Megrelian Khachapuri Pulling with Cheese - Recipe from Georgian Cuisine

Kitchen appliances and utensils:

• beaker;
• a tablespoon and a teaspoon;
• microwave;
• deep bowl;
• sieve;
• scapula;
• rolling pin;
• coarse grater;
• toothpick;
• round silicone mold;
• kitchen knife;
• wooden plank;
• oven.

Ingredients

Step cooking

1. Water in the amount of 125 ml is slightly heated in the microwave to 36-37 degrees. Add 2 tsp. dry yeast and 1 tsp. salt. We thoroughly shake it with a teaspoon.
   
2. We cover the glass with water and other ingredients with a lid and leave it in a warm place for a quarter of an hour. During this time, the yeast will begin to work. Sift half a kilogram of wheat flour through a sieve into a deep bowl. Using a spatula, make a small depression in the flour and put 2 tsp in it. sugar, 25 g of sunflower oil and pre-warmed to 37 degrees with 125 ml of milk. We also pour a little suitable yeast into the bowl with flour.
   
3. Mix all the ingredients first with a spatula, then knead the dough with your hands in a bowl until it becomes homogeneous and elastic. We leave the dough in a warm place to rest for 30-40 minutes. During this time, it should increase by about 2 times.
   
4. We take out the rest of the dough from a bowl and divide it into 3 equal parts. Roll out a cake from each piece. This can be done with your hands or with the help of a rolling pin. The thickness of the cake should be about 4-5 mm.
   
5. On a coarse grater we rub 600 g of suluguni cheese or mozzarella. You can also use emmental cheese as a filling for khachapuri. Grated cheese spread on a cake of dough.
   
6. We collect the dough in a bag and carefully pinch it at the top. We remove the excess dough.
   
7. Roll the cake with the rolling pin into a thin layer. If air gets inside the cake, we make a few punctures with a toothpick and continue to roll out until the thickness of the dough is about 3 mm. Similarly, we make khachapuri from the remaining 2 blanks.
   
8. We transfer the finished tortilla with cheese to a round silicone form, cut 40-50 g of butter into thin slices and put a few pieces on top of the tortilla. Thanks to butter, khachapuri will be soft.
   
9. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and set the khachapuri to bake for 15-20 minutes. After 20 minutes, we take out the form from the oven and sprinkle grated khachapuri with grated cheese. Again we send to bake in the oven for 5 minutes at a temperature of 200 degrees, so that the cheese melts.
   
10. We take the finished Megrelian khachapuri out of the oven, cut into slices and serve to the guests. It is better to eat a hot dish.
    

Video recipe

After watching the video, you will learn how easy it is to make megrelian-style khachapuri at home. They are prepared relatively simply and quickly, while the whole process is described in great detail. Recommendations are given on which ingredients are better to use and to what extent so that the khachapuri turns out to be tasty and juicy.

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