Syrian Halawet el Jibn

Name: Syrian Halawet el Jibn
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Syrian
Ingredients: 300g soft white cheese, shredded; 1/2 cup fine semolina; 1 cup ashta (clotted cream); 1 cup sugar syrup

حلاوة الجبن/hah-LAH-wet el jibn/

About this dish

A soft cheese and semolina roll filled with sweetened clotted cream, drizzled in syrup.

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Ingredients

🧀300g soft white cheese, shredded

🌾1/2 cup fine semolina

🥛1 cup ashta (clotted cream)

🍯1 cup sugar syrup

Method

Serves 4

Simmer the cheese with semolina and a little sugar syrup until it melts into a smooth, stretchy dough.

Roll the warm dough thin on a syrup-dusted surface.

Spread a layer of ashta cream and roll into a log.

Slice into pieces.

Drizzle with more syrup and garnish with crushed pistachios.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Halawet el jibn is a well-known Syrian and Levantine dessert, valued for its unique chewy, milky texture.

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