Greetings, dear readers! A week ago I went to tea with a friend, and she offered to cook croutons from a long loaf. While we were talking, she made a whole stack 🙂 I forgot that fried bread is so delicious - crispy, crumbly, moderately sweet and not at all fatty. The question immediately arose - is it possible to somehow diversify the dish? It turned out that it is possible and it is quite easy.

Croutons are perfect for breakfast or a quick snack. They are cooked in a pan, in the oven or in the microwave. eat like independent dish or added to salads, used as an addition to soups or as a crunchy snack with beer. They can be salty and sweet, with herbs or garlic.

No special ingredients are needed for cooking - the dish is prepared from what any housewife has in the kitchen.

How to cook sweet loaf croutons with egg and milk in a pan?

This is the most delicious recipe according to my household. Approximate cooking time is 10-15 minutes. The dish is suitable as a tasty and hearty breakfast for hastily.

What is required for cooking:

• 50 ml of milk;
• 2 chicken eggs;
• 5 pieces of white loaf;
• vegetable oil for frying;
• a pinch of salt;
• 1 tsp Sahara.

Step by step recipe:

1. Break into a bowl chicken eggs, mix them with sugar and salt with a hand whisk.

2. Pour in the milk and stir again.

3. Place the loaf slices in a bowl for about a minute so that they are soaked in the egg-milk mixture.

4. Pour a little vegetable oil into a frying pan, preferably non-stick, and put on fire. When the oil is hot, add the prepared bread and fry on each side until golden brown.

5. Place the finished croutons on a paper towel to remove excess fat, and then transfer to a plate.

Loaf croutons for Caesar salad - a simple recipe in the oven

In such a salad, croutons are traditionally put from white bread. But the recipe can be improved by making croutons with garlic and dried herbs. They will give the salad spicy taste and aroma.

Ingredients:

• 1 loaf;
• a mixture of herbs;
• 70 g melted butter;
• 2 cloves of garlic.

How to cook:

1. Combine the melted butter, dried herbs and minced garlic in a bowl.

2. Cut the bread into cubes, put in a separate bowl, pour over the prepared mixture - each piece should be well soaked. Stir until the mass is evenly distributed and place on a baking sheet.

3. Preheat the oven to 150-170 ° and put a baking sheet in it.

4. The maximum cooking time is 10 minutes. Be sure to watch through the glass. As soon as the bread is browned, it must be removed.

Finished garlic croutons with herbs can be used not only in salads, but also as an addition to other dishes. Some are happy to eat them as a snack with soup or use them as savory snack for beer.

Delicious croutons from a long loaf with sausage and cheese in a frying pan

According to this video recipe, you will cook the dish as quickly as everyone else. Its big plus is satiety. Perfect for a quick breakfast or as an accompaniment to soup. If you are not on a diet, you can eat it for dinner. Sausages can be used instead of sausages.

Crispy croutons with white garlic

The dish is cooked in the oven. The bread turns out crispy and at the same time airy, with a bright smell and taste of garlic. Cooking time is about 40 minutes.

What will be required:

• 5 cloves of garlic;
• 100 g butter soft butter;
• half a bunch of dill and parsley;
• cut loaf.

How to do:

1. Take dill and parsley, finely chop and mix with soft butter.

2. Spread the pieces of loaf with the resulting mixture.

3. Assemble the loaf - fold the pieces from smallest to largest, joining the oiled side of one to the dry side of the other.

4. Wrap the collected loaf in foil, place on a baking sheet and send to the oven, preheated to 250 °.

5. Bake 30 minutes.

Remove from oven and place on a plate, garnish with fresh dill. Serve with tea, hot milk or coffee. Bon appetit!

How to fry croutons with egg, milk and cheese?

This is a high-calorie dish that is not recommended for those who are losing weight. It has an excellent taste, although there is nothing unusual among the ingredients. You can take any cheese, even the cheapest. It will be easiest to grate hard, for example, Parmesan.

Required products:

• 50 g butter;
• 100 g of cheese;
• 200 ml of milk;
• 1 egg;
• a pinch of salt;
• Little sunflower oil;
• half a loaf of white flour.

How to fry:

1. Cut the banana into pieces about 1 cm thick.

2. Mix milk, salt and egg in a bowl.

3. Soak the banana slices in the egg and milk mixture.

4. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.

5. Put the pan on the fire, pour in a little sunflower oil and put 25 g of butter.

6. When the oil is hot, put the loaf in and reduce the heat. Fry until the underside is browned.

7. Turn over, sprinkle the ruddy side with cheese.

8. Put the rest of the butter in the pan and cover with a lid. Cook over low heat until cheese is melted.

9. Lay out the finished croutons in a single layer on a paper towel. This will help get rid of excess fat.

Cheese toast is a great breakfast idea for the whole family when there is absolutely no time to cook something.

Sweet loaf croutons in a pan - a recipe with an egg without milk

Children love this dish very much. It is moderately sweet, ideal for a child who is allergic to milk. Preparing very quickly - no longer than 10 minutes.

3. Fry until golden brown and turn over. Sprinkle immediately with sugar - a little, literally a small pinch on each slice.

4. Lay the toast on a paper towel to drain the fat.

Serve with tea, milk, coffee. You can not sprinkle bread with sugar during cooking, but grease them with honey or jam when they cool down a bit. It's also very tasty.

Don't know how to make croutons? Read my recipes, in which everything is painted in great detail. There are many types of this dish - salty and sweet, with eggs and without eggs, spicy - with spices and herbs, with onions or garlic. It is impossible to cover all of them in one article.

Dear readers, share your recipes in the comments. I will be very glad to learn something new. Very interesting - has anyone cooked such a dish in the microwave? If yes, then tell us how long it takes and what features of such preparation. And do not forget to share the article on social networks if you liked it. See you soon!

I do not know a single beer lover who has not heard of such an appetizer as black bread toasts with garlic and various sauces. This is one of the most inexpensive and favorite beer snacks. But not only with this drink they can be eaten with pleasure. Such delicious crispy croutons made from black or Borodino bread can also complement soup, for example, or some delicious salad.

Very tasty croutons are combined with potato salads or crab sticks. Have you ever tried eating with croutons? If not, then very in vain, on the one hand. On the other hand, this pleasant discovery is yet to come.

