Top 5 recipes for concoction

uzvar is dried fruit compote. Uzvar is a universal and all-season drink, it tastes equally good in the summer heat (chilled) and in the winter cold. Also, in Ukraine, uzvar is one of the mandatory attributes of the Christmas table.

Smakota (Smakotainfo.com) prepared for you the most delicious recipes of this miracle drink – uzvar.

Traditional Uzvar

Traditional concoction – ingredients

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Traditional uzvar – preparation

Wash all dried fruits well and cover with water. Bring to a boil, and cook on the lowest heat for about an hour. Remove the concoction from the heat, cool to warm, add honey. We leave the decoction for 3-4 hours to infuse well.

Uzvar with dried apricots

Boiled dried apricots – ingredients

Brewed with dried apricots – preparation

Pour water into the pan. Bring to a boil, add sugar and well-washed dried apples. Reduce the heat and cook for 10-15 minutes. Add dried apricots and prunes, boil for another 10 minutes. Add raisins, cook for 10 minutes.

Leave the mixture to cool and infuse for 2-3 hours.

Weld with rosehip

Rosehip decoction – ingredients

Brew with rose hips – preparation

Crush the rose hips well with a rolling pin, pour into a thermos, pour boiling water (1 liter) and leave for a day.

When the rosehip infusion is ready, let’s start with dried fruits. Wash all the dried fruits well and put them in a saucepan, pour water (4 liters), cover with a lid and put on a low heat. Bring to a boil, and cook on the lowest heat for 10-15 minutes.

Remove the concoction from the heat and immediately add sugar. If you add honey, let the concoction cool down a little.

Let the decoction infuse for 2-3 hours, strain and mix with strained rosehip infusion. Add lemon juice to taste. If the drink turned out to be very saturated, you can dilute it a little with boiled water.

Spicy concoction

Spicy concoction – ingredients

Spicy concoction – preparation

Pour sugar with water, put on fire, bring to a boil. Add dried pears, after 5 minutes – apples, after another 5 minutes, dried cherries and prunes, and after another 5 minutes, raisins. Boil the concoction on the lowest heat.

When all the dried fruits become soft, add cloves and cinnamon, let it boil a little, squeeze the juice from half a lemon and put the lemon itself in the mixture. Remove the concoction from the heat and let it infuse for 5-6 hours.

Brew with hawthorn, thorn, and rosehip

Decoction with hawthorn, thorn, and rosehip – ingredients

Decoction with hawthorn, thorn, and rose hip – preparation

Dry berries and fruits are washed well. We put them in a separate container and pour water so that the water barely covers them. We leave them for 2-3 hours.

Pour water into the pot and bring it to a boil, pour the soaked berries and dried fruits into it together with the water in which they were soaked. Bring the broth to a boil, reduce the heat and cover the pot with a lid, leaving a gap between the pot and the lid. Cook for 20-25 minutes.

Remove the pan from the heat, wrap well and leave for 5-6 hours. Before consumption, add honey or sugar to taste.