Do you Want to Make Khachapuri – Georgian Cheese Bread?

Step by step method

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  Step 1

  Chop half of the butter and mix with sour cream. Place the other half in the refrigerator to cool.

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  Step 2

  It is better to pour the flour into this mixture through a sieve. It will help break up the lumps, saturate the future dough with air.

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  Step 3

  Together with flour, you need to put the whole portion of soda and a little sugar.

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  Step 4

  It's time to add the fermented milk product to the resulting mixture. The original Georgian recipe uses matsoni for this purpose. But, instead of it, you can use kefir.

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  Step 5

  Gradually adding and mixing flour, you need to knead the dough. It should turn out to be dense enough so that it can be molded into cakes.

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  Step 6

  While the dough is resting, let's prepare the filling. Thin cheese chips can be obtained by rubbing the head of suluguni on a grater. It bakes well inside the cake, it is more convenient to dose it.

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  Step 7

  When rubbing chilled butter, soft chips are also obtained.

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  Step 8

  It is best to mix cheese and butter. It is more convenient to lay such a mixture inside the cakes.

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  Step 9

  The dough must be immediately divided into several equal portions. Round cake - the workpiece is easiest to form with your hands, without any devices.

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  Step 10

  In the middle of the resulting circle you need to put a portion of the filling.

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  Step 11

  So that the cheese and butter do not leak out during baking, they must be inside the closed cake. You need to lift the edges of the dough and cover the filling with them. You will get something like a rounded kolobok.

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  Step 12

  Now you need to turn the spherical bun into a flat cake. Its diameter should correspond to the size of the selected pan. For this, it is also better not to use a rolling pin. Tender dough may tear when rolled out, revealing the filling. Fry the cakes in a pan without adding oil.

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  Step 13

  Khachapuri must be well baked, fried on both sides. A golden crust should form on the cake. To make the delicious khachapuri crust even brighter and prettier, you can melt a little butter on its hot surface.

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  Step 14

  Eating ready-made khachapuri should certainly be hot. Cooled cakes are not so tasty. You can serve them with milk.