World Flavors Cookbook

Churchkhela

Name: Churchkhela
Cook time: 30 min
Cuisine: Georgia
Ingredients: Walnut halves or hazelnuts; 2 liters grape juice (badagi); 1 cup wheat flour; 1/2 cup sugar (optional)

Georgia's favorite natural candy—strings of walnuts or hazelnuts dipped into a thick, concentrated grape juice jelly.

Cuisine: Georgia

Ingredients

Walnut halves or hazelnuts
2 liters grape juice (badagi)
1 cup wheat flour
1/2 cup sugar (optional)

Instructions

1. Thread nut halves onto long strings. 2. Boil grape juice until it reduces by half. 3. Gradually whisk in flour to the warm juice to form a thick, smooth paste (tatara). 4. Dip the nut strings into the hot paste until fully coated. 5. Hang the strings to dry in the sun or a warm room for 3-5 days until they are no longer sticky but still flexible.