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Five delicious recipes for uzvar (dried fruit compote)

Uzvar is a vitamin drink made of fruits and berries, most often – dried ones. In Ukraine, this drink is one of the 12 most important recipes of a Christmas table.

The dried fruit compote should be dark and translucent (not cloudy). Used fruits can also be served – top them with...

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Uzvar (Dried fruit compote) – Popular Ukrainian Christmas drink

Christmas is coming and I encourage you to cook the traditional Ukrainian drink uzvar that has a very simple yet refined recipe including fruits and berries that grow in almost every Ukrainian garden) In olden times, uzvar symbolized a good life: fruits meant fertility, while honey meant a sweet life.


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