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Dried Fruit Kompot or Kompot z Suszonych Owocow

December 8, 2017 by Lois Britton 5 Comments

Dried Fruit Kompot or Kompot z Suszonych Owocow is often one of the twelve traditional dishes for Christmas Eve or Wigilia in Poland. After simmering dried fruit, spices, and sugar or honey, the “broth” is strained off to served as a holiday beverage.

The remaining, now re-hydrated fruit can be served as a stewed fruit, with yogurt, on oatmeal, or, I believe, some even serve it with pasta. I have to tell you, that I fixed this out of curiosity even though I didn’t expect to like Dried Fruit Compote. I half expected the fruit and liquid to taste like the canned fruit cocktail of my childhood. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Dried Fruit Kompot or Kompot z Suszonych Owocow, an elegant non-alcholic beverage for the holidaysI used in order of descending amounts: dried cherries, prunes, dried apples, dried cranberries, dried apricots, and it was delicious. The liquid (fruit broth) kompot was delicious, the fruit itself was wonderful, the spices really added to the taste without being overpowering. YUM!

So easy to make! Dried Fruit Kompot or Kompot z Suszonych Owocow serve this Polish classic as is, or with oatmeal or yogurt, or even with pasta!

Dried Fruit Kompot or Kompot z Suszonych Owocow for Christmas Eve

In the interest of complete disclosure, I have never experienced a traditional Polish Christmas Eve meal or even Kompot z Suszonych Owocow until I made this batch. At a recent Girls Night for drinks and nibbles, the group asked me what Christmas was like in Poland.

I confessed that we always came home to Tucson for Christmas with our family, so I hadn’t experienced it first hand, but from what I know of it, the huge family celebration involves decorating the tree on Christmas Eve, a little straw underneath the table cloth to remind everyone that Jesus was born in a manger.

dried fruit kompot served in a cut glass bowl and the liquid served in wine glasess

The meal is not eaten until the first star is seen, it consists of twelve (to represent the apostles) meatless dishes, including at least one soup. The soup(s) might be beet and/or mushroom. There may be a couple of fish dishes, herring is popular, and Jewish style carp. Makowiec, poppy seed roll is a popular dessert for Wigilia. After this feast, a midnight mass takes us from Advent to Christmas.

Quick and easy; Dried Fruit Kompot or Kompot z Suszonych Owocow, a Polish classic, to eat or drink!

Whether you drink or eat your Dried Fruit Kompot or Kompot z Suszonych Owocow, I think you’ll love it.

Smacznego!

Lois

 

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Dried Fruit Kompot or Kompot z Suszonych Owoców

★★★★★ 5 from 2 reviews
  • Author: Polish Housewife
  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Cook Time: 25 mins
  • Total Time: 30 mins
  • Yield: 8 servings 1x
  • Category: Beverage
  • Cuisine: Polish
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Description

Dried fruit and spices create a favorful winter drink


Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 1/2 pounds dried fruit, any variety
  • 1 cup sugar, or less to taste
  • 8 cups water
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 6 cloves
  • 3 whole allspice

Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients and bring to a gentle simmer, cover
  2. Simmer for 20 – 30 minutes
  3. Cool
  4. Strain to serve as a beverage
  5. Serve fruit with or without liquid

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Lois Britton

An accountant by trade and a food blogger since 2009, Lois Britton fell in love with Polish cuisine during the years she lived in Poznań, Poland. As the creator of PolishHousewife.com,  she loves connecting readers with traditional Polish recipes. Lois has a graduate certificate in Food Writing and Photography from the University of South Florida. She is the author of The Polish Housewife Cookbook, available on Amazon and on her website.

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Comments

  1. Danuta I Gajewski

    December 13, 2018 at 3:42 pm

    My favourite fruit was pears and peaches, so my mum always made sure there was lots in the kompot for me! She also cut back on the cloves (ugh! I’ve never liked the taste of them), but added dried ginger (and later, when we moved to Canada, a knob of fresh ginger). It added just a little bit of a kick! Dad would always help at the end (which meant he’d add a few splashes of vodka or krupnik, for flavour was his excuse! It will be on my Wigilia menu, although my grandchildren won’t be too thrilled. Hopefully they will grow up to appreciate the flavours, like I did!
    Wesołych Świąt, radości, pomyślności, miłości, szczęścia, uśmiechu, zdrowia i samych pozytywnych rzeczy życzy…
    Danuta

    ★★★★★

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    • polishhousewife

      December 13, 2018 at 8:29 pm

      Thanks for sharing, Danuta. What nice memories!

      Reply
  2. Gosia

    December 23, 2018 at 3:08 pm

    Dried fruit compot finishes Wigilia for a reason. It helps digest all the rich food. An aquired taste though. Wesołych Świąt!

    ★★★★★

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  3. Jackie Staaf

    December 9, 2019 at 1:40 pm

    What I always do is 1/4 fill (it will expand) a large jar with a tight lid with mixed dried fruit, apricots, prunes, apple slices, cherries, etc. then cover with Madera wine. The fruit soaks up the wine so you have to keep checking and adding more. Since the alcohol preserves the fruit, as long as the fruit is covered it will keep for years. Just keep adding fruit and wine. I especially like to rough chop some of the fruit. adding some diced onion and some of the wine/fruit liquid and cook it down as an accompaniment to roast pork. You can also just put some of it over ice cream or cake.

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    • polishhousewife

      December 14, 2019 at 9:15 am

      I’m so happy to have your tips, Jackie; many thanks!

      Reply

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