Adjaruli Khachapuri: The Cheese Boat.

You can cook the dough in the evening and put it in the fridge.
And breakfast will be delicious
Recipe for 4 pieces

Dough
125 g milk
125 g water
7 g dry yeast
1 h spoon salt
2 h spoon sugar
1-2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 piece egg
400 g of flour

Starting
250 g suluguni cheese
250 Imeretian or Feta (Feta)

OR Halloumi, or the mix of halloumi, mozzarella and some feta or low moisture mozzarella and crumbled feta.
4 eggs
Note: the proportion of dough and cheese should be 1:1.

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, combine
tepid milk
yeast
sugar
small part of flour
- put on 15 minutes in a warm place,
- then add
rest of flour
olive oil,
tepid water,
egg,
salt.

Mix on 1st speed until the dry ingredients are completely hydrated, 2-3 minutes, then increase to second speed and mix until a smooth, wet dough comes together, 3-4 minutes.

Transfer the dough to the oiled bowl and cover the bowl with a lid or plastic wrap.
Set in a warm place until the dough is almost doubled in size, 50-60 minutes.

Make the filling: In a large bowl, combine the cheeses and set aside.

On a lightly floured work surface, turn out the dough.
Divide into roughly 4 pieces and roll into balls each piece gently.
Cover the pieces loosely with plastic wrap and set aside for 15 minutes.
On a piece of lightly floured parchment paper flattened each ball into a flat pancake with a diameter of approximately 25cm i.e roll dough into a circle about 25cm.

Arrange slices of hard cheese cuted into matches at the edges of the flat dough.
Make border all the way around - tightly roll the dough about a third of the way toward the center leaving a 6-7cm wide space between the two rolls.
Pinch the two narrow ends of the rolls together and twist twice to seal, making a boat shape;
Spread soft cheese mixture in the middle, packing down lightly.

Keeping the khachapuri atop the paper, gently slide onto a pizza peel or overturned baking sheet.
Repeat with remaining dough and cheese.

Place a pizza stone in the center of the oven and preheat to 200−220С or max to your oven.

Set the khachapuri aside, uncovered, for 15 minutes, until slightly puffed.
Just before baking, brush the edges of the khachapuri lightly with olive oil, then slide the breads atop the paper onto the stone, spacing them at least 6cm apart.
Bake until the dough is lightly golden brown and the cheese is melted, 14-16 minutes.
Open the oven door and gently pour 1 cracked eggs gently into the center of each boat, being careful not to break the yolks.
Close the oven and continue cooking until the egg whites are just set, 3–4 minutes.
The egg should turn soft, but a white with film on top.
Remove the breads and divide the butter among the center of each loaf;
serve hot.
Note: there is no knife and fork, but only by Hands, only hands!
So: tear off a piece of crust, stir it with cheese-butter-egg, scoop up a little from there and drag it into your mouth.
...the next piece.
At the end there is a bottom: attention!
It must be rolled up and eaten like a pancake.

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Ossetian Pies. Khachapuri.

from
- @londonbreadbaker • Instagram photos and videos:
"I converted a yeast recipe from a website called Lyukum to sourdough- have a look on their site for ideas for fillings:
220g starter,
110g water,
290g bread flour,
100g buttermilk or kefir (recipe says sour cream but my kefir worked well)
2 level tsp salt,
2 tsp sugar,
1 large egg,
2 tablespoon sunflower oil.
This is a fairly wet dough so easier to mix in a mixer.
Mix all ingredients except the oil and mix until it clears the bottom of the bowl- add oil and mix again until completely absorbed.
Bulk in a warm place and refrigerate overnight.
Easier shaped from the fridge.
I didn’t have to add any flour to my dough but I guess it will depend on what flour you use-the one I used has over 13% protein.

- Ossetian Pies | Lyukum Cooking Lab:
for the dough
400g bread flour
5g Saf Instant Yeast
2tsp kosher salt
2tsp sugar
220ml water
100g sour cream
1egg large
2tbsp sunflower oil
for Tsaharadjin filling
160g beet leavesfinely chopped
10g chivesfinely chopped
10g cilantrofinely chopped
180g Feta cheese
for Kabushkadjin-Syht filling
200g cabbagefinely chopped
50g onionfinely diced
1tsp sunflower oil
1pinch kosher salt
1pinch black pepperfreshly ground
50g walnutstoasted, finely chopped
115g Feta cheese
for Davondjin filling
90g chivesfinely chopped
60g rampsfinely chopped
115g Feta cheese

- Ossetian pies are baked two at a time on two racks.
They are baked on naked stone or in shallow heavy-bottom pans.
What is good for baking pizza is good for baking Ossetian pies.
I prefer pans.
Preheat the oven to 232C/450F with two 30cm/12" pans in inside.
Do not shape pies until your oven is ready.

