Khachapuri with Adyghe cheese

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make khachapuri with Adyghe cheese? Prepare the necessary ingredients. Take the kefir out of the refrigerator in advance so that it has time to warm up to room temperature.

2. Step 2:

   

   Prepare the dough. Be sure to sift the flour to saturate it with oxygen, then the baking will turn out more lush and airy. Mix it in a bowl of suitable size with salt and soda. It is not necessary to extinguish soda with vinegar, kefir will cope with this task.

3. Step 3:

   

   Pour in the kefir and knead a soft, plastic dough that does not stick to your hands a lot, able to keep its shape. If necessary, add flour, but do not overdo it, otherwise the khachapuri will turn out tough.

4. Step 4:

   

   Leave the finished dough to rest for 15-30 minutes. It will become more pliable, elastic and easier to work with.

5. Step 5:

   

   Prepare the filling. Grate the suluguni on a coarse grater.

6. Step 6:

   

   Also grate the Adyghe cheese. You can take any varieties of cheese at your discretion (hard cheese, non-salted mozzarella, feta cheese, cottage cheese, cheese), you will get a slightly different, but no less interesting taste.

7. Step 7:

   

   Mix both types of cheese in a container, salt, pepper to taste.

8. Step 8:

   

   Put the dough on the work surface. Knead, form a sausage and divide into 4 equal parts.

10. Step 9:

    

    Roll each piece thinly into a circle.

11. Step 10:

    

    Also divide the filling into 4 equal parts and form a dense ball from each part with your hands. Place the cheese ball in the center of the dough circle. The correct proportions of khachapuri dough and filling should be approximately the same amount.

12. Step 11:

    

    Pinch the edges of the dough in a circle, as if in a bag. Then gently flatten your hands into a flat cake.

13. Step 12:

    

    Turn the flatbread seam down and roll it out with a rolling pin – choose the thickness of the khachapuri yourself, as you like thinner or thicker. Pierce the blanks in several places with a fork.

14. Step 13:

    

    Put a dry frying pan on medium heat and preheat. Lay out the workpiece and fry on both sides under the lid until a golden crust forms.

15. Step 14:

    

    Prepare all the khachapuri in this way. Stack them on top of each other on a flat plate. Brush the surface of each khachapuri generously with a piece of butter.

16. Step 15:

    

    These are the delicious cheese khachapuri turned out. Help yourself while they're hot. You can serve it with sour cream, herbs. Enjoy your meal!