Halwat-el-jibn

Name: Halwat-el-jibn
Yield: 15-20 pieces
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: For syrup; 2 cups granulated sugar; 1/2 cup water; 1 tsp lemon juice; 3/4 tsp orange blossom water; 3/4 tsp rose water; For the cheese roll; 2 cups Mozzarella cheese; 1/2 cup sugar; 1/2 cup milk; 1 cup fine semolina; 1/2 cup water; as needed Few drops of rose water; Ingredient for stuffing; 250 ml thick cream or; 250 ml whipped cream or; 250 ml hung curd / labna for healthier option; For garnishing; as needed Crushed pistachio and red colour jello

Sabrina Yasmin @barak_kitchen

Riyadh

#Eiddesserts
Halwat el jibn is a famous Arabic dessert of Lebanon.It's a kind of sweet cheese made with mozzarella cheese and stuffed with cream or cream cheese.It's really very flavorful and unique in taste.

Sabrina Yasmin @barak_kitchen

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Ingredients

15-20 pieces

For syrup
2 cupsgranulated sugar
1/2 cupwater
1 tsplemon juice
3/4 tsp orange blossom water
3/4 tsp rose water
For the cheese roll
2 cupsMozzarella cheese
1/2 cupsugar
1/2 cupmilk
1 cupfine semolina
1/2 cupwater
as neededFew drops of rose water
Ingredient for stuffing
250 mlthick cream or
250 mlwhipped cream or
250 mlhung curd / labna for healthier option
For garnishing
as neededCrushed pistachio and red colour jello

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Steps

1

1st make the sugar syrup by boiling sugar,water and lemon juice in a pan.Cook until sugar dissolves completely.Simmer for 10 minutes.Now add Orange blossom water and rose water.Remove from heat and let the syrup cool completely.
2

Now in a separate pan add sugar and water mentioned in the cheese roll ingredients.Add milk and bring to boil.Add the mozzarella cheese and stir continuously,reduce heat.When cheese becomes soft and smooth add semolina and mix thoroughly.Add rose water.Within a minute the mixture will become a soft dough.Remove from heat.
3

In a clean counter top spread some sugar syrup.Over this transfer the cheese dough.
4

Now add some more sugar syrup and roll the dough with rolling pin to a thin rectangular shape sheet.Trim off side if you like to make the shape firm.
5

Now take some stuffing with a spoon and spread over the long side of the sheet leaving 1 inch gap.Now roll the sheet over the stuffing so that the sheet completely covers the stuffing and seal the side by pressing nicely to form a long log.
6

Trim off the side from the rest of the sheet using a sharp knife. Like this make more logs stuffed with cream repeating the previous step.
7

Keep these logs in the refrigerator so that we can easily cut these into small squre shape sweets.
8

After 1/2 an hour take out from refrigerator and cut in small pieces.
9

Sprinkle some sugar syrup over the pieces and garnish with crushed pistachio and red colour jello.
10

Beautiful and delicious cheese sweet is ready to serve.