Ingredients for kosher drinks:
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- Blueberries
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- Figs
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- Lemon
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- Sugar
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- Water.
Kosher cooking recipe:
Take dried figs and immerse into cold water, bring to a boil and keep on medium heat until the figs become tender.
Then add some diced lemon and sugar by taste (usually for kosher drinks it’s about 0.25kg per 2 pints of water).
Five minutes later, add some blueberries (if using dried blueberries, then it is recommended to put them a bit later than figs).
Stir the kosher product for another five minutes (if necessary add some more sugar or water). The kosher drink should now have a rich, not watery taste.
Symbolism of kosher drinks:
During Sukkot according to kosher rules we are usually holding “Arba Minim” in our hands – a set of four species (palm branch, myrtle, willow and a family of citrus fruit resembling a lemon – etrog), which represent the 4 sorts of Jews. This Kosher drink is a symbol of Arba Minim, where figs symbolize the palm, blueberries (in Italian called Myrtile) – myrtle, water – willow, lemon – etrog. Sugar is symbol of joy and sweetness of the holiday.
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