Khachapuri is a Georgian traditional flatbread with salty cheese. Khachapuri became an intangible cultural heritage of the country in 2019. The word khachapuri is derived from the words cottage cheese and bread. In addition to Georgian khachapuri, there are similar dishes in neighboring countries. For example, the Balkar-Karachai flatbread khychiny. It is created with stuffing not only from cheese, but also from potatoes
. However, khychin is still not khachapuri, because in 2010 Georgia created a patent for its dish. So, you can not make an analog of khachapuri under another name.
Let’s tell you how to make khachapuri in Megrelian with your own hands.
Ingredients of dough for khachapuri:
- Flour – 500 g;
- Milk – 350 g;
- Egg yolk – 1 pc;
- Salt – 5 g;
- Sugar – 10 g;
- Dry yeast – 5 g;
- Butter – 70 g.
Ingredients for stuffing:
- Suluguni cheese – 700 g;
- Imereti Adygea cheese – 500 g;
- Egg – 1 pc.
Preparation of khachapuri according to Megrelski:
Pour yeast and sugar into slightly warm milk, stir and wait for the formation of yeast foam.
Pour
the egg yolk into the paste, add salt and mix again.
Pour the flour onto the table, pour the paste into the depression and knead the dough
.
Pour butter into the middle of the kneaded dough and continue kneading.
Divide the elastic and soft dough into two parts and leave it warm for 20-30 minutes. At this time, for the filling, break the
Imeretinsky
cheese
into small pieces. Grate Suluguni on a coarse grater
. Mix the cheeses and remove 200 grams in another container. Mix most of the cheese with the egg and
form two rolls from the cheese and egg. Roll out thick, large flatbreads and place the filling in the form of cheese.
Pinch the top of the dough, sealing the filling inside.
Roll out both large rolls with the
filling
into 1 cm thick flatbreads
.
Make a small hole in the middle of both khachapuri and let the air escape through it.
Place the khachapuri on a baking tray lined with parchment
.
Poke the khachapuri with a fork on different sides, smear with protein and sprinkle each with 100 grams of cheese.
Bake khachapuri at 200 degrees for 8-12 minutes.
It is recommended to put pieces of butter on the khachapuri after baking.
You get a delicious homemade khachapuri in Mingrelian style.