Many also tried crispy toasted black bread with garlic in various cafes and restaurants. They also like to cook this simple snack there, but usually it costs there like several whole loaves of bread, and on a plate you will get a couple of slices cut into sticks.

It is impossible, because of such a misfortune as an exorbitant price, to deny yourself the pleasure of crunching on delicious crackers. I think it is absolutely impossible to do this, but you need to take the situation into your own hands and cook real well-fried garlic croutons on your own at home. And have a beer party or maybe hearty lunch with soup or salad.

Well, by tradition, I will talk about a few very simple recipes, because even in such a matter as making toast, there are different options.

Garlic croutons from Borodino bread, fried in oil in a frying pan

Borodinsky is a kind of fragrant black bread with coriander or caraway seeds. It's a little sweeter than the classic rye bread and with less noticeable sourness, more dense and moist. Dark brown in color and with a recognizable smell.

If you want to make delicious black bread croutons, then try it with this bread. When fried, it is indescribably good. Various sour cream sauces with herbs are perfect for it, but also fresh garlic will be sufficient. You will get a very tasty snack for beer.

You will need:

• Borodino bread - 1 loaf,
• garlic - 6-7 cloves,
• vegetable oil for frying,
• salt to taste.

Cooking:

Cooking garlic croutons from Borodino bread is not at all difficult. This will take you 15 minutes, no more.

Take a loaf of fresh or yesterday's bread. Cut off the crusts from it, as when frying they will roast and blacken more, and then they will be tougher than crispy flesh.

Cut bread without crusts into sticks or slices of the size you like. You can make sticks of medium thickness, you can cut a flat slice into 4 parts, or you can cut it diagonally and you will get triangles.

Peel the garlic and squeeze it through a crusher, you can grate it on a fine grater. Leave one or two cloves for frying.

Put the chopped garlic in a bowl or mortar and grind with a few pinches of salt. Pour a teaspoon of vegetable oil into this salty paste. You can take sunflower or olive oil. We will spread the finished croutons with this garlic butter, so choose your favorite flavor of butter.

Pour more vegetable oil, preferably refined, into a deep frying pan, put the left garlic there, cut into large pieces and lightly fry until golden brown. Don't let it get burned. Once browned, scoop out the garlic cloves and set aside. Only pure oil with the smell and taste of garlic should remain.

Put some of the croutons into the hot oil in a frying pan and fry on all sides until a beautiful chocolate color and crisp. Be sure to flip.

Remove the finished croutons to a plate lined with paper towels to drain excess oil.

After that, spread salt on each toast and brush with garlic paste that you prepared at the beginning. Put the croutons on a plate in the form of a woodpile or a well. It will be beautiful and very tasty!

Brown bread croutons like in a restaurant - crispy on the outside and soft on the inside

For the first time, we fried croutons until a resounding crunch, but how to cook them if you want to have a crunch and leave a soft core. There is a little secret to making these croutons. Try frying and maybe you will become their real fan. For these croutons, we will take a round loaf of classic rye bread, also called Darnitsky. It is light gray inside, brown outside and has a slight sourness, but at the same time we have all loved it since childhood.

You will need:

• rye bread loaf - 1 piece,
• garlic - 5-6 cloves,
• dill, parsley and green onion- 2 branches,
• vegetable oil for bread - 2-4 tablespoons,
• vegetable oil for frying,
• salt and pepper to taste.

Cooking:

Cooking croutons soft inside and with garlic paste on the outside.

Let's prepare garlic paste so that while we fry the bread, it will infuse and give the maximum taste. Put the peeled garlic in a cup or flask of an immersion blender, lightly salt and pepper. Add sprigs of greenery there, you can cut them into 2-3 parts so that they are not too large. Pour in a few tablespoons of vegetable oil and grind with a blender until an almost homogeneous paste is obtained. Pieces of herbs and garlic may come across, but very small.

If it turns out too thick and does not grind well, then add a little oil. The final paste should resemble mayonnaise in thickness.

Now cut the round bread into large slices at least a centimeter thick. Don't use the humpbacks, it's better to eat them for lunch with.

Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan. Put slices of bread in a frying pan and fry until golden brown on both sides. Usually this takes no more than a minute. Don't let the bread turn brown.

Put the finished croutons on a paper towel and lightly blot the oil from frying. After that, take a butter knife and spread the hot croutons with the garlic paste that you prepared in advance. Spread the entire surface of the slice on one side.

Now take a sharp knife or bread saw blade and cut the slices into strips slightly diagonally. Arrange beautifully on a plate and serve with delicious sauce. They will be crunchy on top and soft on the inside.

Bon appetit!

Black bread croutons in the oven with chili pepper and cheese sauce - video

And this recipe is for those who like it hot, or rather spicy. As the name implies, here the croutons are offered not to be fried in oil, but to bake until crunchy in the oven. This will make them less greasy, but still just as tasty and crunchy, and maybe even tastier. Without arguing about which is better: in oil or in the oven, let's find out how to properly prepare and bake croutons and how to make an amazing cheddar cheese sauce.

Black bread croutons with spices - cooking in the oven

Another type of black bread that can be found in the store is Stolichny. This is a variety of rye wheat bread, it is prepared simultaneously from two types of flour, but it looks more like black, so I will put it in this category. It tastes different from Darnitsky or Borodinsky, but you can also make excellent crackers from it.

By the way, if you want to make small crackers in cubes or straws on your own, then Darnitsky or capital bread. Borodino is denser and moister, and crackers will turn out to be harsh when fried.

We will prepare small croutons with straws of black bread and spices to replace store-bought snack croutons. These are suitable for beer, and for soup and just like that it will be delicious to crunch. If you do not make it too sharp, then children can eat a little, but just a little bit.

You will need:

• black bread - 1 loaf,
• vegetable oil - 50 ml,
• salt - 3 teaspoons,
• dried garlic - 1 teaspoon,
• red hot or sweet pepper - 0.5 teaspoon,
• aromatic spices (for example, suneli hops) - 1 teaspoon.

Cooking:

To make brown bread croutons look like store-bought ones, cut the loaf into slices and then cut each slice into thin strips. Bread can be any of your favorite varieties, if you do not like Stolichny. The main thing is to make a thin straw with a side of no more than a centimeter.

Place the sliced ​​bread in a strong plastic bag.

