with Honey Walnut Salad
Khachapuri is Georgia's signature dish. It hails from Adjara, a region by the Black Sea with the boats that inspired the pastry's shape. The egg represents the sun which sailors navigate by. To make it easier, we've used puff pastry instead of dough and cheeses from a little closer to home.
Allergens
Utensils
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Puff Pastry Sheet
1 pack(s)
Mozzarella
1 ball(s)
Greek Style Salad Cheese
100 grams
Red Chilli
0.5 unit(s)
Garlic Clove
0.5 unit(s)
Honey
15 grams
Cider Vinegar
15 milliliter(s)
Baby Plum Tomatoes
125 grams
Baby Cucumber
1 unit(s)
Walnuts
20 grams
Coriander
1 bunch(es)
British Smoked Bacon Lardons
90 grams
Olive Oil for the Dressing
1 tbsp
Egg
2 unit(s)
Preheat your oven to 220°C/200°C fan/gas mark 7. Remove the puff pastry from your fridge.
Drain the mozzarella and roughly grate on the coarse side of your grater. Repeat with the Greek style salad cheese.
Pile your grated cheeses on a plate lined with kitchen paper (to get it as dry as possible).
Unroll your pastry and cut it in half.
Scrunch each half into a ball and then roll out each ball using a rolling pin to make an oval shape, about ½cm thick - 1 per person. TIP: To stop it sticking to your rolling pin, either dust with some flour or roll it out between some cling film or baking paper.
Meanwhile, heat a drizzle of oil in a frying pan on medium-high heat.
Once hot, add the bacon lardons. Stir-fry until golden, 4-5 mins. IMPORTANT: Wash your hands and equipment after handling raw meat. Cook bacon thoroughly.
Place the ovals on a large, lined baking tray. Fill them with the cheese mixture, leaving a 2cm border. Sprinkle over the cooked bacon lardons.
Brush the borders with water or milk and then fold the border in by 1cm.
Bake on the top shelf of your oven until both the pastry and cheese are golden, 10-13 mins.
Meanwhile, halve the red chilli lengthways (see ingredients for amount), deseed, then finely chop. Peel and grate the garlic (or use a garlic press).
In a medium bowl, combine the chilli, garlic, honey, cider vinegar and olive oil for the dressing (see pantry for amount). Season with salt and pepper. TIP: If your honey has hardened, put the sachet in a bowl of hot water for 1 min to loosen.
Halve the baby plum tomatoes, then add them to the dressing. Set aside.
Trim the cucumber and slice into 1cm thick rounds. Finely chop the walnuts. Roughly chop the coriander (stalks and all).
Once your pastry is golden, remove from your oven and make a crevice large enough for an egg in the centre of the cheese using the back of a large spoon.
Crack an egg (see pantry for amount) into each crevice and pop back into your oven to bake until the egg is set, 10-12 mins. IMPORTANT: Ensure egg whites are fully cooked.
When everything's ready, add the cucumber, walnuts and coriander to the bowl of tomatoes and dressing, then toss to coat.
Serve your khachapuri style pastry with the walnut salad alongside.
5256
kJ
Energy (kJ)
1256
kcal
Energy (kcal)
83.8
g
Fat
40.7
g
of which saturates
75.6
g
Carbohydrate
18.6
g
of which sugars
36.2
g
Dietary Fibre
43.6
g
Protein
4.5
g
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