Khachapuri (Georgian: ხაჭაპური), is a filled bread stuffed with melting cheese and often served sliced, like a double-crust pizza.
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- Осетинские пироги - tastes are made, not born: (RU)

- Осетинские пироги. Тесто и две начинки - tastes are made, not born: (RU)

Khachapuri - Imeruli pirog.

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15 October 2017







Khachapuri (Georgian: ხაჭაპური), is a filled bread stuffed with melting cheese and often served sliced, like a double-crust pizza.
It is justifiably considered to be one of Georgia’s national dishes and is popular in restaurants and in homes.
Different regions of Georgia have their own type of khachapuri with the most common being –
Imeruli (Georgian: იმერული ხაჭაპური) – Imeretian khachapuri (from Imereti), which is circular and probably the most common type.

Khachapuri Dough Recipe
There are several recipes but we find this one the easiest way to prepare the dough and we used this method to make all three types of khachapuri mentioned in this article.
Ingredients (for 3 khachapuri):
1.15 kilos of flour,
200 ml of water,
200 ml of milk (or water),
1 egg,
1 tbs of yeast and 50 ml of oil.

Warm the water to 35C and stir in the yeast.
Add 1 kilo of flour to a mixing bowl and make a depression in the flour.
Add the yeast water, oil, milk and a raw egg. If you want the bread to have a golden color you can add 1 tsp of sugar.
Mix the ingredients from the middle of the bowl until all of the flour is mixed.
The dough should be formed into a soft ball.
Cover the bowl with cling film and leave in a warm place for 2 hours.
The dough will rise and look like the picture below.
Add 150 grams of flour and knead the dough.
The dough is sufficient to make 3 khachapuri.
Separate the dough into 3 pieces as shown in the picture below.
Congratulations, your dough is now ready to make khachapuri!

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Ingredients:
200 grams of khachapuri dough and all purpose flour (for kneading dough and dusting).

Prepare the dough as per the step-by-step guide in the link to the article mentioned above.
The recipe for the dough is enough to make 3 khachapuri so you will need to reduce the quantity of ingredients if you only want to make one or two.

Other ingredients:
2 eggs (1 egg yolk for glazing but this is optional),
30 grams of butter and 600 grams of Imeretian cheese (alternatively, you can use feta cheese and mozzarella together).
Grate the cheese.
Add the grated cheese, one egg and 20 grams of butter to a mixing bowl.
Mix thoroughly.
Knead the dough before using.
Leave for 10 minutes and then make a circular shape, with a lip around the edge, like in the picture below.
Spread the cheese filling onto the middle of the dough.
Fold the edges of the dough over the cheese filling.
Seal the dough as shown in the picture below.
Turn the dough over and flatten it out to make a circular shape.
As you spread out the dough make sure the cheese filling is spread evenly.Be careful not to tear the dough.
A rolling pin can also be used to flatten the dough.

The dough should like the one in the picture below.

Lightly dust a baking tray with flour (to stop the khachapuri sticking) and put the khachapuri in a pre-heated oven for about 15 minutes at a medium temperature (200-220 C ).
If you want to glaze the khachapuri with egg yolk do this 5 minutes before it is ready.
Glaze the khachapuri with butter as soon as you remove it from the oven.
This makes it soft.

Serving: Cut into slices and serve immediately.
Enjoy this famous Imeretian dish!

PS
- Imeruli Khachapuri (Georgian Cheese Bread) Recipe | SAVEUR:

Heat a large griddle or cast iron skillet over medium-high heat until hot.
Add as many khachapuri as will fit in a single layer without crowding or overlapping.
Cook on one side until the breads are well browned and lightly charred in some places, 3-4 minutes.
Using a wide spatula, turn and repeat on the remaining side.
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- Preheat the oven to 230C/450° F, and place a dish full of water on the bottom rack.
- Transfer the khachapuri to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a Silpat.
Mix the egg yolk and water in a cup, and brush the dough with the resulting egg wash.

- Bake in the oven for 18-20 minutes, until the top is golden brown. Let cool 5 minutes, then slice and serve.
I had already turned the oven and preheated it on the 180 degrees Celsius and I just put the pan into it and had it for 40 minutes.

- Slide the khachapuris on their papers onto the pizza stone, leaving a few inches of space between them.
Bake, turning them 180 degrees after about 8 minutes, until golden and crisp, about 12 minutes total.
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Georgian cheese bread ( Imeretian khachapuri).

georgian cheese bread (khachapuri) #TwelveLoaves — A Shaggy Dough Story:
Different regions have their own variations.
Two of the most popular are Imeretian, which is what I made–a circular stuffed bread, and Adjarian, basically a big open canoe of dough filled with molten cheese and topped with an egg.
A golden brown, chewy, butter topped dough surrounding an ooey-gooey filling of molten hot cheese.
So! Imeretian khachapuri.

