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Crackers have long been a popular delicacy and are usually eaten with tea. Gradually, healthy homemade crackers replaced purchased ones with different tastes and aromas. But after all, the composition of purchased crackers includes a variety of trans fats, flavor enhancers, preservatives and flavors that negatively affect the human body. You can replace such harmful fast food with the help of the same crackers, only in a home interpretation.

Benefits of homemade crackers

Homemade crackers not only do not contain harmful components in their composition, but also have certain useful properties. Homemade crackers contain a lot of fiber, which has a positive effect on the digestive system.

Also in the chemical composition of the product are the amino acid lysine, B vitamins, sodium, potassium, iron, calcium. In other words, all the useful and nutritious substances that fresh bread has are fully preserved after drying. Many nutritionists and gastroenterologists argue that crackers are much healthier for the body than freshly baked bread. It is thanks to the high usefulness and the complete absence of harm that the product began to be added to their diet by people who want to lose weight, as well as leading healthy lifestyles. It is worth noting that wheat crackers are less useful than rye crackers. Rye crackers contain more nutrients and nutrients with a low calorie content.

The product is easily digested by the body, for this reason it is often prescribed by doctors in the postoperative period, after serious illness or severe poisoning – a product with a high content of carbohydrates, therefore, it provokes energy production, while no overload is produced on the gastrointestinal tract.

The harm of crackers

In fact, the harm of crackers is minimal. The negative impact on the body can only increase due to a violation of production technology. No artificial additives are added to the product during the home cooking process, but the cooking process itself can turn the product from healthy to harmful. It is not recommended to fry crackers in a frying pan in vegetable oil, in the process of such preparation the product is saturated with carcinogens, which can provoke the development of cancer cells. The most useful and effective way to prepare the product is to dry slices of bread in a microwave or oven. After drying, it is allowed to sprinkle them with a little olive oil and add high-quality natural spices to taste.

Another harm to the product is its excessive use. It is difficult to eat a lot of ordinary bread, but crunching with crackers is easy, which as a result can provoke rapid weight gain. It is for this reason that even a healthy product is recommended to be consumed in moderation, without fanaticism.

Calorie crackers and BJU

Small pieces of white bread, which were given to dry, are a great snack, addition to breakfasts, dinners, they are often added to salads, cream soups, and if they are crushed, they are simply indispensable for breading.

The product is quite high-calorie, therefore, its use must be dosed.

One hundred grams of white bread crackers saturate the body with 331 kilocalories. As part of the product, BJU is noted:

• carbohydrates – 72 g;
• fats – 1,5 g;
• squirrels – 11

One hundred grams of rye bread crackers saturate the body with 336 kilocalories. As part of the product, BJU is noted in the amount of:

• carbohydrates – 70 grams;
• fats – 1 grams;
• proteins – 16 grams.

Chemical composition

You can cook rye or wheat crackers, which crackers are healthier? Let’s figure it out. Vitamins are noted in the chemical composition of rye crackers: H, PP, B9, B2, B6; minerals: cobalt, vanadium, copper. In the chemical composition of wheat crackers, vitamins are noted: E, PP, B2, B1 (positively affect the functioning of the cardiovascular system) and numerous minerals, including phosphorus, copper, iodine, and iron.

Fineness of preparation

There are an incredible number of recipes for home-style crackers, but the basic principles are unchanged. How to make crackers healthy and nutritious? One of the easiest and most reliable ways is to dry the chopped slices of bread in the oven.

During the drying process, the product loses at least 2/3 of the volume of moisture, therefore, the duration of drying will directly depend on the degree of humidity of the bread itself.

The temperature in the oven should be 120 degrees. The baking sheet is placed not in a cold, but in a preheated oven. On average, the product will reach readiness in half an hour. If you need to cook the product as quickly as possible, the temperature in the oven should be 200 degrees, but be sure to turn the crackers after 5 minutes, otherwise they will burn. Can crackers be cooked in the microwave? Of course you can, the cooking process will be much faster, the main thing is to choose the right mode.

Applications

Crackers are actively used in cooking in the form of croutons, crushed croutons or in the form of breadcrumbs. The toast will ideally complement cream soups, a variety of purees. To prepare a toast, a slice of bread must be fried in a pan with a small amount of olive oil, garlic, rosemary and other spices. Ordinary crackers perfectly complement vegetable soups, meat side dishes, salads with breadcrumbs and even desserts.

Breadcrumbs – dried pieces of bread in the oven and crushed into crumbs, are actively used in the preparation of such dishes as: cauliflower in breadcrumbs, chop in breadcrumbs, fillet in breadcrumbs, cutlets in breadcrumbs, Kyiv cutlet, etc.

How to cook? We prepare meat, minced meat or vegetables (marinate, season with spices), put a bowl with beaten egg yolk and a bowl of breadcrumbs, you can also use flour. First you need to immerse the product in an egg, then in flour, again in an egg, then in a bread crumb. If you need a thicker breadcrumb layer, you can do the breadcrumb process twice – but don’t get carried away, as the product may end up with a pronounced bready taste.

Recipes for making crackers with taste

Sometimes you want to eat something tasty, interesting, and at the same time harmless to the body. At such moments, you can cook delicious and fragrant crackers.

Method one: for cooking, you need to take one loaf of white or rye yesterday’s bread, 4 tablespoons of high-quality and natural tomato paste, spices, fresh parsley and dill (other types of greens can be added if desired), 4 tablespoons of high-quality olive oil. First you need to grind the bread into convenient oblong slices. Now we start preparing the dressing: mix tomato paste with spices, or mix olive oil with spices and herbs. Put the slices of bread on a baking sheet, grease them with the resulting dressings and send them to the preheated oven for half an hour.

The second way: for cooking, you need to take one loaf of yesterday’s bread, preferably rye, spices to taste, olive oil, garlic. Peel the garlic, pass through a press, mix with olive oil and spices. Lubricate slices of bread liberally with dressing, then chop into more convenient oblong pieces and send to an oven preheated to 120 degrees for drying.

Important – this option is not suitable for express drying at a temperature of 200 degrees, as the garlic burns and gives the product a bitter taste. In the process of cooking, the slices need to be turned over regularly.

The resulting croutons will ideally complement salads, cream soups, meat dishes, vegetable stews.

The third way is for beer: for cooking, you need to take one not fresh loaf of bread, spices, vegetable oil and herbs. Cut the bread into 1×1 cubes, mix vegetable oil with spices and herbs, pour the resulting mixture into a plastic bag, add bread slices there and shake thoroughly so that the dressing is evenly distributed over the bread. Before you tie the bag, you need to make sure that there is still air in it, mixing dressing with slices of bread will be much easier. Transfer the soaked bread to a baking sheet and place in the oven at 200 degrees for half an hour. Periodically they need to be turned over so as not to burn.

There are an incredible number of ways to prepare such a universal delicacy: with cheese, and sweet, etc. You just need to remember that the most important thing is a useful product, without the addition of harmful components. Use only high quality!