisp, remove, salt. Pepper if necessary to taste. Serve chilled with a foamy drink.

Rye bread garlic croutons

The combination of black bread and garlic is very successful. Believe that this appetizer will appear regularly on your table. And all because croutons are prepared from the most common products and quickly!

Required Ingredients:

• rye bread - 550 g;
• garlic to taste;
• salt, spices;
• vegetable oil.

Cooking:

1. Mix bread slices with butter and spices, sprinkle with butter so that everything is well bonded.
2. Squeeze garlic through a press, you can immediately put it on bread and mix. However, when roasting, garlic can burn, it will be much better if you squeeze the juice out of it through a sieve. Soak the bread slices with this juice.
3. Bake until crisp at an oven temperature of 180 degrees.
4. Salt the garlic croutons after the bread has dried, although you can immediately add salt if desired.

The aroma during the preparation of rye crackers according to this recipe will soar throughout the kitchen!

How to make with cheese

Required Ingredients:

• a loaf of rye bread;
• salt, spices;
• hard cheese - 150 g;
• vegetable oil.

Cooking:

1. Sprinkle slices of bread with oil, sprinkle with spices and send to bake in a hot oven.
2. Keep an eye on when they become crispy, the main thing is not to overbake.
3. Open the oven, pull out the frying sheet and sprinkle the crackers with finely grated cheese, so that it gets everywhere. To be sure, mix gently with a spatula, you need to act carefully, otherwise it is easy to burn yourself.
4. Close the oven, turn it off and wait for the cheese to melt.
5. Now it remains to cool the crackers and salt with fine salt.

With taste of chicken and tomato

The fastest way to get chicken-flavored croutons is to use a special seasoning that can be bought at the store. As for the tomato flavor, rye bread croutons can be mixed with dried tomatoes or ketchup.

Required Ingredients:

• rye bread - 600 g;
• vegetable oil;
• chicken seasoning;
• dried tomatoes or ketchup.

Cooking:

1. Mix slices of rye bread with chicken seasoning, sprinkle with vegetable oil.
2. If you use dried tomatoes, they are added along with chicken seasoning. If you want to give the breadcrumbs a taste of ketchup, mix the bread slices with the sauce. You don’t need to take a lot of ketchup, otherwise the bread will turn sour, it will bake for a long time.
3. Dry the bread until crispy, you do not need to salt them, since this ingredient is present in the chicken seasoning. Although, this is a matter of taste!

Black bread croutons with thyme

Required Ingredients:

• black bread - 450 g;
• thyme, salt;
• olive oil.

Cooking:

1. Cut black bread thinly, spread the slices on a sheet with parchment.
2. In a bowl, mix the ground thyme and olive oil. Grease each slice with a culinary brush, turn over to the other side and do the same.
3. Bake croutons until crispy, pull out and immediately salt. Serve chilled.
4. Thanks to thyme, the bread will smell great. It makes no sense to buy ready-made crackers, your own are much tastier!

Croutons are presented in the store in a variety of flavors. Flavorings and preservatives are a significant disadvantage of a product manufactured under industrial conditions. To enjoy your favorite food without harm to the body, cook your own crackers in the oven. If you know how to dry properly and what seasonings to add, the product will turn out even tastier than store-bought.

How to cook croutons

At what temperature. It is important to consider the quality and type of bread, as well as the features of the oven, gas or electric.

The temperature for making black bread crackers is a maximum of 180˚ C, white bread - no higher than 170˚ C, pieces of wheat bread - 160˚ C. Butter croutons should be baked at low heat, up to 150˚ C. Spicy croutons with spices are cooked at 200˚ C, but the baking time is very short.

How long. It should be borne in mind that the maximum period in the oven for butter crackers is 10 minutes. Black bread and rye crackers are cooked for about 20 minutes.

Food must be placed in a preheated oven.

Recipe 1. From black or rye bread

Fragrant homemade breadcrumbs are an excellent ingredient for first courses and salads, as well as an excellent appetizer.

Ingredients:

• black bread;
• 2 tbsp. tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• spices (Provencal herbs are best);
• salt.

