Satsebeli is a traditional sauce that is served in Georgia for most poultry and meat dishes. Today, Satsebeli sauce does not need to be prepared on its own, as you can buy it in a store. However, homemade sauce is considered a real classic.
Pick your recipe
Of course, every family has its own secrets on how to cook satchel. Often, the hostess changes the classic version in order to more fully emphasize the taste of the dish with the help of the sauce.
How to cook satchelles
A traditional sauce recipe includes ingredients such as a mixture of pomegranate, grape and blackberry juice, walnuts, saffron, ground red pepper, chicken stock and fresh cilantro.
However, due to the lack of necessary ingredients on sale, the satsebeli recipe has changed significantly. For example, parsley is added instead of cilantro, saffron is replaced with basil, suneli hops, coriander and tomato paste are added. Of course, the sauces are tasty, hot and excellent shading meat dishes. However, they have nothing to do with real Satsebeli.
Classic Satsebeli Sauce
When deciding to cook a classic version of satsebel, it is worth considering that depending on the taste preferences of the cook, the volumes of ingredients can vary significantly.
You need to take 200 grams of peeled walnuts and rub them through a fine sieve. If desired, you can add a couple of cloves of mashed garlic. 200 grams of onion finely chopped and added to the mashed nuts.
Shredded green cilantro, a little saffron and ground red pepper are put to taste. Usually, 1 gram of hot pepper and 30-40 grams of fresh herbs are enough. All ingredients are ground in a mortar, achieving a homogeneous paste consistency. Gradually, 200 ml of a mixture of blackberry, pomegranate and grape juice, taken in approximately equal proportions, is introduced into the sauce. If necessary, you can replace the juice mixture with grape vinegar.
At the end of cooking, 200 ml of meat or chicken broth is injected into satsebel. Salt is added to taste. Satsebeli, prepared according to this recipe, is considered the best sauce for the famous chicken tobacco.