Akawi cheese

Making cheese the way it was done centuries ago can be a fun project for home gourmets, and can result in uniquely flavored cheeses. This recipe makes about one pound of cheddar cheese, and once you have mastered this technique you can move on to blue cheeses, soft cheeses and other artisan cheeses.

Layla on Instagram: "Cheese Manaeesh // recipe 📩 Dough Ingredient: -1 packet of instant/active dry yeast -1 cup warm water -1/2 tbsp granulated sugar -2 1/2 cups all purpose flour -1 tsp salt -1/4 cup yogurt -1/3 cup olive oil Cheese ingredients: -akawi cheese -shredded mozzarella -parsley Directions: 1. Prepare the cheese mixture by soaking the akawi in water for 20-30 min to make it less salty. After soaking it, pat dry it and add to bowl with mozzarella and chopped…

Kanafeh is a traditional Middle Eastern dessert made with shredded filo pastry, or alternatively fine semolina dough, soaked in sweet, sugar-based syrup, and typically layered with cheese, or with other ingredients such as clotted cream or nuts. The taste is delicate, creamy, and only subtly sweet. When you want to try a dessert that has pleased palates for generations, nothing hits the spot like kunafa.

Unripened cheese have no rind and possess a soft, smooth texture. They are generally high in moisture and low in fat, have delicate, milky flavours and often lack the distinctive strength of more mature cheeses. They include cottage cheese, cream cheese, feta, ricotta, mascarpone and more.

Cheese manakeesh is a Lebanese flatbread topped with akkawi cheese that's hard to resist. Learn how to make this delicious manakeesh recipe at home!

This is possibly one of the most ubiquitous pastries across the Middle East, and one of the most intimidating to Western cooks because of the stringy, vermicelli-like kataifi pastry that is used to make it. In fact, kunafa is such a simple dessert to make that it can be on the table within an hour of turning the oven on to heat. Traditionally, kunafa is made with akawi cheese, a salty, halloumi-like cheese common in the Middle East, but as it requires 48 hours of soaking time to draw out the…

𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓶 on Instagram: "Making Zaatar and cheese pies using tortilla bread is easy and can be done within a minute, yet they still taste delicious. Making cheese and zaatar pies has never been this easy, if you never tried it yet you definitely should. Simply mix Zaatar with olive oil to create a thick paste, mozzarella or akawi cheese, and grab your choice of regular or whole wheat tortillas. In a pan lightly coated with spray oil, place a tortilla, spread the Zaatar mixture, layer on…