Name: Cheese and potato bread (Khabizgina ხაბიზგინა)
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 2 h 25 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Georgia
Ingredients: ½ tsp sugar; 200 g / 7 oz / 1½ cups plus 1 tbsp strong / bread flour; 200 g / 7 oz grated or crumbled cheese; freshly ground black pepper; ½ tsp salt, or to taste; ½ tsp quick-acting instant yeast; 30 g / 1 oz / 2 tbsp butter, melted; 60 ml / 2 fl oz / ¼ cup milk, warmed; 80 ml / 2½ fl oz / ⅓ cup yogurt, at room temperature; 260 g / 9 oz boiled potatoes, skins on; 1 egg, at room temperature; 1 tbsp sour cream, at room temperature; ½ tsp salt

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
2 hr 30

Appears in

Tasting Georgia

By Carla Capalbo

Published 2017

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Like khachapuri, this is a filled bread. Here, the filling is a mix of cheese and potato. It is a popular staple in the high Caucasus mountains of Kazbegi and Ossetia where potatoes were often the only locally grown vegetable. Boil your potatoes with the skins on. Grate rather than mash the potatoes and fold the butter and cheese into them. Use a combination of sheep’s cheese and cow’s for this recipe, such as feta or pecorino and mozzarella. This milk-enriched dough goes well with t