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Khachapuri

khah-chah-POO-ree
Also Known As Hachapuri
Breads, Flatbreads and Savory Pastries

A Georgian dish of leavened bread filled with cheese, and sometimes egg or butter, molded into regional shapes. The Imeretian form, filled with white Imeretian salted cheese, is the most widespread; the boat-shaped Adjarian version is topped with a raw egg yolk and butter stirred in at the table. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Disputed
Origin Period, From (Year)
from 1100 1
Marks the twelfth century, the era Wikipedia's own account credits as the probable period of Georgia's cultural renaissance in which khachapuri arose, though its specific root remains unclear.
Classification
Dietary Suitability
Contains Dairy or Egg 1
Origin Region
Georgia; the Imeretian form is the most popular, made with white Imeretian salted cheese. 1
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Uses Ingredient

Cheese, Ingredients
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Egg, Ingredients
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Flour, Ingredients
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1. Khachapuri (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • introduction
    Khachapuri is a Georgian dish of cheese-filled bread. The bread is leavened and allowed to rise, molded into various shapes, and then filled in the center with a mixture of cheese, and sometimes eggs or other ingredients.
  • section: Imeretian khachapuri
    The most popular form, made with a yeast dough filled with white Imeretian salted cheese.
  • section: History
    According to Darra Goldstein, who wrote the book The Georgian Feast about the dish, khachapuri probably dates back to the 12th century when Georgia experienced a period of renaissance, but its specific root remains unclear.
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khachapuri (dietary-suitability)
    Khachapuri is a Georgian dish of cheese-filled bread.
  • Uses Ingredient: Cheese, Infobox main_ingredient field: [[Cheese]], [[Egg (food)|eggs]], [[flour]]
  • Uses Ingredient: Egg, Infobox main_ingredient field: [[Cheese]], [[Egg (food)|eggs]], [[flour]]
  • Uses Ingredient: Flour, Infobox main_ingredient field: [[Cheese]], [[Egg (food)|eggs]], [[flour]]
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