Cooking:

1. Cut the bread into slices no more than 1 cm thick. Larger croutons will be difficult to crack.
2. Combine seasoning, salt and oil in a bowl.
3. Line a baking sheet with foil or parchment paper, place the bread sticks on it and pour over the herb butter mixture.
4. Place the tray in the preheated oven.
5. As soon as the crackers turn golden, remove them from the oven, pour onto a plate and let cool.

Recipe 2. For salads

Croutons prepared according to this recipe are perfect for Caesar salad.

Ingredients:

• 1 loaf (white bread);
• 1 clove of garlic;
• dried herbs or spices;
• butter.

Cooking:

1. Cut white bread into small cubes.
2. Pour pre-melted butter into a bowl and combine it with spices and chopped garlic.
3. Fill the bread cubes with the mixture. They should soak evenly.
4. After that, pour the bread onto a baking sheet.
5. Preheat the oven to 150-170˚ C, put future croutons in it.
6. Dry the bread in the oven for no longer than 10 minutes, periodically checking readiness.
7. The fact that the dish is ready is indicated by a golden crust that appears on slices of bread.

Recipe 3. For beer "Kirieshki"

For this recipe, you will need slightly stale white bread or a loaf.

Ingredients:

• 1 loaf (white bread);
• 1 st. a spoonful of paprika;
• 70 ml of vegetable oil;
• half a tablespoon of salt;
• pepper or mixture of peppers.

Advice! For those who do not like spicy dishes, it is not necessary to add pepper, croutons will not lose their taste.

Cooking:

1. Cut the bread, you should get neat cubes of the same size. Put them in a bowl.
2. Mix salt, paprika, oil and a little pepper.
3. Drizzle the spice mixture over the bread cubes.
4. Arrange the bread slices on a baking sheet and place in the preheated oven.
5. Cook at 170 degrees until a golden crust appears on the surface of the crackers.
6. Remove the finished product from the oven and pour onto a plate to cool completely.

Advice! If your oven has a convection function, be sure to turn it on. This will ensure more even drying.

Recipe 4. For beer with garlic

This option will appeal to lovers of garlic flavor. The minimum cooking period and the addition of spices at the very end - the aroma and taste are even more intense.

Ingredients:

• 1 loaf of black bread;
• 200 ml of vegetable oil;
• 1 garlic head;
• salt.

Cooking:

1. Cut the loaf first into slices, and then each of them into cubes.
2. Line a baking sheet with foil or parchment paper and sprinkle with bread slices.
3. Put in a hot oven and bake until a golden crust forms on the croutons at a temperature of 160-170˚ C.
4. Grind the garlic by passing it through a press ("garlic press"), combine with vegetable oil.
5. When the croutons are ready, take them out of the oven, transfer them to a plate and pour over the oil with garlic. Stir quickly.

Advice! Crackers prepared according to this recipe will be especially tasty with tomato sauce. Mix 1 tbsp. a spoonful of tomato paste with 3 chopped garlic cloves, 100 ml of water and 1 tbsp. a spoonful of vegetable oil. Salt and mix well.

Dip croutons in homemade sauce and enjoy!

1. Do not try to cut porous bread into small pieces, nothing will come of it, except for a mountain of crumbs. For this reason, if you want to get small crackers, then choose loaves and loaves with a dense crumb.
2. Slightly stale bread is ideal for making croutons. This is due to the fact that it is easier to cut it as needed.
3. Seasonings and spices can be absolutely anything, by trial and error you can create your own, uniquely delicious culinary masterpiece.

Appetizing ruddy croutons are loved by almost everyone. A crunchy treat can be a snack, then croutons are served with beer, soup or used as an addition to salads. And sweet vanilla crackers with raisins or poppy seeds are served with tea, milk or coffee.

Of course, today such a delicacy with any taste can be purchased at every store, but it will be much tastier and healthier if you cook crackers in the oven yourself. Moreover, it is so simple that even a child can cope with the task.

You can cook crackers in the oven from any bread. At the same time, it does not matter at all whether it is white or black, fresh or the day before yesterday. The only condition when using stale bread is that there are no traces of mold on it.

So, how to make croutons in the oven? We cut the bread into cubes. If we plan to use crackers in salads, then we make the cubes small. If we intend to just eat them, then it is better to make cubes with a side of about 2-2.5 cm. While we cut the bread, turn on the oven for heating, setting the thermostat to 180 degrees. Pour the bread cubes onto a baking sheet, put in the oven for 15-20 minutes. The time depends on how crispy and ruddy crackers you want to get. This is how simple crackers are prepared, but to make their taste more interesting, you can use a variety of seasonings.

