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Khachapuri (Georgian Cheese-Filled Bread)
Ingredients
- 7 g (¼ oz) fast-acting dried yeast
- 2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
- 200 ml (⅓ pint) lukewarm water
- 450 g (1 lb) organic white bread flour, plus extra for dusting
- 10 g (¼ oz) fine sea salt
- 100 g (about 3 oz) full-fat twaróg or ricotta cheese
- 250 g (9 oz) Ogleshield, raclette, or a mixture of Edam and Cheddar, grated
- 250 g (9 oz) feta cheese, crumbled
- 10 g (¼ oz) unsalted butter, sliced into 6 pieces
- 6 small eggs, plus 1 egg yolk
Steps
- To make the dough, mix the yeast with the sugar, water, flour, and salt in a bowl. Cover the bowl with clingfilm and either leave in the refrigerator overnight or somewhere in your kitchen for an hour or so until doubled in size.
- For the filling, mix the cheeses with the single egg yolk and use a fork to mash well.
- Preheat the oven to its highest setting and heat a couple of baking sheets—or a pizza stone if you have one.
- Flour your work surface really well. Cover your hands in flour and scrape the dough on to your work surface. Knead it in the flour a little if it’s too sticky. Divide the dough into 6 pieces (each piece should be about 100 g (3½ oz). Roll out each piece of dough on a lightly floured work surface into a 18 cm (7-inch) round. Stretch either side of each round to elongate and then pile 100 g (3½ oz) of filling in the centre, leaving a 5 mm (¼ inch) border around the edge. Bring two sides of the dough up to meet in the middle and pinch a seam together to seal, similar to a Cornish pasty. Press down with the flat of your hand to flatten it, then flip it over so the seam is face down. With a sharp knife, make a slash along the middle of the dough and push the sides open to expose the filling. Repeat with the rest of the dough and filling to make 6 khachapuris.
- Slide the khachapuris on to the hot baking trays and bake for 10 minutes until the sides turn golden. Crack an egg into the centre of each, then bake for a further 2–3 minutes. To eat, pinch the dough from one end and use it to dip and mix the runny egg yolk into the filling.