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Uzvar
Dried apples and pears soaked, then gently simmered into an amber drink full of dried-fruit sweetness.
Classic collection version
For one serving
Ingredients
- Dried Fruit
About 25 g dried apple and 12 g dried pear
90 ml / 3.04 US fl oz - Water
Cold water
250 ml / 8.45 US fl oz - Honeyoptional
To taste; sugar works too
1 tsp
US fl oz amounts are rounded; use ml for exact measures.
Make it
- Rinse the dried fruit, put it in a pot, cover with the cold water and soak for 1 hour.
- Bring to a boil, then turn the heat right down and simmer for about an hour, barely bubbling, never at a rolling boil.
- Turn off the heat and sweeten with sugar or honey to taste; if using honey, wait until it has cooled to warm before stirring it in.
- Pour into a glass.
Behind the drink
A traditional drink at the Ukrainian Christmas Eve supper, served alongside kutia.
Recipe reference
Scaled to one glass from Smakplus's recipe for 12 (300 g dried apples, 150 g dried pears, 3 L water); the dried fruit's volume is estimated from its weight, and the original sweetens with sugar or honey to taste.
smakplus.com ↗