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Cheese Halawa with Daaoukiyeh Filling
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Cheese Halawa with Daaoukiyeh Filling

Cheese halawa is one of the tastiest Lebanese sweets. You may think it is difficult to make at home, but the opposite is true. In this recipe, we chose an unconventional filling for the halawa: ashta with daaoukiyeh.

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750 g mozzarella cheese1 1/4 cups fine semolina1 small cup syrup, or 1/4 cup1 small cup, or 1/4 cup, rose water mixed with orange blossom watersyrup for stretching the halawa doughFilling:Ashta:2 liters milk1 very small cup lemon juice, or 1/4 cup2 tablespoons yogurt2 ready-made cans of qaymar ashta or 1 can mascarpone cheeseDaaoukiyeh:1 cup ground pistachios2 tablespoons fine semolina1 small spoon buttera pinch of rose water, or 1 teaspoona pinch of orange blossom water, or 1 teaspoonWe start by preparing the ashta. Put the milk in a pot over the heatCheese halawa:

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When it is warm, add the lemon juice and yogurt and stir

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Maamoul Madd with Ashta
Homemade Shaibiyat
Special Aleppo Pistachio Mafrookeh

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