Delicious khachapuri: cooking at home

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Khachapuri is a traditional dish of Georgian national cuisine. Despite the fact that many call any cheese cake that way, this is not entirely true. In Georgia, they are quite reverent about national dishes, so they patented the name "khachapuri". The preparation of this dish does not carry any special actions, nevertheless, this is a special bread that gives strength and positive.

There is no single classic recipe for this pastry. This dish can be of different shapes and contain different types of cheese. It all depends on which part of Georgia the dish was prepared in. This cake can be cooked both in the oven and on the stove. Even on the coals, incomparable khachapuri is obtained. The preparation of this cake is possible from any type of dough. Although it was previously believed that only yeast-free dough was the basis, but over time, yeast began to be added in Georgia itself. In addition, you can experiment and make cheese cakes from puff pastry.

Cooking khachapuri at home

1. Adjarian khachapuri.

For the dough you will need a glass of warm milk, 500 grams of flour, s alt,a teaspoon of sugar, an egg, two tablespoons of sunflower oil and a package of dry yeast. Suluguni cheese, butter and 6 eggs will go into the filling. Add sugar, s alt, yeast, egg and flour to milk. Mix well and knead the dough. After that, coat the pan with oil and put the dough in a container, covering with foil. For one hour it should be placed in a warm place. When it rises, you need to divide it into 6 parts. Put grated cheese in the middle of each such part, but leave the edges empty. Roll them up to make a boat, and brush the top of the entire workpiece with eggs. Now you can send khachapuri to the oven. Cooking is not inherently difficult, it is important to just take out the browned boats and then drive an egg into the middle of each, adding some s alt. As soon as the protein turns white, you can take the dish out of the oven. You can also add a piece of butter on top for taste.

2. Cooking khachapuri from puff pastry.

For this baking, take 500 grams of puff pastry, the same amount of suluguni or chanakh cheese, an egg and 60 grams of butter. Put the pickled cheese in a bowl and mash with a fork. Add pre-melted butter and chicken egg, mix until smooth. The dough must be rolled out into a layer and cut into equal squares.

Spread the filling evenly over the squares, but do not forget about the indents. Fold each corner towards the center to make another square. After that, roll them out a little with a rolling pin. Grease a baking sheet and bakecakes 15 minutes. As soon as the pastries are browned, then you can get your khachapuri. The preparation of these cakes is a little easier than in the first recipe due to the fact that the dough is already ready, and you do not need to wait until it rises. In any case, you get very tasty and juicy khachapuri that will delight all members of your family. Bon appetit!