Georgian Plum Tkemali – A Classic Recipe
Georgian plum tkemali is a sweet and sour, piquant, spicy, very thick, and incredibly delicious sauce for meat. The classic recipe is made with plums (cherry plums), but you can also make a delicious winter tkemali using regular plums. Red, blue, or yellow plums are suitable for this preparation. The flavor of the dressing will vary depending on the sweetness of the fruit.
It will take 80 minutes to prepare, and the ingredients listed in the recipe will yield 500-600 g of sauce.
Ingredients:
- red plum – 800 g;
- chili pepper – 1 pc.;
- garlic – 5 cloves;
- salt – 10 g;
- granulated sugar – 35 g;
- utskho-suneli – 2 teaspoons;
- red and black pepper.
How to prepare tkemali for the winter
Wash the red plums thoroughly, cut them in half, and place them in a saucepan with a thick bottom.
Add 150 ml of water, place the pan on the stove, cover tightly, and steam the fruit for 20-25 minutes. The steamed fruit should be like a puree.
Rub the fruit through a sieve into a bowl. The seeds and rough skin particles will remain on the mesh, while the rest of the mass will pass through the mesh.
Return the fruit puree to the saucepan, add sugar and salt, stir, and bring to a boil. Let it simmer for 30 minutes.
After 20 minutes, add the finely chopped chili pepper. If the pepper isn't very hot, you can chop it up, seeds and membrane included.
Peel the garlic cloves and chop them finely with a knife. Add the chopped garlic to the pan after the chili.
Add utskho-suneli, add ground red and black pepper to taste, taste, and you can add a little salt or sugar, depending on the sweetness of the fruit.
Bring the sauce to a boil again and cook over low heat for another 25 minutes.
We thoroughly wash the jars and lids for the preparation, rinse them with boiling water, and dry them in the oven at 100 degrees for 5 minutes.
Pour the boiling sauce into hot jars and seal.
Sterilize the jars for 15 minutes (jars with a capacity of up to 500 ml), seal tightly, and after cooling, store in a dry, dark, and cool place.
The blanks can be stored in the apartment away from heating devices and central heating radiators.
