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.
1
Crush the punk's breading in a blender and sift through a fine sieve.
- Panko breadcrumbs: 100 g
2
Finely chop rosemary, thyme, and chili pepper.
- Rosemary: 10 g
- Thyme: 5 g
- Chili pepper: to taste
3
Add the crushed ingredients to the sifted breadcrumbs with lemon zest.
- Panko breadcrumbs: 100 g
- Lemon zest: 5 g
- Rosemary: 10 g
- Thyme: 5 g
- Lemon: 1 piece
4
Cut the suluguni into medium pieces.
- Suluguni cheese: 220 g
5
Coat the suluguni in flour, dip in egg, and bread it in breadcrumbs (panko).
- Wheat flour: 50 g
- Chicken egg: 2 pieces
- Panko breadcrumbs: 100 g
6
Fry the prepared pieces in hot oil (or in a pot with boiling oil) until golden brown.
- Vegetable oil: 5 ml
7
Slice the onion into rings, coat in flour, and deep-fry until golden.
- 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.
- Lingonberry: 50 g
- Sugar: 60 g
- Cognac (brandy): 30 ml
- Rosemary: 10 g
9
Marinate the sauce for a day.
- Lingonberry: 50 g
10
Remove rosemary from the marinated lingonberries and blend the lingonberries.
- Rosemary: 10 g
- Lingonberry: 50 g
11
Serve ready cheese pieces with lingonberry sauce, sprinkled with fried onions.
- Onion: 45 g
12
Garnish with sliced chili pepper.
- Chili pepper: to taste
