Cheese Halawa in Cups

Ingredients

• 2 cups water
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup coarse semolina
• 600 g unsalted shredded mozzarella cheese
• a dash of orange blossom water and rose water
• 1 cup ground pistachios
• pre-made sugar syrup (qatr or shireh)
• 1 cup prepared clotted cream (qeshta / qareesha)
• Click the link for the method How to prepare clotted cream (qeshta / qareesha)

Method

1. In a saucepan, dissolve the sugar in the water and place it over the heat...
2. After boiling, begin adding the coarse semolina in batches...
3. Stir well with a wooden spoon, then gradually add the shredded cheese...
4. Stir well until you have a very cohesive dough, forming a single mass...
5. Add a dash of rose and orange blossom water and stir for two minutes so the semolina absorbs the flavors...
6. Pour the hot cheese halawa immediately onto a sheet of parchment paper on a clean surface...
7. Put a little sugar syrup on the palm of your hand and stretch/shape the dough with your hands...
8. Place another sheet of parchment paper over the halawa and roll it between the parchment sheets using a rolling pin...
9. Lift one parchment sheet aside and slice the dough into long, irregular strips...
10. Prepare clear cups. Start with a layer of cheese halawa at the bottom of each cup, then a layer of the prepared clotted cream, then a layer of ground pistachios. Repeat — halawa, cream, pistachios — until the cup is filled.
11. Garnish the top of each cup with orange blossom jam or extra pistachios...
12. Let them cool, then serve with extra sugar syrup (qatr). Eat with a spoon.
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17. Nicole Maawad
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21. For Nicole's method to prepare homemade clotted cream (qeshta / qaymer), click this link: How to prepare clotted cream at home