Churchkhela

Tschurtschchela (Georgian ჩურჩხელა, Russian чурчхела, Turkish Pestil Cevizli Sucuk - literally Sucuk sausage made ​​from walnuts ) is a Georgian confection is eaten as a dessert. These are walnuts, which are covered with a grape juice - chocolate.

The nuts are first drawn on a thread, knotted and several times (8- 10x) dipped in a sweet and sour chocolate from Pelamuschi, eingekochtem grape juice, corn flour and sugar. They are then hung to dry in the sun. Then they need to mature two to three months. After maturation, the confection is covered with a soft and fine sugar dust, which came from the chocolate coating to the outside.

The confection is popular by other names also in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey ( Cevizli Sucuk ) and Cyprus ( Soutzoukos ).