Mix spices in a separate bowl. For such croutons, spices will need different ones. Dried minced garlic will give flavor, but will not burn at the same time. Pepper will give sharpness and spice, if desired, you can not put it, especially if you do not like spicy. But the most important component is a fragrant set of spices for cooking. various dishes. Very tasty if you add suneli hops. You can take a set for cooking meat or chicken. Suitable spices for marinating barbecue or grilled meat. Italian or Provence herbs. You can get creative and mix the spices yourself if you're good at them.

Pour the mixed dry spices into a bag with slices of bread, add vegetable oil there. Then tie up the bag so that an air bubble remains inside and future croutons roll freely. Shake the bag well to mix it all up.

Instead of a bag, you can use any container with a lid, a saucepan or a plastic container for storing food.

Did you know that vegetable oil is a solvent for spices. If the spices are put into the oil and stirred, they will reveal their aroma and taste even more and transfer them to the dish.

Preheat the oven to 140-150 degrees. Put the slices of bread covered with spices on a baking sheet in one layer and bake for 20-30 minutes. From time to time, lightly mix the future croutons and try them for crunchiness. Ready-made croutons of black bread should be firm, ruddy and break with a crunch.

Serve chilled as an appetizer different dishes just for the mood.

Do you cook salads with croutons? Do you eat soup with crispy croutons? Is it really necessary to use only store-bought croutons for this? Of course not. Let's cook delicious crunchy garlic croutons for soups and salads together.

By the way, according to the same recipe, white bread toasts can also be made, only to reduce the baking time of toasts in the oven, since wheat bread is more airy and dries out faster.

Let's cook garlic croutons, but keep in mind that by adding spices to them, we will get a separate snack.

You will need:

• black bread - 1 loaf,
• vegetable oil - 5 tablespoons,
• salt - 1 teaspoon,
• garlic - 4-5 cloves,
• spices to taste.

Cooking:

To make black bread croutons fragrant, start by making fragrant garlic oil. To do this, pour the required amount of oil into a small cup (you can take sunflower or olive oil), squeeze garlic into it. If there is no special crush, then use a fine grater.

Stir the oil with garlic, add salt. You can add aromatic spices if desired.

Cut the bread into small cubes. Then put them in a large bowl or saucepan. Now, stirring constantly, gradually add the oil with garlic. When you have poured everything, mix everything well so that each piece of bread is covered with oil.

Preheat oven to 150 degrees. Put on a baking sheet parchment paper, put bread cubes on it. Send to the oven to dry. Stir the croutons from time to time and check for readiness. Drying until golden brown and crispy can take 20 to 40 minutes. This will depend on the type of bread. Borodinsky will dry longer, and white will last 10 minutes.

Ready-made croutons of black bread can be safely served with hot soup, added to a salad or crunched like that, but with great pleasure.

Croutons are portioned slices of bread that are toasted different ways. This dish is perfect for a quick snack, breakfast or as an addition to the main meal. Today we invite you to learn how to fry croutons deliciously.

How to fry croutons in a pan with herbs?

Ingredients:

• wheat bread - 135 g;
• parsley - 1 bunch;
• selected egg - 55 g;
• whole milk - 10 ml;
• oil "Derevenskoye" - 55 g;
• spices.

Cooking

Break the egg into a bowl, add salt and beat thoroughly with a mixer. Then add milk and mix. Finely chop the parsley with a knife and pour into the prepared batter. Cut the bread into slices, moisten in the egg mixture and fry in melted butter on both sides.

How to fry croutons with egg and milk?

Ingredients:

• selected egg - 95 g;
• whole milk - 55 ml;
• loaf - 5 slices;
• salt - 2 pinches;
• oil "Peasant" - 10 g;
• ground pepper (black).

Cooking

Break the eggs into a bowl, pour in the milk, add salt, pepper and beat with a mixer. Melt the butter in a frying pan. Dip each piece of loaf completely into the egg mixture and fry until light brown. Serve the ready-made croutons hot with tea or freshly brewed coffee.

How to fry croutons with garlic?

Ingredients:

• - 155 g;
• vegetable oil - 15 ml;
• garlic;

Cooking

Cut the bread into pieces. Heat the oil and fry the prepared pieces on both sides in a pan. Cool the croutons slightly and rub them well with salt and garlic. We spread the appetizer on a dish and serve it to the table.

How to fry croutons from a sweet loaf?

Ingredients:

• loaf - 1 pc.;
• egg - 95 g;
• milk - 180 ml;
• sugar;
• vegetable oil;
• salt.

Cooking

Beat the eggs with a mixer with sugar and salt. We cut the loaf into equal pieces, dip in milk, and then dip into the sweet mixture and put it on a frying pan heated with butter. Fry the croutons until golden brown, and then transfer to a dish and decorate powdered sugar.

How to fry croutons from a loaf with cheese?

Ingredients:

Cooking

Before frying the croutons, we prepare all the ingredients: cut the cheese into plates. Break the egg into a bowl, throw in a small pinch of salt, pour in a few tablespoons of water and beat with a mixer. Melt a piece of butter, pour in vegetable oil and warm it up.

Dip each slice of loaf in batter, put in a pan and fry for several minutes until a crust appears. Gently turn the toast over, spread the slices of cheese on top, cover with a lid and fry for a few more minutes.

Toast has long been considered one of the best snacks for beer. They are tasty, natural, easy to prepare and inexpensive. If you still don’t know how to prepare croutons for beer at home, then I recommend that you familiarize yourself with the proposed recipes. We will look at options with garlic, cheese and just salty flavors.

To make delicious croutons for beer, it is better to take whole bread, and not sliced, as store-bought cuts are too thin. Stale bread is also suitable, as long as there is no mold on it. The optimal thickness of the slices is 0.5-1 cm. Thicker pieces are fried for a very long time and are inconvenient to eat, while thin ones burn, losing their taste.

salted croutons recipe

A good option for those who prefer a neutral beer snack that does not interfere with enjoying their favorite drink. We add only salt. Milk makes croutons softer without changing the taste.

Ingredients:

• bread (white or black) - 200 grams;
• milk - 1 tablespoon;
• butter (margarine) - 2 tablespoons;
• salt - to taste.

Cooking

1. Cut the bread into slices.

2. Moisten the slices with milk and salt.

3. Heat the pan, add butter (margarine).

4. Fry the slices until crispy.

5. Serve warm.

Plain salted croutons

Garlic sauce for croutons

A versatile item suitable for all toast recipes. If there are people in the company who do not like unflavoured croutons, then this sauce can be made for them. If desired, any seasonings and spices can be added to the composition.

