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Chashushuli, Veal in Tomato
Nodar Chkheidze
Head chef, Kldis Marani, Tbilisi, GE
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Chashushuli, Veal in Tomato

3 h 35 min total55 min hands-onServes 6Medium

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There is no thickener in it: the body comes from onions cooked down far enough and tomato reduced before the meat goes back in.

WHAT YOU GET

  • The chef's hidden note — the technique no cookbook prints
  • Every component built from scratch, each with its own spec
  • Films on choosing and judging the produce before you buy it
  • Gross and net gram weights for every ingredient, per portion
  • Time and temperature at each stage, as run in the restaurant
  • A photo at every step that can go wrong
  • Substitutions for anything hard to find where you live
  • What usually goes wrong, and what to do about it

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BEFORE YOU BUY

Equipment
Heavy cast-iron casserole or lidded clay pot (kotani), Box grater, Fine-mesh skimmer
Allergens
Sulphites (wine)
Method
22 steps · 17 photographed · 5 filmed
Components
3 made from scratch
Films
3, 30 min

3 RECIPES INSIDE THIS RECIPE

Each with its own weights, steps and timings

The sauce, the cure, the dough, the dressing — a restaurant makes these itself, and so will you. Every one below is a full sub-recipe: its own ingredient list, its own method, its own yield and shelf life. Nothing says «use shop-bought».

Red adjika

Film

A pounded paste of soaked dried chillies, garlic and spice that seasons the braise from the start.

Jarred adjika is mostly vinegar and salt; a pounded one carries pepper flavour without the acid.

  • Dried red chillies000 g
  • Garlic000 g
Steps
6
Time
40 min
Hands-on
25 min

Makes About 300 g; 2 months refrigerated under a film of oil

Any time in the two months before; better after a week

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Veal bone broth

A clear broth from roasted veal bones and aromatics, the only liquid the braise gets.

Water dilutes and a stock cube adds salt and nothing else; the gelatine is what gives the sauce body.

  • Veal bones000 g
  • Onion000 g
Steps
7
Time
4 h
Hands-on
25 min

Makes 1.6 L; 3 days refrigerated, 3 months frozen

Make in a batch and freeze it in 400 ml portions

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Fresh tomato base

Film

Ripe tomatoes grated off their skins and cooked down to a thick, dark red paste.

Tinned tomato tastes cooked already and pushes the acidity flat; fresh keeps the sweetness moving.

  • Ripe plum tomatoes000 g
  • Onion000 g
Steps
5
Time
50 min
Hands-on
15 min

Makes 500 g from 1.5 kg tomatoes; 4 days refrigerated

Up to two days ahead; warm it before it meets the meat

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WEIGHED

INGREDIENTS

A taste of the list · the rest locked

A few ingredients to show you what the dish is built on. Every one on the full list carries a gross and a net weight per portion, and a note on what you can swap it for where you live.

  • Veal shoulder000 g
  • Veal bones000 g
  • Ripe tomatoes000 g
  • Onions000 g
  • Garlic000 g
The full list, weighed, unlocks on purchase

WATCH BEFORE YOU SHOP

3 films · 30 min

Most of what goes wrong is decided at the counter, before you cook anything. These are filmed by the chef: what to buy, how to tell it is good, and how to set your own kitchen up for it.

CHOOSING10:00

Reading a veal shoulder: seams, silverskin, which muscles to keep

TECHNIQUE12:00

Onions: the two points where people stop too early

KIT8:00

Lidded clay pot against cast iron: evaporation over a two-hour braise

METHOD

STEP BY STEP — 22 STEPS

17 photographed · 5 filmed

Written the way a restaurant writes a technical card: one operation per step, each with its own time and temperature. 17 of the 22 carry a photo of what it should look like at that moment, and 5 carry a short clip for the parts a still cannot show.

Hardest step: judging when the onions are done — step 13 of 22.

  1. 01

    Read the whole method before you start, then weigh everything out. Every timing below assumes the next ingredient is already within reach.

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  2. 02
  3. 03
  4. 04
  5. 05
  6. 06
  7. + 16 more steps, timed and photographed

WHERE IT USUALLY GOES WRONG

3 things Nodar Chkheidze watches for every service. You can read what they are right now — the answer to each one comes with the recipe.

  1. 01

    A crowded pan steams the veal grey

    What to do about it
  2. 02

    Tinned tomato flattens the sauce before the wine goes in

    What to do about it
  3. 03

    Coriander added at the start comes out as hay

    What to do about it
The chef's hidden note

The onions get a stage of their own long before the tomato arrives, and the moment you hand over between them sets the whole sauce.

Written by Nodar Chkheidze. Visible only to people who bought this recipe.

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NOTES FROM THE KITCHENS

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