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Georgia Recipes
A Caucasus wine country with a bread you eat like a boat. Not sure what to eat in Georgia? Start with Mtsvadi (Georgian Grilled Pork Skewers), Adjaruli Khachapuri, Churchkhela and Chvishtari (Cornmeal Cheese Bread). Here are 7 authentic Georgia recipes, each from a specific region, with cultural context and dietary substitutions for every table.
7 recipes
Imeruli Khachapuri (Cheese-Stuffed Bread)Imereti, Georgia · medium · 45 minA golden, pan-baked flatbread sealed around a molten heart of tangy, salty cheese.
LobioRacha, Georgia · easy · 55 minKidney beans simmered and half-crushed with walnuts, coriander, and Georgian spice, served in clay with cornbread.
Chvishtari (Cornmeal Cheese Bread)Imereti, Georgia · easy · 30 minGriddled cornmeal cakes packed with young melting cheese, crisp outside and molten within, from the mountains of western Georgia.
Adjaruli KhachapuriAdjara, Georgia · medium · 45 minGeorgia’s famous boat-shaped cheese bread from Adjara: a molten pool of cheese in a golden crust, finished with an egg and butter stirred in at the table.
KhinkaliImereti, Georgia · medium · 60 minTwisted soup dumplings filled with spiced meat and hot broth, eaten by hand, a proud Georgian mountain dish.
ChurchkhelaRacha, Georgia · medium · 60 minStrings of walnuts dipped repeatedly in thickened grape juice until candle-shaped, Georgia's ancient traveling sweet.
Mtsvadi (Georgian Grilled Pork Skewers)Racha, Georgia · easy · 45 minChunks of pork marinated with grated onion and pomegranate, grilled over vine embers, then tumbled with raw onion and pomegranate seeds.
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