Stuffed Cheese

It’s believed this dish emerged during the first Dutch colonial period in Curaçao, when enslaved cooks used the rinds of cheese their masters discarded, stuffed them with a blend of meat scraps and other ingredients, and baked it. The dish is still served in Curaçao, though prepared more simply by lining a round container with cheese and stuffing it with seasoned beef or chicken as well as raisins and olives.