Beets with Cherry Sauce

Name: Beets with Cherry Sauce (Charkhlis Chogi)
Yield: Serves 2 to 3
Cuisine: Georgian
Ingredients: ⅛ teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoons minced parsley; 2 tablespoons minced cilantro or dill; 10 tablespoons water; 1 tablespoon butter; ⅓ cup tart dried cherries; 1 medium onion, peeled and minced; 1 pound beets

Charkhlis Chogi

Preparation info

Serves
2 to 3

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Georgian Feast

By Darra Goldstein

Published 1999

About

These wonderful beets are simultaneously sweet and tangy. In Georgia, cornelian cherries are used, but our tart domestic cherries provide similar savor. Chogi is usually eaten warm or at room temperature, but I like it best as a refreshing salad, lightly chilled.

Ingredients

1 pound beets
1 medium onion, peeled and minced
1 tablespoon <

Asia
Georgia
Sauce
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 375°F.

Scrub the beets but do not peel. Bake until tender, 1 to 11/2 hours. Meanwhile, sauté the