Ingredients:

• sour cream - 30 grams;
• mayonnaise - 30 grams;
• garlic (optional) - 1-2 cloves;
• dill and salt - to taste.

Preparation: squeeze the garlic, mix all the ingredients in a bowl and refrigerate for 20 minutes.

Garlic Sause

Garlic croutons for beer

Garlic croutons have become classics of beer snacks, they are served in almost every bar, but they are no less tasty at home.

• bread (white or rye) - 500 grams;
• garlic - 2 heads;
• vegetable oil - 7 tablespoons;
• salt - to taste.

Cooking

1. Cut the bread into slices.

2. Heat the pan on the stove, pour in 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil.

3. On both sides, fry the sliced ​​​​slices over moderate heat until golden brown. On average, each piece takes 3-4 minutes.

4. Peel the garlic, pass it through a garlic press, mix with salt and the remaining 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil.

5. Spread warm garlic croutons and serve. From above they can be decorated with finely chopped greens.

garlic croutons

Croutons with cheese

The taste of processed cheese goes well with beer; many gourmets like this toast recipe. Instead of a frying pan, we will use the oven.

• bread - 7 slices;
• garlic - 7 heads;
• cheese - 100 grams;
• salt - to taste.

Cooking

1. Squeeze a head of garlic and salt on each slice of bread. Garlic is needed here only for impregnation, we will remove it before frying.

2. Fold all the cloves into one large sandwich so that they better absorb the garlic juice.

3. Leave for 5 minutes. Then swap the pieces in the pyramid, it is very important to do this for the first and last slices, which are the worst soaked. Leave for another 5 minutes.

4. Preheat the oven to 180-200°C.

5. Shake off any remaining garlic and salt from the slices that may burn.

6. Cut off the top crust, and cut the slices themselves into pieces of the desired length, for example, divide them into three even parts, and put them on a baking sheet.

7. Place the croutons in the oven. Estimated cooking time is 8-10 minutes. After 3-4 minutes, I recommend turning the slices over to the other side, so they are fried better. We need to get a crispy crust, but inside the bread pulp should not dry out completely, otherwise it will turn out not croutons, but croutons.

8. Grate cheese and sprinkle over hot croutons.

9. If the cheese has not melted well, then the cheese toasts can be placed in the oven for 1-2 minutes.

Cheese croutons

For everyone, croutons are known as slices of a loaf dipped in milk with an egg and fried in a pan. But few people know that in addition to this classic recipe There are many other ways to cook croutons. Croutons can be made with anything: with honey, fruits, berries, cheese, dried fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, poppy seeds, sausage, ham, sprats and other products. Depending on what ingredients are used, the methods of preparation also differ.

Most often, "complex" croutons (where several products and fillers are used) are baked in the oven. Well, the usual principle of making classic croutons is as follows: the egg is beaten with milk, sugar and not large quantity salt. Then slices of bread are soaked in the mixture and fried until golden brown on both sides in a pan. Ready-made croutons can be served with sour cream, butter, powdered sugar, honey or syrup.

Croutons - preparation of food and utensils

To prepare delicious homemade croutons, you need to prepare a bowl for whipping the milk mass, a whisk and a frying pan. Some recipes call for the croutons to be baked in the oven, so a baking sheet may be required.

If a whole loaf is used, it must be cut into neat, even pieces. They should not be too thick or thin. The pan must be preheated with oil, and if the croutons are baked in the oven, the oven must be warmed up properly.

Croutons recipes:

Recipe 1: Croutons

When it comes to croutons, the first thing that comes to mind is the very slices of a loaf soaked in milk and fried in a pan. This recipe describes just such a way of preparing classic croutons.

Required Ingredients:

• Several slices of a loaf;
• Milk - by eye (so that the mixture is enough for soaking);
• Egg;
• Sugar - to taste;
• Butter.

Cooking method:

Stir the sugar in the milk, then drive in the egg and beat the mixture with a whisk. You can add a little salt to the mixture if you like. Soak the bread slices in the milk mixture. Melt the butter, fry in a pan on both sides until golden brown.

Recipe 2: Cheese toasts

Very tasty croutons for breakfast. Any bread will be used, you can even use a not quite fresh loaf. The recipe also uses sausage, which, if desired, can be replaced with other ingredients.

Required Ingredients:

• Baton (ready sliced);
• Processed cheese;
• Doctor's sausage- 120-140 g;
• Butter;
• Milk.

Cooking method:

If the loaf is not cut, cut it into thin even pieces. Dip slices of bread on one side into milk. We pre-cool the melted cheese in the refrigerator, then grate it. We also rub the sausage on a grater. Mix cheese with sausage, throw a piece of butter. We put the mixture in the microwave for 30 seconds so that the cheese and butter melt and a homogeneous paste is obtained. Lubricate the mass of the pieces on the side that was dipped in milk. We spread the croutons on a baking sheet and send it to the preheated oven for 10 minutes.

Recipe 3: Honey croutons

This recipe is very similar to the classic way of making croutons, but there are a few nuances here. Here, vanillin is used for flavor, and instead of sugar, ready-made croutons are smeared with honey. Also, before frying, roll the bread in breadcrumbs.

Required Ingredients:

• Wheat bread - a few slices;
• Milk;
• One egg;
• The spoon breadcrumbs;
• A little honey;
• Salt;
• Vanillin.

Cooking method:

Whisk the milk with a whisk together with the egg, add a little salt to the mixture. Wet slices of bread in milk and roll in breadcrumbs. Fry the croutons in a pan until golden brown. Cool slightly and grease with liquid honey and vanilla. If desired, the croutons can be sprinkled with powdered sugar.

For the preparation of croutons, “yesterday's” loaf is excellent, as it is cut very well;

The most delicious croutons are obtained if they are fried in melted butter, and not in vegetable;

You should not keep pieces of bread in the milk mass for too long, otherwise the bread will soften and turn into "porridge";

For flavor, you can add vanillin to the mixture, some replace sugar with it. But in this case, the finished croutons should be greased with honey or sprinkled with sugar or powdered sugar;

If the croutons are fried in butter, the cooking time is slightly longer. Fire in this case needs to be done less;

Unsweetened croutons can be sprinkled with herbs and greased garlic cream sauce. Croutons for children can be served with jam or jam.

