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Ingredients 9 items

  • For the halawat el-jibn dough:
  • 1 kg akawi cheese cut in slices
  • 1.5 cups fine semolina or 240 g
  • 3 cups sugar syrup
  • For the filling:
  • 3 cups or 750 ml water
  • 1 tin Nestlé® Sweetened Condensed Milk or 397 g
  • 90 g or ¾ cup corn flour
  • 2 tablespoons blossom water

How to prepare

  1. Soak cheese in room temperature water for 4 hours to remove the salt (change water every 1 hour) then drain.
  2. Place Nestlé® Sweetened Condensed Milk, water and corn flour in a large saucepan, bring to a boil with constant stirring until sauce thickens. Add blossom water and stir. Keep aside to cool to room temperature.
  3. Place the cheese in a bowl over boiling water and stir until cheese is melted. Add semolina and stir for 5-6 minutes.
  4. Sprinkle 4 tablespoons of hot sugar syrup over the working table and place over the hot cheese dough, then put another 4 tablespoons of hot sugar syrup on top and roll the dough using a rolling pin to have a thin layer then cut into squares with 7cm length.
  5. Mix the cooled cream mixture until is smooth and spoon 1 tablespoon on each dough piece and roll.
  6. Serve the Halawat el-jibn with the remaining syrup.

Nutritional informations

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