Georgian Beef Walnut Soup Recipe
Kharcho is a traditional Georgian soup originating in Mingrelia containing beef, rice and chopped walnuts. The soup is usually served with finely chopped fresh coriander. The characteristic ingredients of the soup are meat, cherry plum purée made from tklapi/tkemali, rice, chopped walnut and the spice mix that varies between different regions of Georgia. Kharcho can be made using beef, lamb, pork, chicken or goose,
Ingredients
600 gr of beef
2 onions
4 tomatoes
6 tbsp of white rice
100 gr of walnuts
3 bay leafs
3 garlic cloves
1 can f chopped tomatoes
Fresh greens , basil, parsley and dill
Oil
Salt & Pepper
Ground chilly pepper
Lemon juice
Directions
Step 1 : Cut your beef fillet into small bite size pieces. Add to a large pot with 2 lt of water. Slowly cook it for 1,5 hours. Occasionally skim the water.
Step 2 : Crush your walnuts with a rolling pin or in a food processor and set aside. Wash your rice in cold water few times, to get rid of the starch and set aside.
Step 3 : In a skillet, add oil and chopped onions and fry them for 5 minutes until onions are golden brown. Then add all your spices and crushed walnuts, and mix it all together.
Step 4 : Add chopped tomatoes, mix well and cook for 5 min.
Step 5 : Add bay leaves, peppercorn into your beef stock, then white rice and all the onion walnut mixture. Mix everything together and cook soup until it reaches boiling point.
Step 6 : Then squeeze fresh lemon juice, add squeezed garlic and all your greens. Leave the soup to cook on low heat for 10 more minutes. Enjoy!
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I would never have thought of putting walnuts in soup. Must try this one. Looks delicious.
thank you :) yeah def try, it adds the crunchiness to the soup!
I'm going to have to make all these amazing foods I'm finding on steemit. Do you have a recommendation on the cut of meat to use here? Sounds like a tough shank or shin would give it some nice thickness as the collagen broken down.
you totally should :) I would use the softest piece of beef! Because you will be cooking it for a while, you want it to fall apart in your mouth :)
Wow I guess we'd have a new dish to try out this Lunar New Year :) - looks like a great east/west fusion! (at first look)
yes for sure :) its really yummy and has different flavours :)
This post just made my mouth water :P
hehehe good :)
Wowza! This is looking so good :D
hehehe thanks :)
lol love the emoji!!!!
Thanks))) you have a great recipe)))
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Tasty as always! Beautiful photographs
heheh thanks a lot ;)
ahhh yeah, coriander ( we call it cilantro ) what an amazing flavor and then mixed with the other ingredients, like walnuts, wow. You have inspired me. Beautiful post as always.
hahah yeah its really good, quite a strong flavour :))
Looks good. never know walnut will go into a soup like that.
yeah for sure, its pretty delicious ;)
That looks yummy!
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cheers :))