Fried suluguni with lingonberry sauce from Funny Cabany

4 servings

40 minutes

Fried suluguni with lingonberry sauce is an exquisite dish of Georgian cuisine that combines a crispy crust and a tender, stretchy cheese texture. Suluguni, with its slight tanginess, is deep-fried to a golden crust, giving it a rich flavor and appetizing density. The spicy lingonberry sauce with hints of cognac and aromatic rosemary highlights the creamy depth of the cheese, creating a harmony of sweetness, tartness, and bitterness. This dish is suitable for cozy home evenings as well as festive tables, impressing with its originality and rich taste. Garnished with spicy chili pepper and crispy onion, suluguni becomes a true gastronomic masterpiece that is hard to resist.

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 444.5
• Proteins: 19.1g
• Fats: 18.6g
• Carbohydrates: 47.9g

Ingredients

• Rosemary: 10 g
• Suluguni cheese: 220 g
• Vegetable oil: 5 ml
• Lemon: 1 pc
• Onion: 45 g
• Panko bread crumbs: 100 g
• Thyme: 5 g
• Lemon zest: 5 g
• Chicken egg: 2 pc
• Wheat flour: 50 g
• Salt: pinch
• Chili pepper: to taste
• Cowberry: 50 g
• Sugar: 60 g
• Cognac: 30 ml

Cooking steps

1. Crush the punk's breading in a blender and sift through a fine sieve.

   Required ingredients:

   • Panko bread crumbs: 100 g

2. Finely chop rosemary, thyme, and chili pepper.

   Required ingredients:

   • Rosemary: 10 g
   • Thyme: 5 g
   • Chili pepper:  to taste

3. Add the crushed ingredients to the sifted breadcrumbs with lemon zest.

   Required ingredients:

   • Panko bread crumbs: 100 g
   • Lemon zest: 5 g
   • Rosemary: 10 g
   • Thyme: 5 g
   • Lemon: 1 piece

4. Cut the suluguni into medium pieces.

   Required ingredients:

   • Suluguni cheese: 220 g

5. Coat the suluguni in flour, dip in egg, and bread it in breadcrumbs (panko).

   Required ingredients:

   • Wheat flour: 50 g
   • Chicken egg: 2 pieces
   • Panko bread crumbs: 100 g

6. Fry the prepared pieces in hot oil (or in a pot with boiling oil) until golden brown.

   Required ingredients:

   • Vegetable oil: 5 ml

7. Slice the onion into rings, coat in flour, and deep-fry until golden.

   Required ingredients:

   • Onion: 45 g
   • Wheat flour: 50 g
   • Vegetable oil: 5 ml

8. For the sauce from pickled cranberries, sprinkle fresh-frozen cranberries with sugar, add cognac and rosemary.

   Required ingredients:

   • Cowberry: 50 g
   • Sugar: 60 g
   • Cognac: 30 ml
   • Rosemary: 10 g

9. Marinate the sauce for a day.

   Required ingredients:

   • Cowberry: 50 g

10. Remove rosemary from the marinated lingonberries and blend the lingonberries.

    Required ingredients:

    • Rosemary: 10 g
    • Cowberry: 50 g

11. Serve ready cheese pieces with lingonberry sauce, sprinkled with fried onions.

    Required ingredients:

    • Onion: 45 g

12. Garnish with sliced chili pepper.

    Required ingredients:

    • Chili pepper:  to taste