Cheese Stuffed Pastry Recipe

Quick , easy and quite filling appetizer with cheese stuffed pastry dough.

Many call it khachapuri, which means cheese bread in Georgian .

Those who try to keep a healthy food diet, may skip this cheese pastry or try it very rarely.

It’s delicious and may become a favorite quick to make appetizer.

This may be a good idea for breakfast, it’ll keep you going for hours .

Quick recipe and instructions follow .

Happy baking!

Ingredients

A pack of pre made puff pastry dough , usually it comes in 10 pcs of 5”x5” dough squares

120 g mozzarella

100 g fontina or feta cheese, or any slightly salty cheese

1 good tbs cottage cheese

1 large egg

Optionally you can spice the cheese mixture with red and black pepper, dried or fresh herbs, such as mint , parsley or cilantro

You will need another egg , separated

Yolk + 1 tbs milk, for egg wash

Whites for brushing the sides before folding pastry dough

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375° F

Line a baking pan with parchment paper

Prepare the cheese mixture by combining and mixing together cheeses and egg

Stuff each pastry dough square with cheese mixture, about 1 tbs for each

Brush the sides with egg whisked whites and gold into a triangle, see YouTube tutorial for more detailed instructions

Brush the tops with egg yolk and milk mixture

Bake 30-35 minutes or until golden color

Serve warm or cold

Bon appetit !

Բարի ախորժակ!