This article is not about the legendary Ukrainian donuts. More about bruschetta. Bruschetta is an Italian folk dish - toasted bread brushed with olive oil and rubbed with a clove of garlic. In Russian - ordinary garlic croutons. I would like my article to be perceived not as a collection of recipes, but as praise for this simple and healthy snack, which is an excellent alternative to regular bread.

Personally I prefer simple option. I fry pieces of ordinary black bread, cut according to my mood, in an ordinary frying pan with ordinary vegetable oil. During frying I add a little salt on both sides. When the pieces of bread are browned and covered with an appetizing crust, remove them from the heat onto a plate.

I like to rub the croutons with garlic while they are hot, so that my fingers really burn. For normal people, I still recommend letting the bread cool a little. I grate the croutons with regular ones - I was lucky, I got them from my own garden. All proportions of salt and garlic are to your taste. That's all!

I prefer this one procedure. There is an option: first rub the bread with a garlic-salt mixture (in this case, you just need to crush the garlic in a garlic press) and then fry it. But, firstly, it turns out less acute (for some it’s a plus, for others it’s a minus). Secondly, fried garlic acquires a specific smell. It is not very pronounced and not unpleasant, but the natural smell of garlic is still better. Thirdly, I cannot help but remind you that after heat treatment, the beneficial properties of garlic are reduced.

Small lifehacks:

1. It is better to place the bread in a frying pan heated with oil. This way it will absorb less oil.
2. You can make garlic croutons from dried bread or loaf.
3. After cooking, wipe your hands with citrus fruits. They absorb well.

There is a cart and a small cart of different recipes for how people make garlic croutons. For example, some use exclusively Borodino bread, others sprinkle Provençal herbs, still others add toppings, and still others accept only garlic baguette or croutons for Caesar. Therefore, in this article it is impossible not to consider alternative options:

If guests come

There is a super quick garlic appetizer recipe. Cut the rye bread, sprinkle with garlic salt (dried granulated garlic + salt) and fry in a frying pan with butter. There is no difference in taste, and much less hassle. You can sprinkle grated cheese on top of the croutons.

If you have stomach problems

In a frying pan heated with butter (you can use butter), fry the coarsely chopped garlic cloves for 3-4 minutes. Then remove the cloves and “bring to mind” the chopped pieces of black or white bread in the melted garlic-butter mixture. The croutons have a light garlic aroma.

If you need more than just a snack

If you are going to eat garlic croutons as a main dish, you can put fish, tomatoes, ham, and herbs on them. The most suitable and satisfying fillings: canned food grated with a boiled egg, sprats + cucumber + mayonnaise, sour cream + cilantro and a tomato slice.

If you prefer the "light side"

Make a quick garlic baguette. The base is white bread, a roll or, in fact, a baguette. You need to cut them into pieces without cutting all the way through. Filling: finely chopped herbs + garlic (crushed or grated) + softened butter. Brush each piece of bread with this mixture and bake in the oven until golden brown.

Garlic croutons go especially well with any hot dish: borscht, soup, broth. Especially during the cold season. There is no need to remind about such a popular product once again, and everyone is aware of it. But I would be very interested find out your recipes and tricks for making garlic croutons, baguettes or bruschetta.

Recipes for making sweet croutons from white bread.

Nowadays there are a huge number of delicious confectionery products in stores, and at an affordable price. Many of us have almost forgotten the taste of homemade cookies and straws. And once upon a time, sweet bread fried in a frying pan was a joy for children. After all, in times of shortage it was difficult to find sticks or cookies.

There are many recipes for croutons in a frying pan. This option is considered Scandinavian. It was from those regions that the food came to us. You can prepare breakfast simply with milk or with the addition of an egg. This makes the dessert the most delicious and juicy.

Ingredients:

• 210 ml high fat milk
• Half a stale loaf
• A little sugar
• Butter

Recipe:

• Everything is quite simple. It is necessary to cut yesterday's bread into thin slices
• The ideal thickness is 1.5 cm. This way, the slice can be well saturated with liquid
• Next, pour the milk into a bowl and warm it up a little in the microwave.
• Add granulated sugar and stir until sugar dissolves.
• After this, melt the oil in a hot frying pan and wait until it sizzles.
• After this, dip the pieces in milk and place the slices in oil
• Keep on each side for 3-5 minutes

This breakfast is more delicious because the recipe contains an egg. It makes the taste of the bread more tender and rich.

