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A bread shaped like a boat that has toasted cheese filling in the middle and an egg yolk and slices of butter

Traditional Adjarian Khachapuri Recipe

Loads of cheese on crispy, toasted bread. Need I say more? Oh, there's also egg and butter!
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Prep Time 50 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine European, Georgian
Servings 4 people
Calories 779 kcal
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Ingredients
 
 

Dough

  • 150 ml water, heated to 40℃ or 105℉
  • 275 grams all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon granulated white sugar
  • 50 grams butter, melted optional
  • 2 teaspoon neutral oil i.e. vegetable oil
  • 15 grams active dry yeast

Cheese Filling

  • 125 grams sulguni or mozarella cheese, shredded
  • 200 grams imeri cheese or feta crumbled
  • 175 grams sulguni or mozarella cheese, shredded for topping
  • 2 tablespoon milk
  • 1 egg

Toppings

  • 1 egg yolk only
  • 2 slices of cold butter

Instructions
 

Make the Khachapuri Dough

  • In a bowl, add the sugar, warm water, and active dry yeast. Stir until well combined and bloom for 10 minutes. Then add melted butter and whisk again.
    Bloomed yeast in water inside a bowl
  • Combine flour and salt in a bowl by whisking them together. Add the activated yeast water to the bowl a third at a time. Incorporate the water to the flour, then add more yeast water. Continue until you get a dough that comes together.
    Yeast mixture on a bowl of flour
  • Knead the dough in the bowl for about 6 mins until you can form a ball and then cover to let it proof for 40 - 60 mins until doubled in size.
    A ball of dough in a bowl

Make Cheese Filling

  • In a bowl combine 125 grams of sulguni (or mozarella) and 200 grams of imeri (or feta) cheese. Add the egg and milk, then stir everything together. Keep stirring until they clump together.
    Mixed cheese filling in a glass bowl

Bake and Serve

  • Preheat your oven to 220℃ or 425℉. Once the dough has proofed, punch out the air and form a ball. Roll it out to a large circle about a quarter inch thick.
    Raw dough rolled out to look like a circle
  • Fold over two sides so they meet in the middle. They can touch, but they should not overlap.
    Fold over two opposite sides of a circle shaped dough
  • Pinch the open ends closed to make the handles. You can choose to make the handles' length longer in order to use them as dipping bread.
    Fold over the sides of the raw dough and pinch the ends
  • Open up the center by pushing out the folded sides and revealing the bottom of the khachapuri.
    A dough shaped to look like a canoe, for a bread called Adjarian khachapuri
  • Add all the of the cheese filling at the center of bread and spread it out using the back of a spoon to create a flat surface.
    Cheese mixture inside a bowl made of dough
  • Add the shredded sulguni topping on the cheese mixture.
    Shredded cheese on top of raw dough shaped like a boat
  • Bake in the oven for 20 minutes until bread is golden brown and the cheese has some good char. Optional: After 10 minutes you can choose to remove excess dough under the folded sides by using a fork to scoop out the raw dough.
    Scoop out excess dough on the side of khachapuri with a fork
  • Once you remove it from the oven, immediately top with an egg yolk and slices of butter. Mix the center to incorporated the egg yolk and butter before digging in.
    Adjarian khachapuri also known as Georgian Cheese boat bread with an egg in the middle and slices of butter

Nutrition

Calories: 779kcalCarbohydrates: 61gProtein: 35gFat: 44gSaturated Fat: 25gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 12gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 222mgSodium: 2312mgPotassium: 232mgFiber: 3gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 1179IUVitamin C: 0.01mgCalcium: 663mgIron: 4mg
Disclaimer: Nutritional values were calculated with the Spoonacular Food API and should be used for informational purposes only.
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