Georgian pastries are special dishes. They are mostly savory. On the contrary, khachapuri, achma, pasties make it possible to have a tight snack and even quench your hunger with interest.
Of course, there are sweet pastries in Georgian cuisine. Known dishes such as gata, kada, nazuki. They are made with the use of nuts and dried fruits. After all, there are plenty of them in Georgia.
Savory Georgian pastries are also prepared in Russian homes. Many recipes were invented “in haste”. Here are some of them.
Mchadi
For the preparation of these original tortillas will require only 2 ingredients:
- 3 full glasses of flour (corn required);
- 1.5 cups cold water.
Flour should be sifted into a bowl, and only then pour water into it. The dough should not be too thick. On the contrary, its consistency is slightly "wet."
In order to form balls of dough,need to wet your hands. Finished flatbreads are placed on a hot frying pan with butter, slightly flattened with a palm. On top of the dishes cover and bake mchadi.
Подавать блюдо нужно в горячем виде.Often, housewives to add extra flavor add salt to the dough and a little melted butter. However, these ingredients are optional. Mchadi and so are soft and tasty. They are used as bread in addition to other dishes.
Khachapuri
Khachapuri - a dish that Georgian is proud ofbakery products. Recipes for its preparation are very diverse. There are options with meat, vegetables, eggs. However, the most popular classic khachapuri with cheese. You can cook it at home. For this you need to take:
- a pack of butter;
- a glass of yogurt (matsoni);
- salt;
- half a small spoon of soda;
- flour;
- 700 grams of cheese (preferably unsalted);
- 2 eggs.
First, the filling is prepared. The cheese is passed through a meat grinder and mixed with eggs. Only then you can start preparing the dough:
- Melt the butter.
- Mix it with Matson, salt and soda.
- Add flour until soft dough is obtained.
- It is divided into 8 parts.
- Each roll into a cake (very thin, in the form of a circle).
- On one the filling is laid out, the second one closes everything from above, the edges are carefully pinched.
- The remaining dough is shaped similarly.
- Now khachapuri can be fried in oil in a pan until this Georgian pastry has acquired a golden hue.
Achma
Georgian pastries are also famous for their achma, orpie, which is prepared from a large number of layers of dough and cheese filling. There are lots of a variety of recipes for this dish. You can make and lazy achmu, which is made from pita. It will require:
- greenery;
- 0.5 liters of kefir;
- 50 grams of butter (butter);
- 2 eggs;
- thin lavash;
- 250 grams of cheese (you can take Suluguni or Adyghe or a mixture of them).
Cooking Georgian cheese pie is easy:
- Beat eggs with kefir, add chopped greens to the mixture.
- Cheese rubs.
- Now the multicooker is smeared with oil, pita bread is put on the bottom (its edges should be raised).
- What remains of the pita, you need to break into small pieces. They are dipped in a whipped mass and spread in a slow cooker.
- Then pour out some cheese.
- Then again go moistened pieces of pita, and cheese on them.
- This is repeated until the grated cheese is finished. But it is worth considering that the last layer must be cheesy.
- Now the raised edges of pita need to be turned, thus covering the cheese filling on top. From above, the entire cake is poured with the remains of kefir, and small pieces of butter are laid on it.
- Achma is baked for 40 minutes.
- Then it should be turned over and baked for another 20 minutes. Cheese flavor guaranteed!
Any Georgian pastry (photo confirms it) looks incredibly appetizing! Therefore, she is loved all over the world. No wonder many Georgian restaurants are in every country.