Ingredients:

• 2 raw eggs
• 150 ml milk
• 50 g granulated sugar
• Half a loaf
• Oil

Recipe:

• Cut stale white bread or loaf into 1.5 cm thick slices
• After this, beat the eggs a little with a fork, you do not need to achieve foam
• It is enough for the yolk and white to become indistinguishable in color
• After this, milk is poured in and the mixture is sweetened
• Heat a frying pan to high temperature and add a little oil
• Now soak each bread slice in the substance for 1-2 minutes on each side.
• After this, place the pieces of bread in oil and fry until golden brown.

There are many recipes for making a sweet breakfast using dairy-free bread. The most popular are breakfasts with condensed milk and wine.

With wine

A very unusual and unusual recipe for our area.

Ingredients:

• 250 g bread
• 20 g powdered sugar
• 110 ml red wine
• Cinnamon, vanilla
• 2 squirrels
• Oil

Recipe:

• Initially, it is necessary to cut off the crusts from the stale loaf
• After this, the crumb is cut into thin slices measuring 2 by 3 cm
• In a small but deep bowl, stir the wine with powdered sugar and cinnamon.
• Now, in another bowl, turn the whites into a fairly homogeneous mass.
• There is no need to whip into foam. Dip the slices in the wine mixture and protein foam
• Place the bread strips in hot oil and fry until golden brown.

With condensed milk

Quite an unusual option for a sweet breakfast. It is prepared with condensed milk.

Ingredients:

• 150 ml condensed milk
• 50 ml boiled water
• 300 g bread
• Oil
• 3 eggs

R recipe:

• Cut the remains of yesterday's loaf into thick slices
• In a deep bowl, mix condensed milk with boiled water and eggs
• Now heat the oil, and when it starts to “shoot”, lay out the pieces of bread
• They must first be dipped in the milk-egg mixture and fried until golden brown.

There are also plenty of options for this breakfast. You can cook bread with cheese or vanilla. Croutons in a crispy crust.

Ingredients:

• 140 ml milk
• 2 raw eggs
• 300 g loaf
• Sugar
• 100 g hard cheese
• Oil

Recipe:

• Cut the remains of yesterday's loaf or bread into small cubes of the same size
• After this, in a bowl, turn the eggs with milk and sugar into a homogeneous substance
• Separately, turn the hard cheese into crumbs. To do this, use a grater or blender.
• Heat the oil in a frying pan. Dip cubes in milk-egg mixture and roll in cheese crumbs
• Fry the cubes until golden brown

As you can see, you can make a very tasty breakfast from bread and milk. Delight your kids with a recipe from your childhood.

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How to properly and tasty fry croutons! Use our tips!

1. It is best to use stale bread. Because fresh bread after cooking may seem soggy or undercooked inside. It is better not to use the bun for croutons.
2. It is important to warm up the oil properly. And this needs to be done before frying, so that the mixture of egg and milk in which we dip the bread does not spread over the frying pan.
3. Don't forget to keep an eye on the oil in the pan. If there is too much of it, the croutons will turn out greasy, and if there is not enough oil in the pan, they can burn.
4. Butter will make the croutons more delicate in taste.. However, to prepare it you will need more than vegetable, and this will significantly increase the calorie content of the dish.
5. You can use the oven. For example, when using additional ingredients, which at the time of preparation must be placed on top of a piece of crouton. Then the “cap” will not fall apart, and the bread will be well fried.

The classic recipe, inherited from brave knights, is completely unpretentious. Having practically not a penny to their name, these people were often content with what God sent or what they could ask for in the nearest taverns. They used: old bread, a pinch of salt, slightly sour milk, a stale piece of cheese, tomato trimmings, a slice of smoked meat, if the innkeeper came across too generous. A piece of bread was dipped in milk, well salted, in good times smeared with butter, then fried on both sides on a hot stone, and the finished crouton was decorated on top with everything that remained at the bottom of the bag.

Classic crouton recipe

The recipe for croutons with milk and eggs has survived to this day almost unchanged. But, the main thing is that now we can not be content with leftovers, but prepare a full meal (or snack), using the most affordable products.

You will need:

• eight slices of regular white bread or loaf;
• three tablespoons of vegetable oil (for frying);
• two medium-sized eggs;
• one glass of milk, optimally 3.5% fat;
• salt, sugar to taste.

Preparation

You can make croutons with egg and milk either salty or sweet, depending on your taste preferences. The cooking recipe will differ only in the amount of sugar.

