Recipes and tips how to cook khachapuri

Recipe that will help cook delicious khachapuri.
A pearl and a dish that occupies a special place in Georgian cuisine is khachapuri. The classic recipe for khachapuri includes Georgian national products, which are not so easy to find here: matzoni (a dairy product from Georgia) and Imeretian cheese.

It's not scary, the matzoni is replaced with a regular shop kefir, and the Imeretian cheese - on the usual with cottage cheese and cheese or Adyghe. Loss of taste is negligible. Of course, if you know the places where you can find natural Georgian national products for khachapuri at reasonable prices, that's wonderful.

How to cook dough for khachapuri on kefir?

Before proceeding to step-by-step instructions on how to make khachapuri, let's turn our attention to the dough and consider this moment separately, because this is the most important nuance on which almost everything depends.

Ingredients:

Preparation:

  1. Mix with sugar yogurt, soda and salt and mix well, bringing to a homogeneous consistency;
  2. Add the egg and a couple of tablespoons of sunflower oil, stir again until the ingredients turn into a homogeneous mass;
  3. Gradually we sift the flour into the mixture, constantly stirring it. In the end, add all 2.5 cups and a spoon of baking powder;
  4. Knead the dough. It should get slightly sticky, so do not get scared;
  5. The resulting test slices of dough tightly wrap in a package or food film, leaving for half an hour at a temperature of 20-25 degrees. Do not put it in the refrigerator, it's useless;
  6. After the necessary time, unfold the film and divide the dough into several parts. In our case, it turns out 4-5 pieces, which you need to roll out in kruglyashi.

Harvesting does not take much time. Everything will be enough for 40 minutes. Below we consider the correct preparation of the classic khachapuri with cheese.

How to cook khachapuri at home with cheese?

A popular and traditional recipe, which is considered one of the most delicious. Excellent addition to the table, which is served in the form of a snack, a side dish or the main one.

Ingredients:

Preparation:

  1. Prepares the dough according to the recipe above;
  2. After you have divided the kneaded and "rested" dough into several pieces (4-5), roll them into small round-shaped crumbs. Note that they should not be too thin, otherwise the filling will fall out during further manipulation;
  3. In a separate bowl, put 200 grams of cottage cheese and cheese, finely chopped greens and mix until smooth;
  4. With your hands, form round beads of cheese and cottage cheese and put them in the center of the dough rolled into a circle. Be careful, cheese cakes should fit the size so that the edges of the dough when converging converge. It should be obtained as in the photo of cooking khachapuri below;
  5. Press the dough with the palm and gently start rolling out. The standard thickness should not be more than 1 centimeter;
  6. Heat the frying pan over medium heat and place the rolled dough over it. The area of ​​the frying pan does not need to be lubricated;
  7. Fry the tortillas on both sides;
  8. After you remove the frying pan from the fire, while the cake is still hot, lubricate it well with butter;

This recipe for cooking khachapuri with cheese at home is over. Enjoy the unique taste of Georgian cuisine. Bon Appetit!