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Fry croutons: basic rules and delicious recipes

One word "croutons" can make our salivary glands work, because immediately the imagination draws pictures of delicious ruddy slices of bread with various fillings. Their aroma is remembered and there is a desire to go and cook this dish.

The beauty is that the ingredients for croutons can be found in any home. But to make them especially tasty, you need to know some cooking rules.

In fact, there is nothing complicated about this. To make croutons crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, it is best to use yesterday's loaf or bun. For some variations, ordinary slightly stale bread is also suitable. It can be used in both white and grey. But from muffin it is unlikely that you will get exactly what you need.

Cut bakery products into slices about 1 cm thick. Fry croutons in a frying pan, greased with oil.

During the preparation process, several questions often arise.

Bread can be fried in refined vegetable oil. In this case, it is better to grease the bottom of the pan with a brush. If you have poured a lot of oil, the chunks will need to be left to drain onto paper towels.

Toasts cooked in butter are tastier. However, such a dish will be more high-calorie and saturated with animal fats. To minimize this factor, you need to lightly dip the bread in melted butter, and then send it to a dry, heated pan.

It all depends on the type of bakery product and the composition in which it is dipped. It is impossible to say exactly how long it will take. On average, 2-4 minutes on each side is enough.

You need to make sure that the slices are reddened, but do not start to burn. It also depends a lot on the temperature of the pan. You need to fry on the minimum fire of a standard burner. If cooking for big fire, the bread will simply burn, and on too small it will turn into a pale cracker.

Toast is a universal basis for a variety of fillings and spreads. The answer to the question depends on their type. Cheese, of course, is placed only on hot bread. It is better to put butter on warm, but salads and sprats on cold.

There are a lot of recipes. The differences between them are mainly in the type of spread. But still sweet and spicy croutons you have to cook it differently.

This will require:

• loaf;
• eggs;
• milk;
• sunflower oil.

The loaf is cut into slices of small average thickness - 1-1.5 cm. A mixture is prepared in a bowl for dipping the slices. Depending on the amount of bread, the required number of eggs is taken. Then milk is added at the rate of 1 tbsp. l. for every egg. The mixture is whipped. It is best to pour the resulting liquid into a large flat plate.

We lay out the bread slices there and leave to soak in the egg, periodically turn over. During this time, pour a little sunflower oil into the pan. When it heats up, put the soaked loaf and fry until golden brown.

The principle of their preparation is slightly different. Bread should be dipped in melted butter and fried in a pan. The crusts of ready-made croutons are rubbed with garlic.

You can make small garlic croutons that are a great addition to both soups and salads. The bread is cut into cubes. A little oil is poured into the pan with garlic passed through a press. Put the bread cubes into this mixture and dry over low heat, stirring occasionally.

Ingredients:

• loaf;
• milk;
• butter;
• sugar or powdered sugar;
• egg.

For breakfast, you can cook sweet croutons. It is better to cook them in butter and dip for a few seconds in milk with an egg and sugar. They can be eaten with butter or jam.

Ingredients:

• loaf;
• processed cheese;
• salt pepper;
• oily smoked sausage;
• mayonnaise;
• egg.

The French loaf is cut into 1.5 cm slices. The grated processed cheese, finely chopped smoked sausage, mayonnaise with a beaten egg. We put the filling on the bread slices and put in the pan with the spread facing down. Then turn over and fry the croutons.

Ingredients:

• bread;
• fresh tomatoes;
• mayonnaise;
• boiled sausage or sausages (or any other filling).

First, fry the bread on one side. Then we turn over and put tomatoes on it (who likes it spicier, can replace tomatoes with ketchup), sausage or sausages, cheese and grease with mayonnaise. If you don't like sausages you can add mushrooms. Cover with a lid for a few minutes. Delicious breakfast ready!

There can be any number of ways to further use croutons. It all depends on personal preference and available products.

Here are some filling options:

• avocado puree;
• cottage cheese with garlic;
• cutlets;
• mayonnaise with grated boiled egg;
• fried mushrooms;
• toast with fried egg;
• various salads;
• mayonnaise, fried eggplant and fresh tomato;
• grated processed cheese with garlic;
• salty or smoked fish in butter;
• sprats grated with egg and mayonnaise;
• tomatoes under cheese with garlic;
• mayonnaise, smoked sausage and olives;
• sweet toasts with jam or jam;
• chocolate;
• fresh fruits and berries.

As you can see, frying croutons is very simple. With their help, you can prepare delicious dishes both for breakfast and for regaling guests. Everyone will find a recipe to their taste: with or without garlic, sweet, spicy or slightly salty. You can cook ordinary toasts in a toaster, but you can fry them yourself much more satisfying and varied.

Now you know how to fry croutons different ways in a frying pan, so hurry up to try out all these recipes or come up with your own signature version!

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Croutons - crispy breakfast

Along with scrambled eggs and scrambled eggs, oatmeal and other cereals, croutons are one of the most popular breakfast options. You can cook them in a variety of ways, which will be discussed.

Croutons are toasted slices of bread. This name for toasted bread was formed from the verb "to warm", but there is another version of its origin. According to the second version, this word was formed from the French "grains", which translates as "crumbs". The first version seems more logical and close to the point, but the second one is not far from the truth, since it is believed that croutons owe their appearance to breadcrumbs.

Rusks were prepared for the military as an option that had a longer shelf life than fresh bread, and were transported in large bags, finely chopped, and often crumbled during transport.

Toasts are present in different cuisines of the world: in French they are called toast, and in Spanish - torijas. The word “toast” is gradually taking root in our country more and more, but whatever you call toasted bread, it will still remain toasted bread. The most important thing is that it is tasty and appetizing!

You can cook croutons in different ways: from different types of bread, with all kinds of products. Conventionally, all their varieties are divided into two types: salty and sweet. It is the latter that are cooked for breakfast, and salted croutons are more often used for soups, salads, as an appetizer for various drinks. We'll talk about sweet croutons.

How to cook croutons

You can toast bread in many ways: in a toaster, in a frying pan, in an oven, over an open fire - this version of toast is usually cooked at picnics in nature. The most familiar and affordable way for everyone is to cook croutons in a pan, which requires oil. And butter can also be different - creamy, vegetable, sometimes croutons are fried on margarine.

