Imereti-style Khachapuri is a variant of an appetizing Georgian dish, which consists of very simple ingredients but has a unique taste. And to cook it yourself is not so difficult. Imereti-style Khachapuri recipes and photo dishes are presented later in the article.
Ingredients
The dough for the classic version is prepared from the following products:
- Yogurt - 0.5 l.
- Sugar and salt - 1 tsp each.
- Baking soda - 2 / W tsp
- Vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l
- Flour - about 0.6-0.8 kg. The proportions are inaccurate, since during the preparation you need to look at how much flour the dough will take.
You will also need products for the filling, which is made of such components:
- Imereti cheese - 0.8 kg.
- Chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
- Butter - approximately 130 g. One half will go into the filling, the other will be needed for lubrication.
Such products are necessary for the original Imereti khachapuri. The recipe, however, can be slightly modified if it was not possible to find suitable products. Yogurt can be replaced with kefir. And instead of Imereti cheese, you can buy suluguni.
Cooking dough
In order for everything to work out as it should, you must follow the sequence. The traditional Imereti Khachapuri recipe involves the following actions:
- In yogurt, dissolve baking soda and mix everything thoroughly. It should dissolve completely.
- Then add vegetable oil, sugar and salt. Stir the mixture well again.
- Start pouring flour in small portions. It is important to continue to stir the dough until thickened. Its consistency should become very dense so that the spoon mixes with difficulty.
- Once the desired consistency is reached, you can lay out the contents on the surface. Then wrinkle manually.
It should be very soft. In no case tight and tight! Correcting the consistency is extremely difficult, therefore it is important to monitor the amount of added flour. The dough must be wrinkled until it stops sticking to your hands.
After that, you need to leave it to infuse for 20 minutes.
Next steps
Then you can start creating the filling for Khachapuri in Imereti style. This is elementary - you just need to grate the cheese coarsely, and then mix it with raw eggs and soft butter. Then knead a homogeneous mixture.
What's next? It is necessary to pinch off a piece of the size, similar in size to a peach. Roll out a thin circle from it and lay out the filling in the center. It should be a lot!
Then you need to connect the edges. Here you need to be careful. Turn the resulting “pie” seam down and gently stretch it into a cake with your hands. And flatten with a rolling pin.
Thus, it is necessary to form cakes from the remaining dough and toppings. Fry them in a dry, well-heated pan. To do this, you need a pan with a good non-stick coating. If this is not the case, then it is allowed to grease with a small amount of butter.
Imereti-style khachapuri should be fried on both sides for 4-5 minutes. The product should brown. Then you can remove, grease with a piece of butter and serve.
Ha water
It is worth considering another recipe for Khachapuri in Imereti, a photo of which can be found in the article. If you could not find the yoghurt or a person just wants to try another option of the dish, you will need:
- Water - 250 ml.
- Fresh yeast - 20 g.
- Flour - 450 g.
- Lean oil - 3 tbsp. l
- Sugar and salt - 1/2 tsp.
- Chicken raw egg.
- Butter - 40 g.
- Suluguni - 600 g.
The khachapuri presented above in the photo in Imeretian style is prepared according to this recipe. First you need to dilute sugar, salt, vegetable oil and crumbled yeast in warm water. Pour most of the flour (350 g) in small portions, constantly stirring the mass. Knead with your hands. Clean in a warm place for 1.5 hours.
While the dough rises, you need to knead a raw egg with coarsely grated cheese and two teaspoons of flour.
Divide the dough into two parts and turn both into lumps. To do the same with the filling. Next lay it out as in the previous recipe. Place the cakes on a baking sheet lined with parchment, making a small hole in each (so that the steam comes out). Bake at 250 ° C for 10-15 minutes. Then remove, grease with butter and serve.
Mingrelian Khachapuri: ingredients
It is impossible not to tell about how this delicacy is prepared. Khachapuri in Imereti and Mingrelian are equally tasty, but the recipes are different. Even outwardly they are different. Mingrelian Khachapuri can be distinguished by a ruddy, mouth-watering cheese crust. To prepare it you will need:
- Milk - 250 ml.
- Flour - 0.4 kg.
- Vegetable and butter - 1 tbsp. l and 60 grams respectively.
- Salt, sugar and dry yeast - 1 tsp each.
For the filling, you need two tablespoons of sour cream and a pound of suluguni cheese. Its mixture with cheese is also suitable. You also need one chicken egg for lubrication.
Cooking
This delicacy is being prepared in a slightly different way than Imeretian khachapuri. His recipe, however, is equally clear and simple. The actions are as follows:
- In a container, part of the flour (200 g) should be sieved, and yeast, sugar and salt should also be added. Mix.
- Boil the milk. Throw butter in it, allow to melt. Wait until the milk-butter mixture cools to 35 ° C.
- Pour the flour mass with this composition.
- Quickly mix the components with a whisk. You should get a uniform viscous texture. Of course, without lumps.
- Add refined oil, mix.
- Knead the resulting mass manually. The dough should not turn out very thick, but it will lag behind the hands. Then put it in a clean bowl. It should be warm for 1 hour.
After that you need to do the main thing - the contents of future baking. Cheese through a coarse grater (set aside a few spoons for sprinkling) and mix with sour cream. You can add it if the filling seems fresh.
Divide the approached dough into quarters. Turn each of them into a thin layer. In the middle of each lay the cheese mass. Then tighten the edges and connect. The shape will resemble a “bag”. The edges can be cut.
Roll out all the "bags", turning them into a cake. Spread with beaten egg, sprinkle with cheese. Send to the oven, preheated to 220 ° C for twenty minutes. You can serve! This pastry does not need to be greased with oil, like Imeretian khachapuri.
As you can see, there is nothing complicated in preparing both types of dishes. And if there is a love for baking and cheese treats, then you certainly need to make at least one of them. And if you like it, then you can try other options. There are a lot of them, and everyone can find a recipe in accordance with their preferences.