Khachapuri imeruli
The round khachapuri of Imereti, the Kutaisi region: dough filled with salty cheese, cooked in a frying pan or the oven. It’s the everyday cheese bread all over Georgia.
Ingredients
- 400 g flour
- 250 ml yoghurt or kefir
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 500 g imeruli cheese or a mix of mozzarella and feta
- 30 g butter
How to make it at home
- Mix the yoghurt with the egg, bicarbonate of soda and salt, and add the flour to make a soft dough. Leave to rest for 20 minutes.
- Mix the crumbled cheese with an egg if you want it juicier.
- Divide the dough in 2, roll out circles, put a ball of cheese in the centre and close it like a pouch.
- Flatten it with your hands into a 1 cm-thick disc.
- Cook it in a covered frying pan with butter over a medium heat, 6 minutes on each side, or in the oven at 220 °C. Brush with butter.
The trick: A mix of mozzarella and feta: the closest thing to Georgian cheese.