Satsivi slightly tart, as sweeteners are not usually used by Georgians in their cooking. "Satsivi" () is a Georgian dish made of walnuts sauce and served cold, either as a dipping sauce for boiled or fried turkey or chiken. Traditionally, satsivi is made of walnuts, water, garlic, a combination of dried herbs, vinegar, cayenne pepper, and salt to taste. In this way, satsivi in the Caucasus is similar to the nut and/or legume-based paste sauces to the south, such as the hummus (which often contains garlic, lemon juice as a souring agent, and tahini, or sesame butter/paste) varieties found in Syrian,
Almond paste claw pastry. In Scandinavia almond paste is used extensively, in various pastries and cookies. In Sweden (where it is known as mandelmassa) it is used in biscuits, muffins and buns and as a filling in the traditional spring season pastry semla and is used in Easter and Christmas sweets. In Denmark (where it is known as marcipan or mandelmasse), almond paste is used in several pastries, for example as a filling in the Danish traditional pastry "kringle". In the Netherlands, almond paste (called "amandelspijs") is used in "gevulde speculaas" (stuffed brown-spiced biscuit) and banket. It is used as filling in