For example, if you decide to cook savory crackers in the oven, then before you send the baking sheet with bread cubes to the oven, they should be sprinkled with finely ground salt, black pepper, dry paprika or curry. Seasonings can be chosen according to your taste. But if you plan to make sweet croutons for tea, then with powdered sugar (you can mix it with vanilla sugar or cinnamon) you need to sprinkle ready-made croutons as soon as you take them out of the oven.

Or you can show your imagination and cook fragrant garlic croutons in the oven, which can be served instead of traditional donuts. Half a loaf of white (or black, as you like) bread will require about half a glass of vegetable oil. It is best, of course, to take olive oil, but also pour this Oil into a bowl, squeeze a couple of cloves of garlic there, pour in dried herbs and put salt. Dried herbs can be anything - dill, parsley, basil. Or you can take a ready-made mixture, for example, "Provencal herbs" or a set of Italian spices. In fragrant oil, roll slices of bread (to prepare this dish, bread should not be cut too finely). Place the bread cubes on a baking sheet and into the oven. Bake until they are browned and have the desired firmness.

You can cook such an appetizer with cheese. To do this, you need to sprinkle almost ready crackers with cheese, which you need to grate on the smallest grater, and send them to the oven for just a couple of minutes so that the cheese starts to melt.

It must be said that dessert croutons are prepared not only from the sweet crunchy croutons of which are given below, they are baked like cookies.

So, let's break three eggs into a bowl and beat them with a glass of sugar and a teaspoon of salt, add a glass of sour cream and a glass of raisins to the mixture (can be replaced with nuts or poppy seeds). Mix a teaspoon (without a slide) of soda with the same amount of flour, add to the dough and mix. Add another 4-4.5 cups of flour to make a pretty tough dough. Let's let it lie down for about thirty minutes, then divide it into three or four parts and form elongated bars, shaped like French baguettes. Put them on a greased baking sheet and bake at two hundred degrees until cooked.

Then we take them out of the oven, cool a little so as not to burn ourselves, and cut them across into narrow slices. We spread them on a baking sheet and send them back to the oven so that the crackers dry and brown. Sprinkle the finished crackers with powdered sugar and cool, serve with tea.

We know from childhood that stale bread should not be thrown away.

A careless attitude to bread is a sign of disrespect for the hard work of grain growers and bakers.

Crackers with garlic - general principles of preparation.

There is nothing complicated in making garlic croutons at home.

The remaining piece of yesterday's bread must be immediately cut into slices, cubes, long sticks: bread that has dried completely is much more difficult to cut.

You can use figured metal notches, and cut out circles, hearts or stars from the crumb: bread figures will come in handy in order to surprise guests at the festive table. From them you can cook original snacks. Grate the remains after curly cutting, and breadcrumbs are always at hand. Useful, and not only for meatballs.

If necessary, a fresh loaf is also suitable for making garlic croutons.

Crackers with garlic can be made from wheat, rye bread and even from a bun. By the way, the combination of the taste of a sweet roll with spicy and salty spices corresponds to the classic food canons.

The taste of croutons, in addition to garlic, is given by other spices, and there is a lot of room for improvisation, depending on personal preferences for one or another spice. In addition to garlic, salt and pepper, garlic croutons will give a special flavor to garlic croutons:

• dill,
• Provencal herbs,
• coriander,
• cilantro,
• lemon peel,
• mint,
• celery,
• caraway.

When using dried herbs, it is advisable to grind them into a powder, then add to the oil. The leaves of fresh dill, celery and other herbs must be cut as finely as possible, and the stems crushed in a mortar with salt and vegetable oil, which will be used as a dressing. Remove the stems that have given their juice to the dressing, and sprinkle the finished crackers with finely chopped leaves.

Crackers can be fried even on a fire or simply dried in the sun. But more often they are cooked in the oven, in a pan or in the microwave. Briefly about the difference between the last three methods:

Crackers with garlic in a frying pan.