Which type of oil to choose for croutons, everyone decides based on their own taste preferences: on butter, croutons turn out to be very ruddy and crispy, on vegetable oil they are more solid, and margarine gives them a peculiar flavor.

Both children and adults love sweet croutons, especially since they can be cooked with a wide variety of products - cottage cheese, apples, honey, in an egg-milk crust, with jam, etc. Croutons in an egg-milk crust are familiar to many since childhood - mothers and grandmothers spoiled many with this yummy from childhood.

Recipe for toast in egg-milk crust

You will need: 200 g of wheat bread, 1 egg, ½ cup of milk, 2 tbsp. butter, 1 tbsp. Sahara.

How to cook egg croutons. Bread cut into thin slices. Connect a raw egg with milk, add sugar, beat until smooth with a whisk or fork. Dip slices of bread in the egg mixture and immediately spread in a pan with hot butter, fry the croutons on both sides until browned.

Such classic croutons are probably familiar to everyone, and are reminiscent of childhood. With the help of various simple manipulations, you can improve and diversify the taste of these croutons: by adding a little vanilla sugar, cinnamon or other suitable spices into the egg mixture, replacing milk with cream, etc.

You can also modify this dish a little: fry the croutons on one side in a pan and, turning over, pour them with the remaining milk and egg mass - this dish can be brought to readiness under a lid in a pan or in the oven. In addition to the egg mass, various creams are suitable for pouring croutons - custard, creamy, etc.

Croutons prepared in the classical way can be served with any berries and fruits, putting them on croutons, you can also sprinkle such sweet sandwiches with powdered sugar, or you can grease the croutons chocolate paste- lots of options!

If almost everyone tried the croutons prepared in the above way, then the taste of croutons with apples and nuts is no longer familiar to everyone. And this omission should definitely be corrected if you have never tried such croutons, especially since it is extremely simple to cook them.

Recipe for egg croutons with apples and nuts

You will need: 200 g of wheat bread, 2 eggs, 1 apple, ¾ cup of milk, 2 tbsp. butter, hazelnut kernels, sugar.

How to cook croutons with apple and nuts. Cut the bread thinly, dip into a mixture of yolks, whipped with sugar and milk, put in a pan with hot oil and fry on both sides. Peel apples, remove seeds, finely chop and stew with sugar until soft. Grind the nuts and fry in a dry frying pan, mix with the apple mass, spread this mixture on the croutons on one side, put them in a mold and cover with egg whites whipped into stable peaks, bake until the proteins harden in the oven.

The taste of these croutons cannot be expressed in words - you must try them!

As a spread for croutons, you can use any jam, jam - it’s faster and easier, and if you still have time to prepare the sweet mass, then you can make it with any other fruit to your taste.

If not everyone has tried croutons with apples and nuts, then even fewer people know the taste of the following croutons.

Sweet wine toast recipe

You will need: 200 g wheat bread, 100 g vegetable oil for deep frying, 2 egg whites, ½ cup red wine, 2 tbsp. powdered sugar, vanillin / cinnamon to taste.

How to cook wine croutons. Dissolve powdered sugar in wine, adding vanilla or cinnamon to taste. Cut off the crusts from white bread, cut it into thin slices, dip the slices of bread in wine, then immediately dip in whites whipped into a lush foam and deep-fry or in a pan with plenty of oil. Such croutons are served hot sprinkled with powdered sugar.

In addition to this method, you can find many more unusual and delicious recipes cooking croutons. For example, next recipe allows you to cook less high-calorie, but no less tasty croutons.

sugar croutons recipe

You will need: 200 g of wheat bread, ¾ cup of water, 2 tbsp. sugar and butter.

How to cook sugar croutons. Dissolve sugar in water, dip the bread cut into thin slices and immediately fry in a pan with hot oil on both sides.

Incredibly fast and easy, and the result is light and tasty croutons with less calories than classic ones!

It is very easy to cook curd croutons: for this, cook curd mass, brush it on slices of bread fried in oil on both sides, sprinkle with sugar and bake in the oven until golden brown.

Many foods can be combined in croutons, for example, cheese and an apple.

Cheese apple toast recipe

You will need: wheat bread, apple, butter, cheese.

How to cook apple and cheese croutons in the oven. Lubricate the sliced ​​bread with a thin layer of butter, put a sliced ​​and peeled apple on top (no more than 0.5 cm thick), cover with a thin piece of cheese on top, put the croutons on a baking sheet and bake until the cheese melts in the oven.

Double gummy toast recipe

You will need: 200 g of wheat bread, 50 g of marmalade, 1 egg, ½ cup of milk, 2 tbsp. butter and breadcrumbs.

How to cook marmalade croutons. Cut the bread into slices, grease half the pieces with marmalade, cover with the remaining slices of bread, dip in an egg beaten with milk or water, bread in breadcrumbs, fry on both sides in oil until browned.

Can be used instead of marmalade various fruits, jams, preserves, cottage cheese and other sweet foods to taste - in this way you can cook many options for croutons.

Indulge yourself in the morning with a delicious crispy breakfast, and your day, started with such a pleasant touch, will definitely turn out well!

White bread croutons - how to cook delicious recipes with photos in a frying pan or in the microwave

This dish may play a role light snack, hearty breakfast, addition to salads and soups. At the same time, croutons are prepared very simply, quickly and from any kind. bakery products. Nutritionists advise eating them in the morning, so as not to harm the figure.

How to cook croutons

Conventionally, all recipes are divided into salty and sweet. The latter are prepared from muffin or white bread with the addition of sugar or honey. In addition, they can be served with jam, condensed milk or honey. Salted bread - the perfect snack to beer and addition to all kinds of salads, first courses. Since the preparation of toast involves the use of exclusively natural ingredients, it is preferable to replace store-bought snacks that contain harmful flavor enhancers with them.

This versatile product can be used as an independent snack or as a savory addition to soups and salads (for example, for Caesar). Preparing croutons in the oven from white bread is very simple: even an amateur culinary specialist can handle the process. One has only to choose the appropriate cooking option from the variety of existing recipes.

To bake bread in the oven, it is better to take white bread not of the first freshness, but slightly hardened. Cut it with a sharp knife small cubes(for soup), slices or straws for beer snacks. The thickness of the pieces should be no more than 1 cm. Put the chopped white bread on a baking sheet covered with parchment, sprinkle it with spices, salt and bake for no longer than 10-15 minutes at an average oven temperature.

