Clan: Copper Dragon
Category: Copper Bazaar Breads
Copper Bazaar Cheese Khachapuri
This golden cheese boat comes from the bustling Copper Bazaar. A soft bread cradle holds bubbling cheese, a just-set egg and butter, ready to be stirred together at the table and scooped up with the crust.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Dramatic centrepiece with simple ingredients
- Crisp-edged and pillowy
- Rich molten cheese filling
- Fun to share at the table
Prep Time
1 Hour 25 Minutes
Cook Time
18 Minutes
Serves
4
Ingredients
- 300g strong white bread flour
- 7g fast-action dried yeast
- 1 tsp caster sugar
- 1 tsp fine salt
- 180ml warm water
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 200g grated mozzarella
- 150g crumbled feta
- 100g ricotta
- 2 large eggs
- 25g butter
- Black pepper
- Plain flour, for dusting
Method
- Mix the flour, yeast, sugar and salt in a bowl. Add the warm water and oil, then knead for 8–10 minutes until smooth.
- Cover and leave to rise for 1 hour, or until doubled in size.
- Heat the oven to 240°C (220°C fan) and place a baking tray inside to heat.
- Mix the mozzarella, feta and ricotta with a little black pepper.
- Divide the dough in two. Roll each piece into an oval, then roll the long edges inward and pinch the ends to form a boat.
- Place the boats on baking paper and fill with the cheese mixture. Transfer to the hot tray and bake for 12–14 minutes.
- Make a hollow in each cheese filling and crack in an egg. Bake for another 3–4 minutes, until the white is barely set.
- Add butter to each boat and serve immediately, stirring the egg, butter and cheese together before tearing off pieces of crust.
Adventurer’s Notes
Dragon’s Tip
The egg continues cooking after leaving the oven, so remove the khachapuri while the yolk is still runny.
🧀 Merchant’s Blend
Mix mozzarella with feta or a mature cheddar to create a filling that is both stretchy and deeply savoury.
🥚 Eggkeeper’s Secret
Add the egg only when the bread is almost baked so the white sets while the yolk remains soft enough to stir through the cheese.
🌿 Bazaar Upgrade
Finish with chopped herbs, chilli flakes or spring onion for extra colour and freshness.
🔥 Reheating the Hoard
Warm leftovers in a hot oven rather than a microwave to restore the crisp edges of the bread.
Lore of the Hoard
In the Copper Bazaar, these cheese-filled boats are carried from glowing ovens to crowded tables at dawn. Travellers tear away the crust and share the molten centre before setting out along the merchant roads.
Recommended With
Continue Your Journey
Explore another dish from the vault or visit the Workshop and Spice Merchant for a fitting companion.
- Azure Archipelago Chicken Adobo
- Ember Coast Peanut Stew
- Frostveil Iced Coffee — a workshop pairing for the table
- Asian Sesame Marinade — explore another flavour path