If you have any mixture left when you put the last piece of bread in the pan, you can pour it in next. Fry also - 2-3 minutes on each side.

There are no irreplaceable ingredients

Long loaf croutons with egg and milk are a tremendous success not only because of the simplicity of the recipe and the almost instantaneous speed of preparation, but also because of the unique ability to replace any ingredient without losing the main taste! So, if there are not enough eggs and milk in your refrigerator, and bread and butter on the shelves, then use the following tips.

• Eggs can be replaced with... Bananas! If you are planning to make a sweet dish, then this fruit is ideal for creating a thick mass in which you need to dip the bread. And if you are planning a serious unsweetened breakfast, then dilute the milk with flour (smaller handful) or grated cheese (larger handful).
• Milk has a significant impact on the taste of croutons. In this regard, it is useful to know how to cook toast with eggs without milk. For example, kefir is suitable for a more tart taste or cream for a soft, refined aroma, and sour cream will give the “batter” a special fluffiness. In addition, the absence of this product in the dish can be compensated for by an extra egg.
• Both vegetable and butter oils are suitable for frying.. Even if you have margarine, regular fat, or there is juice left in the frying pan from yesterday's delicious steak, you are a kitchen wizard! And with a certain level of dexterity (and if you have good utensils), you can fry bread with eggs and milk without butter.
• As strange as it may seem, even bread can be replaced! For example, by first preparing simple crumpets from flour and water, which you will later dip into the mixture. But, of course, it is better to look on the shelves for a dried (but not moldy!) brick of bread, loaf, pita bread, bun or bagel.

Remember that only the lack of all the ingredients can stop you from preparing a regular loaf in egg and milk. But your imagination will suggest a recipe for a new unique dish!

Experiments with taste

As we have already found out, the process of preparing a fried loaf with egg and milk does not require any special skills, and the recipe does not contain any complex components. However, if you intend to surprise your guests (or your stomach), then add a few unusual ingredients to the classic instructions.

• Hard cheese will make the dish richer and add a little more crunch to the crust.. Don't forget to grate or finely chop it first. In addition, you can sprinkle cheese on an already fried loaf, first rubbing it with garlic or onion.
• Flour will satisfy your hunger with less bread. The main thing is to ensure that the mixture of eggs, milk and flour does not turn out to be too thick.
• A sandwich made from croutons can become unusual and very satisfying.. To do this, after the croutons, you can fry the sausage in the same oil.
• For those with a sweet tooth, we recommend a recipe for sweet croutons with milk and eggs. Ready-made croutons can be dipped in jam, preserves or condensed milk (it doesn’t matter whether it’s boiled or not), sprinkled with caramel or any other syrup that you have on hand, or smeared with honey or chocolate spread on the bread.
• Spices will allow you to play with taste. Ground cinnamon and vanillin will give the croutons an elusive aroma of a dessert dish, and powdered sugar will emphasize the sweetness of the upcoming tea party.
• Exquisite decoration for your table. These are croutons spread with cream cheese (or whipped cream) and topped with fresh strawberries (or other fruits of your choice).
• Croutons can be a great snack for beer or soup! To do this, you just need a little more salt, a little less milk and eggs, and, most importantly, don’t forget to cut the bread into cubes before cooking.

Even the most sophisticated gourmet can discover salty or sweet croutons from a loaf with egg and milk. Don’t be afraid to come up with something unusual; your stomach will definitely thank you for interesting combinations of foods and new taste sensations.

The simplicity of this recipe and the variety of possible cooking options allow croutons to remain a dish loved by both adults and the smallest knights. By the way, thanks to a simple culinary process, even a child can learn how to make croutons with egg and milk, and subsequently pamper you with these delicacies.

What could be simpler than garlic bread? But even here there are many options and cooking secrets. After all, it is necessary not to dry out the bread, not to saturate it with too much oil. You can cook it in the oven, but today we are planning on fried bread with garlic. This bread is very good served with borscht or broth. Beer lovers will be happy to treat themselves to this snack. If you cut the bread into cubes, these croutons are perfect for salads.

So, let's start cooking. For fried bread with garlic, obviously, these products are quite enough. But if we also want to prepare a delicious sauce, we’ll take sour cream and dill. It is better to take black or gray bread, although I think it would be nice with white. I already had the black bread sliced, and I sliced ​​the gray bread thicker.

