Garlic Butter Khachapuri
Difficulty
Medium
Prep time
20 minutes
Total time
1 hour
Yield
8 servings
Ingredients
- Dough:
- 3 Tbsp butter
- 1 cup milk
- 1 ½ tsp sugar
- ½ tsp coriander
- 1 ½ tsp salt
- 2 tsp instant yeast
- 2 ¾ cup All Purpose Flour
- 1 large egg, beaten for egg wash
- Cheese filling:
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 6 oz goat cheese
- 4 oz feta block
- 1 large egg
- Chopped parsley
- 20 cloves of garlic, peeled
- ½ cup olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- Assembly:
- 1 egg yolk
- Chopped parsley
Instructions
- To make the dough: heat the butter and milk together till just warmed through and stir in the sugar, coriander and salt till sugar is dissolved.
- Transfer the hot milk to a mixing bowl then stir in the yeast and the flour till a shaggy mass forms.
- Cover with a towel and let sit for 10 minutes
- Knead the dough for 8-10 minutes till smooth, place in a greased bowl and let rise, covered, for 1- 1.5 hours till doubled in size.
- While the dough rises, add the garlic cloves to a heat proof baking dish and cover with the olive oil and a sprinkle of salt.
- Cover with foil and bake in a 400F oven for 15 minutes, till the garlic is soft and slightly browned.
- Roll out the dough on a floured surface and form into the classic almond shape, pinching the ends and braiding the excess to form a well in the middle.
- Sprinkle shredded mozzarella around the edge of the oval shape, then roll over the edges to form a cheese stuffed outer edge, and a well in the middle.
- Let sit 20 minutes for the last rise, then bake in a 375F oven for 20 minutes
- While the bread bakes, heat a cast iron pan and add all the cheese, stir till fully melted.
- Remove the bread from the oven and immediately brush with some of the olive oil that the garlic cooked in.
- Pour in the melted cheese, crack and egg into the center and whisk the mixture with a fork to blend.
- Garnish with parsley and then dip torn pieces of bread into the cheese filling.