Name: Cheese stuffing
Cuisine: Palestine
Ingredients: 1½ cups (170 grams) shredded low-salt or desalted white cheese, such as akkawi or queso blanco; 2 tablespoons (30 grams) sugar; 1 teaspoon rosewater or orange-blossom water; ½ cup (60 grams) fresh mozzarella, chopped (or an equivalent amount of shredded mozzarella, soaked in water and then strained)

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Gaza Kitchen

By Laila El-Haddad and Maggie Schmitt

Published 2021

About

The traditional atayif stuffings are either some type of sweet cheese or crushed, spiced nuts. Laila’s grandfather, rest his soul, preferred a milk pudding stuffing (Mhalabiya).

Ingredients

1½ cups (170 grams) shredded low-salt or desalted white cheese, such as akkawi or queso blanco
½

Method

Strain the soaked cheese and pat it dry with a kitchen towel before using it. If you are using akkawi, de-salt it by soaking the shredded cheese in cold water and rinsing it several times. Crumble with a fork or your hand, then add remaining ingredients and mix well. Stuff as indicated below.