Churchkhela

Churchkhela (Georgian: ჩურჩხელა, Georgian pronunciation: [tʃurtʃχɛlɑ]) is a traditional Georgian sausage-shaped candy. The main ingredients are grape must, nuts and flour. Almonds, walnuts, hazel nuts and sometimes raisins are threaded onto a string, dipped in thickened grape juice or fruit juices and dried in the shape of a sausage.

Outside Georgia

Churchkhela and its varieties are popular in several countries besides Georgia, such as Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus,Greece, Russia,Ukraine, and Turkey. In Persian, it's known as "Lævascæck Adjili" (لواشک آجیلی)^[]. In Armenian, Greek, and Turkish it is known as "sujuk", which is actually a dry sausage. To distinguish the two, it is sometimes referred to as "sweet sujukh" (քաղցր սուջուխ, kaghtsr sujukh) in Armenian and cevizli sucuk ("walnut sujuk") in Turkish. I it is known in Cypriot Greek as soutzoukos (σουτζούκος or σουτζιούκκος) and as soutzouki (σουτζούκι) in Greece. The Cypriot variety is made by dipping strings of almonds into jelly, called palouzes or moustalevria.