Halawet el Jibn
Halawet El Jibn | |
| Type | Dessert |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Hama or Homs (Most sources agree on Hama) |
| Associated cuisine | Levantine cuisine (especially Syria& Lebanon ) |
| Serving temperature | Room temperature |
| Main ingredients | Semolina, Akkawi cheese, sugar, qishta, pistachio, rose water |
Halawet el-jibn (Arabic: حلاوة الجبن / Ḥalāwat al-jibn) (cheese sweet) is a Levantine dessert made of a semolina and cheese dough, filled with qishta. Its origin somewhere from central Syria. It is found in other regions in the Levant and the Middle East notably Tripoli, Lebanon, and has been brought by Syrian Immigrants to other countries such as Türkiye and Germany.