Desserts
ChefNicole Maawad
Easy Cheese Halva
Super easy homemade cheese halva recipe! This cheese halva is perfect for beginners and anyone wanting to make the best cheese halva in their own kitchen.
Ingredients
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- 2 cups water
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 cup semolina flour
- 600 g unsalted mozzarella cheese
- orange blossom water
Method
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- Bring sugar and water to boil for about 2 minutes, then add the finely ground semolina and stir well…Timers: 2 min
- Add the cheese and stir until the dough comes together into a single mass… Add the orange blossom water and stir for two minutes
- Separately, prepare the syrup (shira) on kitchen wrap and let it come to room temperature…
- Roll with a little syrup on your hand and roll the dough between two sheets of plastic wrap also sprinkled with syrup. Roll out with a rolling pin so the dough sits between the two sheets…
- Spread cream on the dough, roll into a log and cut as desired, then garnish with pistachios and lemon blossom jam.
Recipe tags
DessertsInternationalVegetarianVeganDairy freeGluten freeNut freeEgg free
Notes and serving ideas
- How to Make Homemade Cream or Qamar
- Lemon blossom jam
