DIY: Easy Beet Kvass Probiotic Drink

By Recipe Team

Kvass is a fermented drink with Eastern European roots and similar health benefits to kombucha. The Ukrainian and Polish iterations are more nutrient-dense, using vegetables like beets as opposed to stale bread as a base. It’s easy to make, and is super nutritious. For this recipe all you need are the beets, salt, water and time!

Further Food Nutritionist Commentary:

Fermented drinks are full of B-vitamins, and the anthocyanin pigments that give beets their signature ruby red color are potent antioxidants. Beet kvass blends the anti-inflammatory and antioxidants qualities of beets with the probiotic benefits of fermentation. In fact, the fermentation process enhances the already strong nutritional profile of raw beets, increasing levels of food enzymes and B-vitamins (particularly folate).

By Casey Giltner

DIY: Easy Beet Kvass Probiotic Drink

Prep Time:5 mins
Cook Time:Steeping time of 2-21 days
Servings: 2

Ingredients

2-3 beets (cleaned, diced into 1-inch cubes)

1 ½ tablespoons Celtic sea salt

1 cup water (boiled) + more for topping off jar

Instructions

Fill a 32-ounce mason jar with beets, leaving a one inch gap at the top.
Dissolve salt in freshly boiled water.
When cooled, pour water over beets.
Add additional boiled and cooled water to cover beets.
Put lid on jar gently and let sit in dark cabinet for 3-4 weeks (until tangy), opening to let out accumulating gas every day or two.
Strain and drink.

*For faster fermentation add ¼ cup liquid whey, which you can make yourself by straining a 16-ounce container of plain yogurt through several layers of cheesecloth. Gently tie the tops of the cheesecloth around a wooden spoon and suspend pouch above a medium-sized bowl until dripping stops. The liquid strained into the bowl is the liquid whey.

**Bonus: the solid left in the cheesecloth or towel after straining is now cream cheese!

Nutrition Information

Per Serving: Calories: 44; Total Fat: 0g; Saturated Fat: 0g; Monounsaturated Fat: 0g; Polyunsaturated Fat: 0g; Cholesterol: 0mg; Sodium: 900mg; Potassium: 337mg; Carbohydrate: 10g; Fiber: 3g; Sugar: 7g; Protein: 2g

Nutrition Bonus: Iron: 5%

3 thoughts on “DIY: Easy Beet Kvass Probiotic Drink”

jimbo May 14, 2018 at 1:59 pm
Once it’s finished fermenting can you refrigerate it and drink it when you feel like? Does that affect the probiotic content?
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