Khachapuri from puff pastry

Many people today know that khachapuri is a batch with cheese or curd filling, cooked according to a certain technology. For example, khachapuri in Adjarian or simply khachapuri with cheese . Pies of khachapuri are prepared both from yeast, and from simple fresh, as well as from puff pastry. There are khachapuri open and closed, baked and fried, with herbs and other additives or simply with a hearty filling.

One of the most popular variants is khachapuri from puff pastry, not only because they turn out to be crispy, light, friable, but also because dough (including puff pastry) can be purchased at the store and greatly simplifies the process of making khachapuri from puff pastry.

Puff pastry for khachapuri

If there is a desire and time, you can prepare the dough on your own. It's not difficult and not very long.

Ingredients:

• wheat flour in / s -0.5 kg;
• butter creamy melted - 75 g;
• butter, chilled - 300 g;
• salt - 2 teaspoons;
• water - 1 glass.

Preparation

To prepare a puff pastry for khachapuri, prepare a working surface and sift flour on it. 300 g of oil put in parchment and form a square or rectangle. Cool the water and the melted butter. In a hill of flour, form a groove, pour in water and oil, add salt. Fast mixing, knead soft elastic dough. Cover it with a film and leave for 40 minutes. Roll out the dough, put chilled butter in the middle, fold with an envelope. Roll one way and fold again. Cool the puff pastry for khachapuri half an hour. Repeat the procedure 3-6 times. If there is no time, you can cook khachapuri from the ready-made puff pastry.

Khachapuri with Suluguni

Khachapuri from puff pastry with suluguni is a fast, nutritious and tasty dish, which can be cooked on occasion, and without any reason.

Ingredients:

• puff yeast dough - 0.5 kg;
• suluguni - 450-550 g;
• butter - 50 g;
• egg of chicken - 1 piece;
• greens - to taste.

Preparation

Khachapuri from the puffed yeast dough are prepared quite quickly, but it will take time to proof the dough, consider this, inviting guests. Thaw the dough according to the instructions on the package. Yeast puff pastry is usually sold not in layers, but in briquettes. It must completely thaw, but remain firm, so that the layers do not mix. Gently roll the dough, cut it into squares with a side of about 15 cm. Prepare the filling: grate the cheese on a large grater. If there is a desire, you can add to the filling finely chopped greens, for example, dill. Then add the egg white. Stir and spread the filling on the dough. Raise the edges of the squares up and protect them. Lay the khachapuri from the puffed yeast dough on a baking tray, oiled, and leave for half an hour. Lubricate them with yolk and bake for 20 minutes at a temperature of 200 ° C.

Khachapuri with cheese and cottage cheese

Khachapuri from puff-free dough without yeast is better to cook with cheese and cottage cheese. Cottage cheese choose fatter, and cheese - drier, then the filling will be especially tender and piquant.

Ingredients:

• puff-free batter - 1 package;
• brynza - 200 g;
• cottage cheese -200 g;
• egg chicken - 3 pieces;
• greens - to taste.

Preparation

Prepare the filling. To do this, it is better to rub cottage cheese through a sieve, and grate cheese on an average grater. Do not mix the ingredients with a blender - you will not get a special consistency of this filling. For cottage cheese and cheese, add 2 eggs and, if desired, shredded greens. Bezdozherzhevoy puff dough for khachapuri thaw according to the instructions. Roll it out, adjusting the layers to the size of the baking tray. If the pan is round, trim the edges. Lubricate it with oil, divide the filling into the number of layers of the test minus 1 (if you have 5 layers of dough, then the filling is divided into 4 parts). Spread, alternating, dough and stuffing so that the first and last layers are dough. Lubricate the surface with a beaten egg and bake for half an hour at a temperature of 180 degrees. When khachapuri from puff pastry will cool, cut portionwise.