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Wild blackberries can be found throughout Georgia’s mountain areas and are used as an ingredient mainly in western Georgia cuisine. In this recipe we show how to make a blackberry and green grape sauce that is used in Georgia only for roast or fried chicken dishes. Green grapes are young, unripe grapes.

Ingredients: 400 grams of blackberries, 200 grams of green, unripe grapes, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 tsp of hot red pepper, one third tsp of dried coriander, 20 grams of fresh green coriander, and salt.

Preparation: Remove stalks from the grapes and use a mortar and pestle to crush the grapes.

Pour the juice into a bowl and use a strainer to extract any remaining juice from the pulp and skins.

Crush the blackberries with the back of a spoon.

Add the blackberry juice to the grape juice and use a strainer to extract any remaining juice from the blackberry pulp.

Chop the fresh green coriander and add to a mortar, together with 2 cloves of garlic, 1 tsp of hot red pepper, one third tsp of dried coriander, and salt. Crush the ingredients with a pestle.

Add the crushed ingredients to the blackberry and grape juice.

Stir thoroughly.

Serving: Serve the sauce with roast or fried chicken (e.g. chicken tabaka).

Enjoy your Blackberry and Green Grape Sauce!

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