Today we will prepare two versions of garlic croutons. The first one is the simplest. Slice the bread and fry in vegetable oil on both sides. In order for the bread to quickly crust and not absorb a lot of oil, it must be hot. Fry for about a minute on each side.

Place the bread on a board or plate and rub both sides with half a clove of garlic.

This fried garlic bread is great for making sandwiches with sprats, fresh vegetables or cheese.

Now let's prepare the second version of fried bread with garlic. Take 5-6 cloves of garlic, passed through a press, add half a teaspoon of vegetable oil and a pinch of salt.

Mix the garlic paste and spread it on the slices of bread. Place the bread in a stack and press down slightly with your hand. Let the bread soak for 10 minutes. After five minutes, swap the top and bottom slices so that they are all evenly soaked in the garlic paste.

After 10 minutes, scrape off the garlic paste with a knife, otherwise it will burn in the oil during frying. Cut the slices of bread crosswise, about 1.5-2 cm.

Heat the vegetable oil and lay out the slices of bread. After a minute, turn over and fry on the other side.

While the breadsticks are fried on both sides, let's quickly prepare a delicious sauce. Mix sour cream with finely chopped dill and two cloves of garlic, add a pinch of salt.

That's it, two versions of fried bread with garlic are ready. The scents are wonderful! I invite everyone to the table: some with beer, some with broth, and some just like that, with sauce - everyone will be satisfied!

With sauce - simply delicious! The croutons remained soft on the inside and had a wonderful, aromatic crust on the outside.

Help yourself!

Spicy fried bread can be either an independent snack or an addition to almost any dish. This treat originates in Italy and is similar to their national dish - bruschetta. They are toasted bread generously coated with olive oil and garlic. There are several types of such snacks, each of which differs in the method of preparation and filling. Russian croutons with garlic, cooked in a frying pan, are similar in recipe to classic Tuscan bruschetta.

There are many different options for making croutons. In one of these, the bread is fried in a frying pan after being grated with garlic and salt. It is worth noting that this method has some nuances:

• the final result will be less acute, which is not an advantage for everyone;
• garlic after heat treatment has its own specific smell, which is still not as aromatic as fresh;
• it loses its beneficial properties after frying.

Some people prepare them differently. The garlic is cut into large pieces and heated in oil in a frying pan for a couple of minutes, after which it is removed. Next, the bread is fried in the resulting oil-garlic mixture until golden brown. Many people cook garlic croutons in a frying pan only from a white loaf, sprinkled with various herbs.

Garlic croutons in a frying pan are most often made from rye bread, sprinkled with various herbs; this option is ideal for beer. You can also make croutons from a loaf or any other white bread or roll made from wheat flour. This option will be in better harmony with salads and first courses, especially with puree soups.

It is better to make croutons from day-old bread, as the bread will crumble when cutting. Do not make croutons from baguette, ciabatta and other types of bread that are very airy and have a lot of porosity inside; due to the porosity, the croutons will absorb too much oil and it will be difficult to cut them evenly.

We will prepare croutons without filling, but you can add filling and then you will get an excellent snack for vodka. You can put a piece of herring, grated boiled beet or processed cheese on top.

Previously we told you how to do it.

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Ingredients

• vegetable oil – 40 ml;
• black bread – 4-6 slices;
• garlic – 3 cloves;
• coarse salt – 2 pinches;
• dried oregano – 2 pinches.

How to cook fried garlic croutons in a frying pan

Take rye bread and cut it into slices. After this, cut off the peels from them.

Cut the resulting crumb into pieces, for example, in the shape of a triangle. This nuance is more of an aesthetic nature - some leave the slices whole, while others divide them in half or form bars.

Place the resulting pieces into a hot frying pan with oil. Fry until golden brown, then turn over and repeat the procedure. There are a couple of nuances here. Firstly, the pan must be well heated, otherwise the bread will absorb a lot of oil, which will affect the final taste of the croutons. Secondly, it must be refined, otherwise the bread will have a specific taste that not everyone will like.

After allowing them to cool slightly, rub the still warm croutons with garlic cloves on each side.

To get rid of garlic odor on your hands, you can rub them with lemon or other citrus fruits.

Sprinkle with coarse salt, oregano or any other spice to taste. Leave for at least 5 minutes to soak. After this, place homemade croutons on a plate and serve. You can sprinkle them with grated cheese on top.

Rye croutons with garlic are ready. To get rid of the unpleasant smell of garlic on your hands, you need to wipe them with any citrus fruit.