Adjarian Khachapuri
A yeast-dough boat filled with melted cheese, egg, and butter. One boat makes a hearty, complete serving.
- Time
- 1 h 35 min
- Serving
- 941 kcal
- Ingredients
- ≈ $2.60
- Protein
- 43 g
Ingredients
- 1 Wheat flour 100 g
- 2 Dry yeast 3 g
- 3 Milk 2.5%pack 930 ml ≈ $0.88 55 ml
- 4 Sugar 4 g
- 5 Salt 2 g
- 6 Sunflower oil 8 ml
- 7 Suluguni cheesepack 300 g ≈ $6.00 80 g
- 8 Adyghe cheesepack 300 g ≈ $5.00 40 g
- 9 Eggspack 10 pcs ≈ $1.93 1 pcs
- 10 Butterpack 180 g ≈ $1.58 10 g
Grey rows are pantry staples: salt, oil, spices. They are not counted in the serving price.
Method
Warm the milk3 until lukewarm, mix with the yeast, sugar, and 1 spoonful of flour, and leave for 10 minutes until foamy.
Add the remaining flour, salt, and oil, and knead into a soft dough. Cover and leave for 45 minutes until roughly doubled in size.
Grate the suluguni7 and Adyghe8 cheese, and mix the filling.
Roll the dough into an oval, fold the long edges toward the center, and pinch the ends to form a boat.
Spoon the cheese into the center and transfer the shaped dough to a baking sheet.
Bake at 240 °C for 12–14 minutes, until the edges are browned and the cheese has melted.
Make a well in the cheese, pour in the egg, and return to the oven for 2–3 minutes, until the white is set and the yolk remains soft.
Place a piece of butter10 in the hot filling and serve immediately.
Tips
- Why it works
- Warm the milk to 35–38 °C: in hot milk the yeast weakens, and in cold milk the dough rises more slowly.
- Substitutions
- If you don't have Adyghe cheese, replace it with 5–9% cottage cheese in the same weight. The filling will be less stretchy.
- Common mistakes
- The egg is most often overcooked: if the yolk has turned white on top and firm, the khachapuri stayed in the oven a minute too long.
- Storing and reheating
- Eat it fresh. If there are leftovers, store them in the fridge for 1 day and reheat for 5–7 minutes at 180 °C. The egg will set firm.
- Serve with
- Serve for dinner with a cucumber and tomato salad to balance the rich cheese and butter.
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