Exilian
Off-topic and Chatter: The Jolly Boar Inn => General Chatter - The Boozer => Food Discussion - The Jolly Boar Kitchen => Topic started by: Jubal on January 27, 2017, 09:37:22 PM
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PELAMUSHI
I did some cooking recently!
Ingredients were 70g flour, 30g cornflour, 1tbsp sugar, 500mls badagi (hand-squeezed grape juice, simmered down to half volume to boost sugar content).
(http://i.imgur.com/YdUy9t2.jpg)
Mixed the flour/sugar/cornflour with half the badagi, stirred until smooth, then slowly stirred that mixture into the other half of the badagi in a pan. Then heated and stirred a lot and that was about it - it thickened far faster than the recipe said as I was making half quantity, it was a very quick thing to make in the end (and very tough stirring once it had started to thicken!).
And here's the result, a Georgian pelamushi - it has a very interesting sweet grape-y taste, a slightly thicker/heavier consistency and more structural integrity than a jelly, though quite smooth textured. It's very nice, though I probably won't make them often as this took 2 kilos of grapes to make!
(http://i.imgur.com/cbXPvW8.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/lPoMQzm.jpg)
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Looks cool, is that popcorn or nuts on top? :)
Is that like a dessert or snack?
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Walnuts - though there are lots of other things you can use there, I've seen hazelnuts and blueberries and various other things used online. It's very definitely a dessert; I found quite a small slice of that thing was ample for a dessert course!
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Interesting, at first I thought it was a massive chicken breast :p
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I breeds 'em big :P
But yeah, I see the resemblance now you mention it! You can get them a much darker purple colour if you have darker grapes, I just used normal red grapes (and a few white) to make the badagi for this.
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Looks a bit like a giant baby rat brain.
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Do those taste of grapes though?
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Dunno, I've forgotten to pack a lunch a few times but I haven't been that hungry yet.
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Spend a few years as a postgrad and you'll get there at some point.
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Nice job! But is it vegan? Because that's important to me even though I'm never going to come into contact with it. ;)
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It is vegan, so when you have a mid-life crisis and stop eating meat and animal products you can ask me for the recipe :P
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Sorry, I'm veganitarian, I'll only eat it if it's made from freshly squeezed vegans.
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Well if I go back to the lightside and stop eating animals maybe I will attempt to make pelushi. Until then baby rat brains will suffice.