This method is convenient when you need to quickly prepare a small amount of crackers, for example, for cooking various dishes. Fry in a frying pan in small portions. It is important that the pieces lie on the bottom of the pan in a single layer: this way they will fry evenly and it is convenient to mix them. You can also cook croutons. When frying, vegetable oil must be well heated so that it is not immediately absorbed into the bread: the croutons will become too fatty. When the croutons are browned, turn off the stove, transfer the croutons to a dish lined with a paper towel and cover for 5 minutes so that they better absorb the smell of the dressing.

Croutons with garlic in the microwave.

With this method, dressing can be added to crackers immediately. Cooking in the microwave has one small drawback: crackers will not have a beautiful, golden crust on top. But at the same time, the cooking time is 1-2 minutes. Microwaved garlic croutons can be used to make salads, where other, brighter ingredients will attract more attention than croutons.

Croutons with garlic in the oven.

This way of cooking is very convenient to stock up for future use.

In the oven, it is better to bake crackers cut into cubes or sticks. They, like in a pan, need to be evenly distributed in a small layer in order to achieve the necessary golden crust. In this case, the oven must be heated to a temperature of 160 ° C and bake crackers for 7-10 minutes, until golden brown. Then turn off the oven and, opening the door, leave the baking sheet with crackers in the oven until it cools completely. In a hot oven, excess moisture from the bread will evaporate faster.

Crackers with garlic: dressing options

Dressing can rub crackers. It is convenient to do this with a silicone brush.

You can also sprinkle with the prepared spice mixture, but this method is more time consuming and does not guarantee that each piece will be evenly covered with the mixture.

The best option is impregnation. Spices, dissolving in liquid, are evenly absorbed into crackers.

For impregnation of crackers, you can use not only water, but also meat or fish broths.

Crackers with garlic: the main recipe for cooking

For 0.400 g of crackers:

Water (boiled) or broth - 0.070 ml

Vegetable oil (any) - 0.030 ml

Salt, pepper, garlic, spices - to taste.

Boil water or broth. Add salt, pepper of your choice, dry spices. Add fresh herbs to the water, after it boils, turn off the stove and add vegetable oil.

Put the cooked crackers in a plastic bag. Add 1-2 cloves of chopped garlic, finely chopped green leaves to the package for additional flavor and decoration of croutons. Pour the prepared dressing in small portions, constantly shaking the bag with crackers.

Tie up the bag and leave for 15-20 minutes so that the croutons absorb all the flavor of the spices. After that, the contents of the package should be poured into a suitable container and excess moisture should be dried in any convenient way: in a frying pan, in a microwave or in an oven. Moisture will evaporate in 5 minutes, while vegetable oil and garlic will retain aroma and freshness.

Croutons with garlic in the Autumn Nocturne salad.

Ingredients:

Beetroot, baked - 0.200 g;

Pitted prunes - 0.200 g;

Walnut kernels - 0.200 g;

Boiled veal (neck) - 0.200 g;

Crackers with garlic, white - 0.120 g;

Mayonnaise (any% fat) - to taste;

Salt, black ground pepper - to taste;

Greens - for decoration.

Cooking:

Clean the beets and cut into strips. Wash the prunes and pour over with boiling water (do not steam); cut along the berries, straws. Slices of nuts lightly fry in a pan, remove the bitter film, cut the kernels lengthwise. Boil veal in salted water, adding spices; cool and cut into strips along the fibers. Combine the ingredients, add salt, pepper, mayonnaise and mix thoroughly. Add white croutons with garlic (bars) and mix gently again.

Crackers with garlic from a rich bun are suitable for this salad.

Croutons with garlic in salad "Good husband"

Ingredients:

Chicken liver, fried - 0.300 g;

Carrots - 0.150 g;

Green onion - 0.100 g;

Red beans, canned - 0.150 g;

Pickled champignons - 0.300 g;

Sesame - 0.025 g;

Crackers with garlic (cubes) - 0.100 g;

Lemon (juice) - 0.025 ml;

Butter (melted) - 0.050 g;

Sugar, salt, chili pepper;

Dressing - olive oil with lemon juice and pepper; or mayonnaise (optional);

Greens: lettuce, parsley, basil (red) - for decoration.

