This week I’m making both, a regular country sourdough loaf from Chad Robertson’s Tartine Bread, and I’m trying a khachapuri for the first time!
Khachapuri is a Georgian cheese bread. I had my first introduction to Khachapuri from my friend who is a Doukhobor and whose family originated from Georgia. I am, of course, making a sourdough version. It just fell into place for me this weekend. I knew this was a special dish to my friend, my husband wanted to make borscht, and my favourite sourdough instagram account, Shebakesourdough (Jade Lim) posted an awesome video of her making Khachapuri. Check out this QR code to watch the video on Shebakesourdough’s Instagram.
Luckily, the recipe Shebakesourdough shared calls for the dough to be rested in the fridge overnight – which is my favourite way to handle sourdough. It’s a very simple recipe: flour, water, salt, starter and olive oil. Shebakesourdough often does “coil folds” for her sourdough I’ve noticed, instead of turns. So, I have my Khachapuri dough in a glass container with a lid and I’m doing the coil folds, and I’m doing turns for the country sourdough loaf.
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