Churchkhela

What makes it churchkhela

• Walnuts or hazelnuts on a thread.
• Grape must thickened with flour.
• Dipped in layers and dried for weeks.

Where it comes from

It's made at the grape harvest, when there's must to spare. The must is boiled with flour into tatara, the strings of nuts are dipped until thickly coated, and they dry into chewy candles that keep for months — which is why they're said to have gone with travellers and soldiers.