Sweet pears dried and ground to a pear flour, then bound with honey into a keeping paste: eaten as small honeyed sweets or used as the filling for sweet pear pasties.
Quzh Gheghwa (Honeyed Dried Pears)
Ingredients
Method
- Slice the pears into 2–4 pieces and core them.
- Dip in the salted water 2–3 minutes, then scoop out and rinse.
- Dry fully on a board in the sun (or a low oven or dehydrator) until leathery-hard.
- Grind the dried pears to a coarse flour.
- Mix the pear flour with warmed honey to a firm, mouldable paste.
- Roll into small honeyed balls, or use as a sealed filling for sweet fried pear pasties.
This is the recipe from the Recipes section of the Circassian app, where you can also scale it and save it to your favourites.
Kitchen words in Circassian
The words for what is in this dish, in Kabardian (East Circassian) and Adyghe (West Circassian), with audio from the Circassian app’s lessons and audio course.
| English | Kabardian | Adyghe |
|---|---|---|
| honey | фоfo | шъоуshow |
| water | псыpsy | псыpsə |
| salt | шыгъуshyghu | щыгъуshchəghu |
| food | шхынshkhyn | шхыныshkhənə |
| delicious | IэфI'ef' | IэшIу'eshIu |
| This is delicious! | Мыр IэфIщ!Myr 'ef'shch! | Мыр IэшIу!Myr 'esh'u! |
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Quzh Gheghwa: questions
How long does it take to make Quzh Gheghwa?
About 40 minutes, according to the recipe in the Circassian app.
How many people does this Quzh Gheghwa recipe serve?
It serves 6. The servings control above the ingredients recalculates every quantity for 1 to 40 people.
What is Quzh Gheghwa made of?
The ingredients are: 1 kg sweet, firm pears; 1 tbsp salt, dissolved in ~1 litre water (a brief brine); 150–200 g honey; pinch of toasted millet or wheat flour (if making dumplings).
Is Quzh Gheghwa an everyday or a festive dish?
The Circassian app files it as an everyday dish (Sweets & Drinks).
Where does this Quzh Gheghwa recipe come from?
From the Recipes section of the Circassian app. The app’s recipes draw on Amjad Jaimoukha’s book Circassian Cuisine and were cross-checked against Russian and Adyghe food sources.
Sources
- Circassian app, Recipes section, recipe “Quzh Gheghwa (Honeyed Dried Pears)” (recipe data last changed July 2026). The app’s recipes draw on Amjad Jaimoukha’s book Circassian Cuisine and were cross-checked against Russian and Adyghe food sources.
- Circassian app: audio course, Kabardian and Adyghe (the kitchen words: cheese, meat, milk, bread, tea, water, food, delicious), and the lessons’ vocabulary (chicken, salt, butter, honey).
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