How to make pretzels

Dried fish, dried squid, pig ears, smoked pork ribs – excellent snack to beer. An alternative to these traditional products can become croutons, home-made. The most remarkable thing about them is that due to all sorts of additives you can prepare crackers with different flavors and aromas. The cost of time is low, but the meal turns out quite original.

You will need

• • bread;
  • garlic;
  • salt;
  • hard cheese;
  • vegetable oil;
  • dill;
  • dry cream.

Instruction

1. Crackers can be made from any bread. The only condition is that the bread should be stale, otherwise it will be difficult to cut into equal pieces. Keep in mind that white bread crackers are softer than black. Slice the bread into approximately equal cubes or wedges. When cooking, the bread pieces are slightly reduced in size. Therefore, the cubes must be not less than 1 × 1 cm.
2. Place cut pieces of bread in the oven. Dry them at 200 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Remove from the oven and cook further depending on taste.
3. If you decided to make croutons with garlic flavor, then take about 3 cloves of garlic and 1 teaspoon salt per 100 g of crackers. Chop the garlic, grind it with salt. In a pan pour vegetable oil. Once the oil heats up, place in a pan with the croutons and grated garlic. Stir briskly for 1-2 minutes. Do not let the garlic burn. Hot crackers , lay out on paper towel to soak up excess oil. After the crackers cool, they can bring to the table.
   To prepare the croutons with garlic flavor you can still follows. The croutons while they are still in the oven, sprinkle with "garlic water". For its preparation mash the crushed garlic with the salt and dilute with boiled water.
4. If you want to get crackers with sour cream and dill, chop and grind with 1/3 tsp salt a bunch of greens. Add 1 teaspoon of dry cream and 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil. Steep the mixture for 20-30 minutes. And then strain. Put the breadcrumbs into the pan, pour on top of the mixture. Fry the croutons over medium heat with vigorous stirring for 2-3 minutes. Then place on towel until cool.
5. You can prepare crackers and cheese flavor. To do this, take a hard cheese, grate it on a fine grater. Pour into the pan a little vegetable oil. When the oil is well heated, put in the pan the crackers, stir and sprinkle with grated cheese. You can give the cheese a little fry.