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How to make yeast at home
Yeast is used for baking muffins and bread, making kvass, home brew and even wine. Dry yeast can also be used for these purposes, but live microorganisms are much more suitable for cooking. The product is saturated with vitamins, amino acids, iron, phosphorus and zinc, which is very beneficial for the body, but it is living microorganisms that require more careful storage under certain conditions. Let’s talk about how to make yeast at home and what is needed for this.
How to make brewer’s yeast yourself at home
Brewer’s yeast is appreciated not only in cooking and brewing, but also in cosmetology, when women use the product as part of hair masks. For such procedures, it is important to use high-quality and natural products, therefore it is preferable to make the yeast yourself.
You can make yeast at home using regular products.
With some skill, the cooking process for this product is very simple. Ingredients are available at any grocery store. You will need:
- beer, preferably fresh and lively;
- flour;
- sugar;
- warm boiled water.
If everything you need is ready, take an enamel pot and pour in a glass of warm water.
- Add the same amount of flour to the water, mix thoroughly by hand or using a blender. Make sure there are no lumps.
- Cover the mixture with cling film and leave warm for about 7 hours.
- After the required time has elapsed, open the mass, add a glass of beer and a tablespoon of sugar to it.
- Bring the mixture to homogeneity again, cover with foil and return to a warm place.
It remains to wait a day, pour the resulting yeast into a small container and place in the refrigerator. The product can be used.
Preparation of wine microorganisms
An identical sequence of actions also applies to the preparation of wine yeast, which is widely used for the preparation of table alcoholic beverages. When wondering how to make wine yeast yourself at home, you only have to take care of a different set of ingredients. Instead of beer, you need unwashed, ripe berries that you can get hold of. It is better to cook in the warm season, because that’s when you can pick or buy currants, raspberries, blackberries. So, sugar, water and berries.
- 100-150 grams of sugar is poured into a container with a glass of warm water, 500 grams of crushed berries are added.
- The resulting mixture is thoroughly shaken, covered with a thick layer of gauze and placed in a warm place.
- Cooking time – 3-5 days, after the mass is filtered and the yeast is ready for use.
The shelf life of wine yeast is short and does not exceed 10 days.
We learned how to quickly and easily make live yeast at home. Stick to the correct ratio of ingredients, follow the recommendations, and the result will please you.