khachapuri

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Georgian ხაჭაპური (xač̣aṗuri). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɑːtʃəˈpuːɹi/ (General American) IPA(key): /hɑːt͡ʃəˈpuɹi/ Hyphenation: kha‧cha‧pu‧ri === Noun === khachapuri (countable and uncountable, plural khachapuris) A cheese pastry from the country of Georgia in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. 1993, Darra Goldstein, “Breads and Grains”, in The Georgian Feast: The Vibrant Culture and Savory Food of the Republic of Georgia, New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins, →ISBN; reprinted Berkeley; Los Angeles, Calif.: University of California Press, 1999, →ISBN, page 136: No feast would seem proper without the marvelous cheese bread, khachapuri. Khachapuri is found throughout Georgia in many guises—round, rectangular, and boat-shaped. The dough can be yeasty with a thick crust, many-layered and flaky, or tender and cakelike. The bread is usually filled with a fresh, slightly sour cheese like imeruli (Imeretian) or suluguni, but salted cheeses like bryndza may also be used, as long as they are soaked first. […] For those desiring extra sustenance, the khachapuri may be topped with a cracked egg and returned to the oven until the egg sizzles. My favorite version of this cholesterol-rich khachapuri is the adzharuli khachapuri or Adzharian cheese bread, found in Batumi on the Black Sea coast and appropriately boat-shaped. 2014, John Shiffman, “‘Very Rich Men’”, in Operation Shakespeare: The True Story of an Elite International Sting, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN; trade paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, August 2015, →ISBN, page 213: At the waiter's suggestion, they added mushroom soup and khachapuri, the traditional and ubiquitous Georgian cheese bread. ==== Alternative forms ==== hachapuri hatchapuri ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === khachapuri on Wikipedia.Wikipedia