Ingredients
2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast (7g/ 1/4-ounce package)
7 tablespoons warm water (40-46C/105-115°F)
1 2/3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, divided
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1/2 pound (230g) sulguni cheese (traditional) OR
1/4 pound (115g) Havarti cheese, coarsely grated AND
1/4 pound (115g) salted mozzarella, coarsely grated
1 teaspoon unsalted butter, melted

Directions
Pour warm water into a small bowl, sprinkle yeast on top, then stir in 1 tablespoon of the flour.
Let stand until mixture is foamy.
Add remaining flour and salt to a large bowl and mix.
Add the egg and yeast mixture and stir.
Flour a work surface, turn the dough out and knead for about 5 minutes until the dough is smooth.
Coat dough ball lightly with flour, then place it in bowl, cover and set aside in a warm spot to rise for approximately three hours, punching the dough down every hour.

Towards the end of the rise time, preheat the oven to 260C/500°F.
Grate the cheeses, then mix them together and compact them tightly into a 8cm/3" ball.
Flour your work surface and turn out the dough.
Roll it into a round about 18cm/7" in diameter.
Place the cheese ball in the center of the dough, then gather the edges over the ball and seal together.
Flatten the dough ball, pressing the cheese from the center to the edges, then roll out until the round measures approximately 28cm/11".
Use a toothpick to pop any large air bubbles.
Line a sheet or pizza pan with parchment, place the dough round on top and slash an X in the top.
Bake for about 10–12 minutes or until pale golden.
Remove the bread from the oven, brush with butter, then back for another 3–5 minutes, until golden brown.
Remove from oven, cut into wedges and eat it while it's hot!
PS - The result does not fully satisfy!

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Khachapuri (Georgian Cheese Bread).

Khachapuri (Georgian Cheese Bread) Recipe - NYT Cooking:
In Georgia, this bread is filled with a cheese called sulguni.
The substitute here is a mixture of fresh mozzarella and goat cheese.
Ingredients:
1 cup milk
2 packages active dry yeast
½ teaspoon, plus 1 tablespoon, sugar
3 to 4 cups flour
¼ pound unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces and softened to room temperature
1 ¼ pounds fresh mozzarella cheese
¾ pound fresh tangy goat cheese
1 egg
Melted butter to brush on top

Preparation:
Heat the milk to lukewarm 43-46C (110 to 115 degrees).
Place a half cup of lukewarm milk in a small bowl and sprinkle the yeast and a half teaspoon of sugar over the milk.
Stir to dissolve.
Allow to sit for 10 minutes.
Stir in the remaining milk.
Spoon three cups of the flour into a large bowl and make a well in the center.
Add the yeast sponge, the remaining sugar and the butter.
Stir with a wooden spoon until it is formed into a firm ball of dough.
Gather up the dough and scraps in the bowl and turn out onto a floured wooden board.
Knead for about 10 minutes, adding more of the remaining flour to the surface as needed to prevent the dough from sticking.
When the dough is elastic and no longer sticky, place in a greased bowl, turning the dough to grease it.
Cover loosely with a kitchen towel and allow to rise until doubled in bulk in a draft-free place, one to one-and-a-half hours.
Punch the dough down with your fist and allow it to rise again until double in bulk, about 40 minutes.

While the dough is rising, prepare the cheeses.
Grate the mozzarella coarsely, either in a food processor or with a hand grater.
Crumble the goat cheese.
Mix with egg, slightly beaten.
Preheat the oven to 190C/375F.
Punch the dough down and roll out on lightly floured surface to a circle about 50cm/20 inches in diameter.
Fold the dough in quarters and place the point of the dough in the center of a nine-inch pan with an inch-and-a-half to two-inch sides.
Unfold the dough, letting the excess hang over the sides.
Spoon the cheese mixture onto the dough.
Pick up the excess dough hanging over the edges and begin to pleat over the cheese.
Make sure all pleats go in the same direction.
Gather the ends of the dough in the center and twist into a small knob.
Allow the dough to rest 10 minutes.
Brush the top of the dough with melted butter and bake in the center of the oven for about one hour, or until golden.
Allow the bread to cool in the pan, on a cake rack, before serving.
The bread may be served warm or at room temperature.

OR:
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-IMERULI (IMERETIAN) KHACHAPURI | Georgian Recipes:

- About Food – Khachapuri (Georgian Cheese Bread) | Georgia About:

- Khachapuri (Georgian Cheese Bread) Recipe | SAVEUR:
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