Parcha Bozbash

Ingredients

some black pepper
1 lamb
3 tb butter
1 onion
4 c beef broth
1 potato
1 quince
1/2 pitted prunes
1 sour prunes
1/4 lb chestnuts
5/8 c chick peas
2 tb salt and pepper
3 tb butter over moderate hea the lamb

Instructions

Stir in the clarified butter and allow to melt before serving the soup. Note: 1/4 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.