vzvar

Noun

vzvar (uncountable)

1. A cold Russian beverage made from boiled fruits (typically fresh or dried).
   • His wife prepared the traditional Russian Christmas dishes: kutya, made of wheat and honey; vzvar, compote of dried fruit, and kavrishka, also a fruit dish.1977 December 22, Donald Canter, “Christmas heritage: Russians here know Santa as Uncle Frost, a peasant”, in San Francisco Examiner, 113th year, number 167, San Francisco, Calif., →ISSN, →OCLC, page...
   • In this recipe from her book, Darra Goldstein writes that trendy restaurants claim to have discovered onion jam but the Russians have known it for centuries as vzvar, a thick, sweet-and-sour vegetable comfit.1997 March 5, Pat Dailey, “Winter weather no excuse to cut vegetable use cold”, in Corvallis Gazette-Times, 135th year, number 64, Corvallis, Ore., →ISSN, →OCLC, page C3, column 3