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Khachapuri
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Also known as Adjaruli Khachapuri · Georgian Cheese Bread
Boat-shaped breads filled with melted mozzarella and feta, standing in for Georgian sulguni and imeruli cheese, baked until bubbling, then topped with a raw egg yolk and a knob of butter that you stir into the cheese and scoop up with torn crust. The Adjarian style from Georgia’s Black Sea coast.
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- Servings
- Makes 4
- Prep
- 30 min
- Cook
- 15 min
- Total
- 1 h 45 min
Ingredients
Dough
- strong white flour400 g
dried yeast7 g
caster sugar1 tsp
salt1 tsp
milk240 ml
vegetable oil2 tbsp
Filling
low-moisture mozzarella250 g
feta150 g
eggs1- egg yolks4
butter60 g
Instructions
Dough
- 01
Warm the until lukewarm. Mix the , , and , add the and the , and knead into a soft . Cover and leave to rise for 1 hour.
Shaping and baking
- 02
Heat the oven to 250°C (or as hot as it goes) with a baking tray inside.
- 03
Grate the and crumble the , and mix them with the whole .
- 04
Divide the into 4, roll each into an oval, and roll up the two long sides towards the middle, twisting the ends together to make a boat, and set each on a sheet of baking paper.
- 05
Fill each boat with the cheese mixture, slide them on their paper onto the hot tray and bake for 10 to 12 minutes until the crust is golden and the cheese bubbling.
- 06
Separate 4 , keeping the whites for another dish. Make a dip in the cheese of each boat, drop in an , and return to the oven for 1 minute.
- 07
Add a piece of the to each and serve at once. Stir the and into the cheese and tear off the crust to dip.
Notes
- The yolk stays runny and only warms as you stir it into the hot cheese. For pregnant, elderly or very young diners use pasteurised eggs, or return the boats to the oven for 3 minutes more until the yolk sets.
- Sulguni and imeruli are Georgian cheeses; mozzarella and feta together come closest.
- Imeruli khachapuri, a round closed version, is the everyday one across Georgia.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 910 kcal
- Protein
- 37 g
- Carbs
- 79 g
- Fat
- 49 g
Estimated from the ingredients.
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