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Ab-Gusht as an Art Form
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Published 2007
Ab-Gusht, literally ‘meat-water’ or stock, truly is an art form in the Iranian kitchen. While gusht does actually mean meat, the term ab-gusht is equally applied to ‘chicken water’.
What was historically (and may still be) a way of stretching a few meagre bones into a nourishing meal, is today eaten as a soup and relished as an accompaniment to rice.
Everybody makes it differently, while adhering to a few basic principles, and once you have grounding in what it’s all about, you can experiment freely and have a bit of fun.