Parcha Bozbash

Ingredients

some black pepper
1 lamb
45 gr butter
1 onion
950 ml beef broth
1 potato
1 quince
1/2 pitted prunes
1 sour prunes
45 gr chestnuts
130 gr chick peas
18 gr salt and pepper
45 gr butter over moderate hea the lamb

Instructions

Stir in the clarified butter and allow to melt before serving the soup. Note: quarter tsp. ginger or a pinch of powdered saffron dissolved in 2 tb. warm water may be added with the chick-peas, and the soup served sprinkled with 1 ts. crushed dried mint, accompanied by chopped onion and sumakh on the side. In the Caucasus, ground kyurdyuk is normally used instead of the clarified butter, and dried chick-peas* rather than canned ones. The dried chick-peas are soaked for 4-6 hours, drained, & added at the beginning with the broth. Note: Sumakh aka sumac, a spice mixture is to be found in the USA at Mid-Eastern markets.