The Lithuanians: Recipe: Gira a Lithuanian Drink

Gira, a year round Lithuanian drink

5 liters
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Ingredients:

• kmynus Caraway
  Razinos raisins
  cukrus sugar .5 kilogram
  mieles yeast 7 grams dry yeast
  7 liters boiling water
  oven toasted [roasted] 7 slices black [rye] bread
  10 minutes pritraukti - infuse [steep]
  after a while Gira reaches room temperature
• add sugar, and stir
• add dry yeast
  then let stand about 4 hours - but no longer - could start to ferment
  Let it cool in the refrigerator
  
• Housewives made this drink from "nothing" like stale bread - dried in the oven
  Can also be made with other base ingredients instead of bread,
• kviečių / wheat, miežių / barley, miltu / flour,
• džiovintais vaisais / Dried fruits
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