How to cook sauce "Bazhe"?

"Bazhe" sauce is a classic seasoning of Georgian cuisine, which is used with many main dishes. For example, she perfectly relishes with a bird, fish and even vegetables. The most popular version of this sauce is with the addition of peeled walnut kernels.

How to make the taste of the dish unique?

If you want your guests and relatives to remember your dish for a long time, use the sauce "Bazhe". This is a classic oriental delicacy. It is universal and very easy to prepare. The process does not take much time and energy from you. Any Georgian hostess will be able to cook Bajes sauce easily. But practically every woman has her own secrets, which make this liquid seasoning, served to the main dish, unique and original. We will consider the classic recipe.

Main Ingredients

So, in order to prepare the sauce "Bazhe", we need not so many products. Most of them are always at hand for every mistress. First of all it is walnuts. To make the sauce get saturated, take one and a half glasses, no less. In addition, we will need garlic, without it there is almost no Georgian dish, let alone seasoning. It will be necessary to take either three large denticles, or 6-8 small ones. Also it is necessary to boil water in advance - 400 grams (two glasses). We can not do without half a lemon. If desired, you can replace it with 3-4 tablespoons of white wine vinegar. Well, finally, we need salt to taste.

Cooking process

We start with nuts. To make a delicious sauce "Bazhe", the recipe offers them to thoroughly grind. Do not be lazy - choose the best, selective cores. After all, the final taste of the seasoning depends to a large extent on their quality. You can grind nuts in any way. In the old days it was done in a mortar, in Soviet times - in a meat grinder. In the latter case, you need to grind the nuts twice. Today there are special small mills that greatly facilitate this task.

After the already ground nuts are put in the blender. Its task is to mix all the ingredients well. We add there the same salt, previously crushed garlic, pour boiled water. Take care that the "Bazhe" sauce with walnuts is not too liquid. It is best not to add all the water at once, but add it gradually.

Now everything is whipped thoroughly. At will and taste in the sauce, you can add a variety of Georgian spices and seasonings. Suit saffron, pepper, hops. In a word, put boldly everything that you love. We pour the resulting mixture into a separate bowl and already squeeze out half of the lemon or add vinegar, as you like. After filtering all the resulting juice. Ultimately, your sauce should not be thicker than kefir. Otherwise, it can be diluted with the remaining boiled water. Now mix everything with a regular tablespoon and serve it to the table.

By the way, the Georgians themselves do not recommend eating sauce with meat. But there are gourmets who hold a different point of view. In classic form, "Bazhe" is served with chicken, more often boiled or fried. In restaurants, she is laid directly into the sauce. Also well relishes delicacy with fish, zucchini, cauliflower and eggplant. Many people like to dunk bread or cakes into it.

Bon appetit, good culinary experiences in the kitchen!