1. A thick fruit preserve or jam, typically made from plums, apricots, or other fruits, used in Central and Eastern European baking and desserts.
Usage: Also spelled 'lekvár' in Hungarian.; Common in Jewish and Hungarian cuisine.; Often used as a filling for pastries, cookies, and cakes.

Examples

• The baker spread lekvar between the layers of the sponge cake.
• Hamantaschen cookies are traditionally filled with lekvar or poppy seed paste.
• She made homemade lekvar from fresh plums for the holiday baking.
• The pastry shop's signature kolache featured apricot lekvar.
• Lekvar is a staple ingredient in Hungarian and Jewish dessert recipes.