Soft drinks from dried fruits are well acquired by an organism and don't cause allergic reactions. They will be useful to nursing mothers, people with violations of work of digestive tract. Dried fruits can be cooked, having made tasty and useful compote or stewed fruit.
Prepare mix of prunes, apples, dried apricots, pears for compote. If in the house there are dried berries (raisin, a dogrose or cherry), they can be added to drink too.
Wash out dried fruits. They can sometimes be strongly overdried. In this case fill in them with boiled water (warm) and leave for 10-15 minutes. Pour water in the enameled pan (aluminum won't approach). Put ware on fire, bring to the boil water, and then lower fire.
Lower apples and pears in water, boil them on slow fire within 20-30 minutes. Then put dried apricots, prunes, dried berries and you cook compote of 15-20 more minutes. If in your opinion compote turns out too dense, add waters. Then put sugar to taste. For receiving a low-calorie dietetic beverage sugar doesn't need to be added. You boil compote to sugar remelting. If desired it is possible to pour citric acid on a tip of a teaspoon or to pour in a small amount of juice of a lemon. This ingredient gives to compote sourness. Citric acid is an anti-septic tank and won't allow drink to deteriorate quickly during a heat. Remove ready dried fruits compote from fire and let's it cool down. Then it is necessary to take out drink to the cool place at several o'clock. Compote is served together with pieces of fruit. It is possible to cook dried fruits and with various spices, for example cinnamon and a carnation. They will impact to drink original relish and a smell. Spices add to compote in ten minutes until the end of cooking. The great refreshing taste and unusual aroma to drink from dried fruits will be given by mint and a tarragon. They need to be put in a pan in 3-5 minutes prior to the end of process of preparation. Dried fruits compote with mint and a tarragon is served cooled, having put ice cubes in glasses. From dried fruits it is also possible to make stewed fruit - the traditional drink which is usually served to a table for Christmas. In Ancient Russia, stewed fruit often was served to a bird. This drink represents a kind of the compote which only was less concentrated. For its preparation there is enough one type of dried fruits and raisin. Wash dried fruits, put in the enameled pan and add a little cinnamon. Fill in them with water, then put ware on a plate. Wait for water boiling, lower fire and you cook dried fruits to softness. Cool stewed fruit, filter it and, if desired, put granulated sugar or honey. Ready stewed fruit can be served to a table and in hot, and cold.