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Not to be confused with Compote.
- Polish heroin is also called Kompot.
Kompot is a traditional drink in Central and Eastern European countries. It is a light, refreshing drink most often made of dried or fresh fruit [1][2] boiled in water with sugar and left to cool and infuse. Western European compote is not directly related to the 300 years older Eastern European kompot, even if they seem similar in name and ingredients. The Eastern European drink originates from the time of the Ottoman Empire, it may be even the predecessor of the Western European dessert of the same name.[3]
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Uzvar
Uzvar is a kompot prepared from several kinds of dried fruits (original recipe features apples, pears and prunes[4]) and sometimes berries sweetened with honey or sugar. Uzvar is a traditional Christmas Eve supper drink in Ukraine, Serbia, Bosnia, Russia and some other countries of Eastern Europe. It is also called Dried Fruit Kompot in countries of former-USSR and in Poland (polish: 'kompot z suszu', 'kompot z suszonych owoców').
In other languages
- komposto in Albanian
- compot in Romanian
- kompotas in Lithuanian
- kompots in Latvian
- kompott in Estonian
- kompot in Bosnian, Polish, Croatian, and Slovenian
- kompot or компот in Serbian
- компот in Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Russian
- компот in Ukrainian
- Կոմպոտ in Armenian
- Komposta in Greek
- Hoşaf or Komposto in Turkish
See also
- Compote - the Western European fruit dessert common since 1600
- Compote (game dish)
- Fruit cocktail
- Fruit punch
- Tong Sui - the sweet dessert soup common in Asia (China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan)
References
- ^ Google Images results for "kompot"
- ^ Cherry kompot recipe at About.com
- ^ Food and Drink in Medieval Poland. Rediscovering a Cuisine of the Past. Page 153 - Recipe for pear and fig kompot originating from Byzantine Empire, Constantinople, 960A.D-1453A.D., the predecessor of the Ottoman Empire
- ^ Uzvar Recipe
External links
Categories:- Desserts
- Fruit dishes
- Bosnia and Herzegovina cuisine
- Bulgarian cuisine
- Polish beverages
- Polish cuisine
- Russian cuisine
- Slavic cuisine
- Ukrainian cuisine
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