How to make croutons in a pan

The most primitive recipe for croutons involves frying white bread in a pan. The product for this is allowed to be taken both fresh and stale. In addition, depending on the recipe, you may need eggs, butter, milk, and other ingredients. You need to cut the bread products into thin slices, and fry in a frying pan, greased with oil. At the same time, a dish cooked on a creamy product is tastier. However, such croutons in a pan come out with more calories than fried ones. vegetable oil.

This dish will be great hearty breakfast for kids and adults. In addition, fried bread is best option using a stale loaf or roll. Such an appetizer allows you to diversify the usual cuisine, adding spice to cream soups, different salads, and will also please lovers of a foamy drink, replacing harmful purchased snacks. The recipe for making croutons is simple and requires very little free time.

Croutons with egg and milk

• Calorie content of the dish: 179 kcal / 100 g.
• Cuisine: European.

This dish was prepared by poor English knights. The recipe for fried bread with egg and milk quickly spread to other countries and acquired many different cooking variations. Until now, toast remains a popular type of breakfast. Bread in an egg with milk, supplemented with powdered sugar or jam, can even replace gourmet pastry without yielding to her palatability.

Ingredients:

• egg;
• white loaf - 4 slices;
• milk - 50 ml;
• frying oil.

Cooking method:

1. Slice the white bread into 1.5 cm thick slices.
2. Separately combine the egg, milk. Beat the mixture with a whisk and pour into a flat dish.
3. Heat up an oiled skillet and fry. Start frying bread slices on it, while they must first be dipped in batter.
4. Each side of the toast should be fried until golden brown. Serve the dish for breakfast or an afternoon snack.

Egg croutons

• Cooking time: 10 minutes.
• Number of servings: for 1 person.
• Calorie content of the dish: 250 kcal / 100 g.
• Purpose: breakfast / afternoon tea.
• Cuisine: European.
• Difficulty of preparation: low.

For many, eggs are an indispensable attribute of breakfast. To diversify the morning diet, we offer to cook delicious and satisfying croutons. Fried Egg Bread is a simple, nutritious dish that's ready in minutes. To make croutons tastier and more aromatic, add boiled or smoked sausage, mushrooms, cheese, chicken meat to the proposed list of ingredients. How to cook fried bread with egg filling?

Ingredients:

• greenery;
• fresh loaf - 1 slice;
• egg;
• butter.

Cooking method:

1. Cut off a piece of white bread, make a recess inside it with a diameter of about 4 cm.
2. Heat the pan on the fire, grease it with oil and put the loaf here.
3. Fry the product on one side, then turn over.
4. Carefully pour the egg into the hole you made so as not to damage the yolk.
5. Season the dish to taste and cover the container with a lid. Fry croutons of fresh white bread until the eggs are ready. Finished tasty dish sprinkle with chopped dill or parsley.

How to make garlic croutons

• Calorie content of the dish: 235 kcal / 100 g.
• Purpose: lunch / snack.
• Cuisine: vegetarian.
• Difficulty of preparation: low.

Delicious garlic croutons for beer can be made from stale white bread, which is a pity to throw away, but you no longer want to eat it in its pure form. This appetizer is very much appreciated in France, where it is made from baguettes. The thickness of the sliced ​​bread should be no more than a centimeter, but not less than 5 mm. Too thick pieces are baked slowly, and thin ones burn quickly. Serve delicious fragrant croutons cold or warm to a foamy drink.

Ingredients:

• dried garlic - 1 tsp;
• butter - 3 tbsp. l.;
• dry parsley - 10 g;
• baguette / loaf - 6 slices.

Cooking method:

1. Pre-turn on the stove to warm up, setting the temperature to 160 degrees.
2. The butter should be melted, cooled and mixed with finely chopped herbs, garlic.
3. Remove the crust from white bread. Cut the pulp into cubes / straws.
4. Pour the sauce over the bread slices, transfer them to a steel sheet covered with parchment.
5. Bake the snack for half an hour.

White bread toasts with milk

• Number of servings: for 4 persons.
• Purpose: breakfast / afternoon tea.
• Cuisine: European.
• Difficulty of preparation: low.

Milk is used to moisten bread before it is fried, while the component gives the dish a pleasant taste. creamy taste and aroma. In many recipes dairy product an egg is added, but in this case it is proposed to abandon it in order to reduce the calorie content of the croutons. You can make breakfast more original and rich in taste by adding pieces of fruit, low-fat cheese or greens to the milk mixture. Below is a recipe with a photo describing how to make croutons with milk.

Ingredients:

• clean water - ¼ tbsp.;
• milk - 50 ml;
• loaf - ½ pc.;
• sugar - 50 g.

Cooking method:

1. The banana must be cut into thin pieces.
2. Dissolve sugar in warm water, then pour the resulting syrup into milk.
3. In a heated thick-bottomed frying pan, greased with oil, put the slices of bread soaked in the resulting mixture for a short time (dip them in the liquid for a couple of seconds, preventing the product from softening and falling apart too much).
4. When the bottom of the dish is browned, turn the pieces over to the other side.

Croutons without milk

• Cooking time: 20 minutes.
• Calorie content of the dish: 243 kcal / 100 g.
• Purpose: breakfast / afternoon tea.
• Cuisine: European.
• Difficulty of preparation: low.

If you have some bread left that has gone stale, don't rush to throw it away. From it you can cook delicious croutons with an egg without milk for breakfast. Toasted bread can be used as a base for sandwiches or as a full-fledged dessert dish with sugar. At the same time, it is worth serving an appetizer with hot drinks - cocoa, coffee, tea. It takes only 20 minutes to cook croutons, and you get a hearty, nutritious, appetizing dish to breakfast.

Ingredients:

• eggs - 3 pcs.;
• garlic clove;
• spices;
• white bread - 0.5 kg.

Cooking method:

1. Whisk the eggs with a fork/whisk. Salt, season the mixture.
2. Cut the bread into thin slices.
3. Pour a little oil into the pan, turn on strong fire.
4. When the dish is hot, dip each slice of bread in the egg mixture on both sides and place in a bowl.
5. Fry the croutons for a minute on each side.

Croutons with cheese and egg in a frying pan

• Cooking time: half an hour.
• Number of servings: for 8 people.
• Purpose: breakfast / afternoon tea.
• Cuisine: Italian.
• Difficulty of preparation: low.