Cooking:

Chicken liver fried in butter, cool, cut into large cubes. Prepared carrots also cut into large cubes, sauté until tender in butter; Sprinkle lightly with sugar to caramelize. Finely chop the green onion and drizzle with lemon juice. Drain beans in a colander, rinse and drain. Small champignons can be cut into thin slices, and large mushrooms into cubes. Put the chopped ingredients in a large container, add sesame seeds, mix, season. Before serving, add crackers and, gently mixing, put on a dish, garnish with fresh herbs.

Croutons with garlic in salad "Piquant"

Ingredients:

Hard cheese - 0.250 g;

Carrots in Korean - 0.100 g;

Sweet corn, canned - 0.200 g;

Fresh cucumber - 0.150 g;

Chicken egg, boiled - 4 pcs.;

Sweet apple - 0.100 g;

Cashew nuts - 0.100 g;

Green onion - 0.100 g;

Crackers with garlic, rye (bars) - 0.100 g;

Lemon juice 0.025 ml;

Dressing - salt, pepper, garlic, mayonnaise (to taste).

Cooking:

Lightly squeeze the marinade out of carrots in Korean style. Cheese cut into thin strips or grate on a coarse grater. Drain the corn in a colander. Wash the cucumber, also cut into strips. Remove the core from the apple, peel, cut into strips. The apple must be hard. Lightly dry the cashews in a pan. Cut the green onion into strips, sprinkle with lemon juice. Prepare dressing from mayonnaise. Mix the salad in a large bowl, add rye croutons with garlic.

Croutons with garlic in Tropicanka salad

Ingredients:

Black olives (pitted) - 0.100 g;

Green olives (pitted) - 0.100 g;

Feta cheese - 0.250 g:

Cherry tomatoes - 0.150 g;

Fresh cucumber - 0.150 g;

Salad pepper, yellow - 0.100 g;

Pickled squids - 0.250 g;

Crackers with garlic - 0.100 g;

Greens: lettuce, basil, dill.

For refueling:

olive oil (cold pressed);

lemon juice;

salt, sugar, chili pepper.

Cooking:

For this salad, you will need special croutons with garlic: they must be prepared from unleavened flatbread (pancake). Knead the dough from water and flour, adding a pinch of salt. The consistency of the dough is like for thin pancakes. Grease a frying pan with oil and bake pancakes. Roll warm pancakes into a tube and cut the noodles. Season pancakes with garlic, dill and chili pepper. Dry in a pan or microwave. “Noodles” for this salad are best prepared in advance.

Cut the tomatoes into four slices and remove the core. Peeled peppers and cheese cut into large cubes. Cucumber cut into half rings. Cut the squid into very thin strips and hold in the marinade (lemon juice + sugar) for 5-10 minutes. Cut olives in half. Mix all ingredients. Put on a dish, garnish with herbs and croutons with garlic on top.

Crackers with garlic - the subtleties of cooking and tips

It is always better to have a supply of food so that at the right time you do not waste time preparing or buying the necessary ingredient.

It happens that there is a lot of yesterday's bread, and croutons are not planned on the menu for today. After baking, the cooled pieces of bread should be poured into a storage container if you are not going to use the crackers immediately. Store in a glass container with a tight-fitting lid.

When there are semi-finished products from crackers in stock, preparing a tasty and fresh dressing for them is a matter of five minutes. In addition, fresh, and not overcooked dressing, relieves fans of garlic crackers from eating carcinogens. Unroasted vegetable oil will only benefit the body.

Garlic has a specific smell, which manifests itself in different ways, depending on the technology of preparation and storage of the dishes in which it is included. The old, suffocated smell of garlic and fried butter is not appetizing.

Vegetable oil, which is part of the dressing for garlic croutons, exhibits its worst qualities during storage: valuable polyunsaturated fats of vegetable oils turn into harmful chemical compounds.

When adding spices, do not be zealous in this matter. Spices should enhance the flavor of the dish, not overwhelm it. Especially the garlic.

If croutons are needed as an ingredient for a dish, it is important to consider the combination of spices added to croutons with garlic and the products from which the dish is prepared.

The range of choice of vegetable oil for making garlic croutons expands significantly if you make dressing without using heat treatment. In the "raw" form, sesame, mustard, olive, peanut oil can be used to prepare your favorite treat.

Food with bread is always tastier, and with crackers it is healthier: the yeast content in crackers is much less than in fresh yeast bread!