Fruit Punch (Kompot)
Introduction: Kompot is a beverage dessert made of fruit boiled in water, sweetened with sugar and flavored with vanilla and cinnamon. It is specific to Eastern European countries and can be served cold as a refreshing beverage during the summer or warm as a warming dessert during the winter. In my childhood, my mother used to make it in the fall when the fruit were in season and preserve it for the winter. It can be made of any fruit or combinations of fruit.
Prepared and Photographed by: Claudia Davis
Cuisine: Romanian
Serves: 4
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Ingredients
- 2 apples
- 2 pears
- 2 red plums
- 2 peaches
- ½ cup of sugar
- water to cover the fruit
- cinnamon to taste
Instructions
- Cut the fruit in cubes, put them in a pot and cover with water
- Add the sugar and bring to a boil, boil for 10 minutes on low to medium heat
- Flavor with cinnamon, turn the heat off, cover the pot for few minutes to allow the fruit flavors to blend in the water
- Serve immediately warm or put in jar, store in the fridge and serve later cold.
Notes
You can add more or less sugar, all depending on your taste
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