Bread slices fried in a special mixture can be a wonderful breakfast for the whole family. Complementing the dish with vegetables and sausage, they will not be ashamed to serve even to festive table. lovers Italian cuisine it is worth trying to use cheese with a bright taste and complement the appetizer with basil or other herbs on own discretion. How to make healthy croutons with cheese?

Ingredients:

• white dried loaf - 16 slices;
• eggs - 2 pcs.;
• hard cheese- 0.1 kg;
• sour cream - 2 tbsp. l.;
• milk - ½ tbsp.

Cooking method:

1. Finely grate the cheese, garlic should be pressed through a press.
2. Separately, beat the eggs with a whisk to mix the yolks with the whites until smooth.
3. Combine all components in one container, add spices, sour cream.
4. Dip the bread slices in the mixture, after which they should be immediately fried in an oiled hot pan. Ready-made croutons of white wheat bread should be crunchy and golden brown.

Croutons for beer at home

• Cooking time: 20 minutes.
• Number of servings: for 2 persons.
• Calorie content of the dish: 280 kcal / 100 g.
• Purpose: breakfast / afternoon tea.
• Cuisine: Russian.
• Difficulty of preparation: low.

Salted croutons occupy a leading position among the popular snacks for a foamy drink. This product has a lot of advantages - it is inexpensive, easy to prepare, tasty and natural. To fry bread, it is better to take not sliced, but a round loaf. At the same time, even a stale product is excellent for cooking. Below is how to do classic appetizer for beer.

Ingredients:

• milk - 1 tbsp. l.;
• white bread - 0.2 kg;
• salt;
• butter - 2 tbsp. l.

Cooking method:

1. Bread should be cut into relatively thin strips (the optimal thickness of the pieces is from 0.5 to 1 cm).
2. Moisten the crushed product with milk, salt, season.
3. Heat the oil in a frying pan, fry the bread slices in it until a golden crisp appears.
4. Serve chilled with beer.

Sweet croutons with milk and egg

• Cooking time: 25 minutes.
• Number of servings: for 4 persons.
• Calorie content of the dish: 230 kcal / 100 g.
• Purpose: breakfast / afternoon tea.
• Cuisine: European.
• Difficulty of preparation: low.

Sweet white bread croutons make a great breakfast as they are hearty and quick and easy to prepare. You can serve the finished dish with milk, tea or coffee, complementing the dessert with cottage cheese, honey, jam or condensed milk. Toasted bread is also a great choice for a snack when you don't have time to cook something more complex. How to make a dish?

Ingredients:

• vanillin;
• egg;
• sugar - 1.5 tbsp. l.;
• milk - ½ tbsp. l.;
• loaf / baguette - 1 pc.

Cooking method:

1. Beat the egg with sugar with a mixer.
2. Add milk here (in the absence of this product, it can be replaced with low-fat kefir). Stir the mixture well again.
3. Cut the loaf / baguette into relatively thin slices.
4. Soak bread slices in milk-egg mixture, place on the pan. The container must first be lubricated with oil.
5. The croutons should be fried on each side for 1-2 minutes until the dish acquires a golden color.
6. Serve finished goods with apple slices and honey.

How to make croutons for soup

• Cooking time: 40 minutes.
• Number of servings: for 5 persons.
• Calorie content of the dish: 200 kcal / 100 g.
• Purpose: breakfast / afternoon tea.
• Cuisine: French.
• Difficulty of preparation: low.

Soup croutons are not just a nice addition to it, but also a part of the recipe that can spice up the first course. You can add them to any puree soups, kharcho, borscht, etc. Moreover, they can be cooked not only in a pan, but also in a microwave or oven. By choosing one of the last two cooking methods, you will reduce the calorie content of the product. You can choose any spices for this recipe to your own taste. How to cook lean croutons for soup?

Ingredients:

• oil for frying;
• salt, seasonings;
• garlic cloves - 2 pcs.;
• bread crumb - 0.3 kg.

Cooking method:

1. Cut the stale white loaf into medium-sized cubes.
2. Separately combine several seasonings, for example, basil, pepper, dried onion, thyme, rosemary, etc. Add salt here as well.
3. Push the garlic, fry in oil for a couple of minutes, stirring. Remove the container from the stove, cool the product, then drain the fragrant oil (you will not need garlic, so you can throw it away).
4. Place the spice mixture and oil in a saucepan, mix them with bread cubes, mix thoroughly and shake the ingredients so that the seasonings are evenly distributed.
5. Put the finished slices of white bread on a baking sheet covered with parchment, send to bake for 12 minutes at 170 degrees oven.

Croutons with sausage and cheese

• Cooking time: 15 minutes.
• Number of servings: for 5 persons.
• Calorie content of the dish: 310 kcal / 100 g.
• Purpose: breakfast / afternoon tea.
• Cuisine: European.
• Difficulty of preparation: low.

Croutons with sausage and cheese in a pan can be made for breakfast or afternoon tea, they are also served for lunch along with first courses. The cooking process is simple, so even a teenager can be trusted with it. Optionally, supplement the proposed list of components with any vegetables, for example, bell pepper or tomato, and herbs. How to cook hearty, fragrant, delicious snack?

Ingredients:

• spices;
• eggs - 2 pcs.;
• milk - 0.3 l;
• hard cheese - 0.2 kg;
• white loaf - ½ pc.;
• ham / sausage - 0.3 kg;
• frying oil.

Cooking method:

1. Cut the white bread into portions.
2. Whisk eggs with spices and milk until perfectly smooth (otherwise, some edges of sandwiches will be more salty, spicy than others).
3. Heat the skillet on medium-high heat.
4. Dip each slice of bread in the prepared mixture, then fry on one side.
5. Cut the sausage into small cubes, rub the cheese coarsely.
6. Turn the croutons over to the second side and put the sausage, cheese chips on the fried part. Cover the container with a lid, turn off the heat and wait until the cheese is melted. Ready meal decorate with greenery.

How to make croutons - the secrets of cooking

At least once, but every housewife should try to cook delicious homemade croutons. Choose from the abundance of your favorite recipe and do not be afraid to experiment. However, fried white bread can be spoiled if you do not know the intricacies of the process of its preparation. How to make a dish:

• be sure to keep track of the amount of oil in the pan: with an abundance of oil, the appetizer will turn out to be too fatty, and if there is a shortage, it will quickly burn;