A delicious Georgian Adjarian khachapuri dish will be an excellent breakfast option or a hearty snack. It is prepared from different types of dough. The fillings of the treats also vary according to the taste of the cook.
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Adjarian Khachapuri - a classic recipe
Ingredients: 7 eggs, 160 ml of yogurt and the same amount of filtered water, 6 tbsp. high-grade flour, half a pack of unsalted butter, 11 grams of instant yeast, 3 teaspoons of granulated sugar, 1 teaspoon of table salt, 130 grams of feta cheese and suluguni, a small bunch of fresh dill.
- First of all, you need to prepare the dough for khachapuri. For this, all loose components dissolve in warm water. Only flour is left untouched. Immediately, yogurt is poured into the mixture. The ingredients are mixed with a wooden spatula, after which they are left for 12-15 minutes.
- Then warm oil is poured into the dough and the flour is sieved in small parts. As a result, it will turn out soft and greasy. The mass is left for an hour near the heat source.
- Both types of cheese are rubbed for the filling. About 50 g of them are laid aside. 3 eggs are boiled to a solid yolk and also chopped with a grater. They combine with cheeses.
- The dough is divided into 4 parts, each of which is rolled into a thin rectangle. At the edges of the workpieces, the left cheese is distributed. Of these, the sides are wrapped inside. A "boat" is being formed.
- Cheese and egg mass is laid in the middle.
- After 12-14 minutes of proofing, baking is prepared for 17 minutes at 210-220 degrees in the oven.
An egg is poured into each boat. They return to the oven for a couple of minutes until the squirrels catch. The finished treat is sprinkled with chopped herbs.
How to cook with cottage cheese?
Ingredients: a pound of ready-made yeast dough, 320 g of cottage cheese and the same amount of any light-salted cheese, 70 g of butter, 2 chicken eggs.
- The dough is divided into two halves, each of which with a rolling pin turns into a cake. The edges of the workpiece should be thicker than the middle.
- Cheese and cottage cheese are combined in a separate bowl. The resulting mass is divided into two parts and decomposed into dough.
- Each blank is folded and folded in the form of a “boat” with raised edges.
- First, the food is baked for 7-8 minutes in the oven at 200-210 degrees. Further down the center of each piece is a raw egg.
Baking is prepared a couple of minutes before setting the protein. Lastly, a piece of butter is laid out on the khachapuri.
Khachapuri kefir boat
Ingredients: 1.2 kg of high-grade flour, 90 g of high-quality butter, 1.5 tbsp. kefir of medium fat content, 30 g of pressed yeast, 25 g of granulated sugar, 7 g of table salt, 8 eggs, 140 g of suluguni and feta cheese, a bunch of parsley.
- First, a dough is kneaded for a khachapuri boat. The option on kefir is more accessible for Russian housewives, since it can be difficult to find the Georgian sour-milk product of yoghurt in an ordinary supermarket.
- Warm kefir is combined with crushed yeast and other loose components, except for flour. The mass is left in a warm place for 8-9 minutes. After the appearance of bubbles on the surface, you can start adding flour.
- Ready dough is left under a napkin for 40-50 minutes away from drafts.
- 3 hard boiled eggs, rub and combine with finely chopped greens. To them, crushed cheese and salt are added to taste.
- The dough is divided into 4 parts, each of which is thinly rolled. Its edges are folded towards each other, plucked. A boat is formed.
- The filling is laid out in the center of the workpieces.
- After 10-12 minutes, you can send khachapuri to the oven for 12-14 minutes at 230 degrees.
It remains to break a raw egg into each boat and return them to the oven for 6-7 minutes.
Unusual puff pastry recipe
Ingredients: a pound of finished puff pastry, 280 g of suluguni, 7 eggs, 3 teaspoons of butter, table salt.
- The dough defrosts and rolls slightly. Each of the two rectangles is divided into 2 parts. Their long edges are rolled up by tubes, and short - connected.
- Cheese is rubbed coarsely for the filling.
- One beaten raw egg greases the edges of the dough pieces. The part of the testicle remaining after lubrication is mixed with cheese. The filling is laid out in the resulting "boat".
- Baking workpieces for 10-12 minutes at 180 degrees.
- Then an egg is poured into each “boat”.
Ajarian khachapuri from puff pastry is baked in the oven for another 3-4 minutes. During this time, only protein should grasp, and the yolk will remain damp. Hot pastries with a slice of butter are served.
On yeast dough
Ingredients: 230 g of suluguni and feta cheese, half a pack of unsalted butter, 6 eggs, 7 g of instant yeast, 380 g of high-grade flour, 1 teaspoon of fine salt, 130 ml of milk and drinking water, 2 teaspoons of sugar sand, 2 tbsp. tablespoons of refined oil.
- Yeast and sand dissolve in a warm mixture of milk and water.
- After 10-12 minutes, one raw egg, oil is poured into the liquid, and salt is added. Sifted flour is gradually mixed.
- The resulting dough will rest for about an hour away from drafts. After mashing, the mass is left for another half hour.
- For the filling, cheeses are rubbed coarsely and mixed with melted butter. You can salt the mixture.
- The dough is divided into 5 equal parts. Each rolls into thin ovals, from which "boats" are formed.
- The filling is laid out in the center of the workpieces. They are baked in the oven for 17-20 minutes.
About 3-4 minutes before being ready, a khachapuri is poured into a raw egg into the center, and the pastries return to the oven again.
How to eat khachapuri in Ajarian?
It is important to learn not only how to cook, but also how to eat Adjarian khachapuri. The cutlery is not used in the process. Such baking is used exclusively by hand.
A piece of butter is placed in the middle of the hot dish, which immediately melts. Further, small pieces from the sides, which are dipped in an egg and oil, gradually break off from the khachapuri.