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 10 authentic Georgia recipes, each from a specific region, with cultural context and dietary substitutions for every table.
10 recipes
Imeruli Khachapuri (Cheese-Stuffed Bread)Imereti, Georgia · medium · 45 minA golden, pan-baked flatbread sealed around a molten heart of tangy, salty cheese.
Imeruli Khachapuri (Cheese-Stuffed Bread) 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 · 1 h 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 · 1 hTwisted soup dumplings filled with spiced meat and hot broth, eaten by hand, a proud Georgian mountain dish.
ChurchkhelaRacha, Georgia · medium · 2 daysStrings of walnuts dipped repeatedly in thickened grape juice until candle-shaped, Georgia's ancient traveling sweet.
Mtsvadi (Georgian Grilled Pork Skewers)Racha, Georgia · easy · 4 h 45 minChunks of pork marinated with grated onion and pomegranate, grilled over vine embers, then tumbled with raw onion and pomegranate seeds.
Badrijani Nigvzit (Georgian Eggplant Rolls with Walnut Paste)Imereti, Georgia · medium · 1 h 30 minThin slices of fried eggplant rolled around a garlicky walnut paste scented with coriander and blue fenugreek, scattered with pomegranate seeds and served cool.
Mchadi (Georgian Cornbread)Imereti, Georgia · easy · 34 minThick little oval cakes of stone-ground white cornmeal, salt and water, fried in a covered pan until crisp and golden outside and dense and crumbly within, served warm with lobio and cheese.
Lobiani (Georgian Bean-Stuffed Bread)Racha, Georgia · medium · 11 h 10 minSoft yeasted bread rounds filled with buttery mashed kidney beans, onion, garlic, coriander and blue fenugreek, baked golden, brushed with butter and eaten warm in wedges.
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