This cheese and potato-stuffed flatbread begins with a simple, unleavened dough, is filled with potato and 3 kinds of cheese, and cooks on the stovetop. If you enjoyed our Khachapuri, which is a Georgian-style cheese-stuffed bread, and you love potato, this really should be the next thing you make.
Ingredients
- russet potatoes: 2 piece
- all-purpose flour: 1 cup
- milk: 0.25 cup
- water: 2 Tbsp
- fine salt: 0.25 tsp
- butter: 1 Tbsp (melted)
- green onions: 2 Tbsp (thinly sliced, optional)
- hot green chilies: 2 Tbsp (minced, optional)
- ounces mozzarella cheese, cut into very small cubes: 4 piece
- ounces shredded sharp Cheddar cheese: 1 piece
- ounces feta cheese, crumbled: 3 piece
- salt and freshly ground black pepper: (to taste)
- butter: 3 Tbsp (divided, melted)
- honey: 2 Tbsp
- hot chili pepper flakes: 1 tsp
- green onions: 1 Tbsp (thinly sliced, optional)
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Place potatoes in a baking dish, and pierce skins several times with a knife.
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Bake potatoes in the preheated oven until very tender when tested with a knife, about 1 hour. Remove from the oven, cover with a towel, and cool potatoes to room temperature, about 30 minutes. Turn oven off.
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Place flour in a bowl, and make a small well in the center with a fork. Pour milk, water, and salt into the well, and stir with a fork to form a shaggy dough.
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Pour in the 1 tablespoon melted butter, and continue to mix with a fork until dough begins to come together. Lightly flour your hand and knead in the bowl until the sides of the bowl are clean, and dough forms into a ball.
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Transfer dough to a lightly floured work surface and knead until dough is smooth and slightly elastic, 2 to 4 minutes. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and set aside to rest for 15 to 30 minutes.
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Measure out 8 ounces of cooled, cooked potato; add to a bowl and mash with the back of a fork, until slightly chunky or completely smooth, as desired.
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Add green onions, green chilies, mozzarella, Cheddar, and feta cheese and stir thoroughly to combine. Season with salt and pepper. Mash filling into a compact disc, about 5 inches in diameter, in the bottom of the bowl. Turn filling out onto a piece of plastic wrap. Wrap tightly, give filling a final shaping, and place in the refrigerator until ready to use.
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Roll dough out on a well-floured work surface into a 10- to 11-inch circle. Place chilled filling disc in center of dough circle.
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Working around the circle, fold dough up toward the center to cover filling completely, pleating dough as needed and using a moistened finger to stick dough together where it overlaps. Flour the top, and flip over so the seam side is down.
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Again, flour the top of filled dough, and roll gently into an even circle, 3/4- to 1-inch thick.
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Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Gently place filled bread in the skillet and cook, covered, until the bottom is a light golden brown, about 5 minutes. Carefully flip over, and cook, covered, until the other side is golden, about 5 minutes.
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Turn bread back over, and brush top and sides with remaining 1 tablespoon melted butter. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes more. If flatbread begins to bulge, poke a small hole with a knife to release steam.
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Transfer to a cutting board and cool for 5 to 10 minutes.
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Meanwhile, stir honey and pepper flakes together in a small bowl. Sprinkle flatbread with green onions, cut into wedges, and serve with spicy honey. Chef John
