Khvorost is a traditional Russian crispy sweet which made out of dough, shaped into twisted ribbons and deep-fried. The name means ‘brushwood’, it was given because of similar look to a real brushwood and a sound ‘crack-crack’ when you bite the crunchy sweet khvorost. 🙂 Khvorost was very popular in the 18-19th centuries and commonly eaten among petty bourgeois, shopkeepers, clerks and students, who could gather and spend a little amount of money on this crunchy treat.
When pastry and confectionery industry progressed after 1930-50th, bringing more sweet products such as caramel candies and variety of cookies the khvorost itself became less popular.
Ingredients
3 egg yolks
1 Tbsp sour cream
100 ml full-fat milk
2 Tbsp cognac (or vodka)
pinch of salt
500g flour (white, all-purpose)
icing sugar for dusting
sunflower oil for deep-drying
Method
Whisk well egg yolks with sour cream, milk, cognac and salt. Adding the flour gradually to the egg mixture, knead a dough until soft, cohesive and no longer sticky (thus don’t add all the flour at once, or even add some if needed).
Place the dough in a bowl, cover with a towel or plastic wrap, let it rest for 20-30 minutes.
Roll the dough out on a floured surface to 1cm/0.4″ thick. Cut strips (2-3cm/1″ width and 8-10cm/3-4″ length), make a small cut in each strip and fold one edge into it.
Heat the oil in a large pan and cook khvorost on both sides until golden (1-2 minutes). Ready ones set on a paper towel to get rid of fat excess.
Sprinkle with a good quantity of icing sugar.
Sugar is not added into genuine classic khvorost dough , that helps to make it more fluffy; thus sprinkle lots of icing sugar or pour some honey over ready ‘ribbons’ .
Enjoy with a cup of black tea or milk, or leave some for the morning coffee! 😉
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I love fried dough, this recipe is so well written and each step explained with detail making it so easy to follow. Your photo’s are also gorgeous.
Thank you for such kind comment, Suzanne! I love it too, but it has so many calories and I’m trying to eat deep-fried food only few times a year 😉
How could these have ever become less popular?? They look to die for! Your photos are beautiful and I really want to make these now 🙂
Thank you!!! 😀 Nowadays you can go straight to a store and buy sweets, some people prefer this easy way..
Mila, these are gorgeous! Please send me a few dozen!! 🙂
😀 Thanks Patty!
I love it Mila, I would love “khvorost” now with my breakfast 🙂
It’d be my pleasure to treat you 😉
Oh.. This is a beautiful thing!! Yum!!! Thank you so much for the history… The perfect photos and instruction on how to make these delightful treats! This is a keeper… I will give them a try.. A perfect project for a weekend at our cabin.
Wonderful post!
Thank you! I hope you do give it a try! 🙂
They seems really good… I love these kind of biscuits!
Thanks! 🙂
Oh my gosh, Mila!!! These look amazing. We have something similar in Italy and they are so good. Some of my friends are Russian. Now I know what to make to surprise them. Thank you!
Thank you for lovely comment! 🙂
Thanks for introducing me to this delicious breakfast 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
You’re welcome! Enjoy! 🙂
They look so delicious and mouth watering!
Thanks! 🙂 It is tasty!
Oh wow!! They must be really nice!!! We have a similar thing in Italy called ‘bugie’ and I love them! They are typical sweets for the Carnival season. Lovely recipe, thank you!
Yep, they are simple&tasty with little effort 😉 Thanks for the comment!
🙂
How did i miss this post? Lovely lovely post. Very well explained, great recipe and pictures. Seriously how can such a treat become unpopular? Im luving it. 🙂
Thank you, Sadia! It’s very kind of you 🙂
These days you can buy or make so many new&modern sweets , that it’s easy to forget about old ones;)
Sooo true. 🙂
This looks so tasty! And I love how sunny, bright, and welcoming all of your photos are. 🙂
thank you so much!!!!
These look so pretty and interesting! Thanks for the little history lesson, too 🙂
You’re welcome! 🙂
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They look so good Mila!!! 😉
Thank you, Bonnie! 😉
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I’m glad you liked the recipe and shared it on your website.