Gebna Makleyah Egyptian Oven Baked Cheese Recipes

GEBNA MAKLEYAH (EGYPTIAN OVEN-FRIED CHEESE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C.
• Combine feta cheese, flour, egg, salt, crushed peppercorns, parsley and breadcrumbs in a bowl and mix well.
• Divide the mixture into twelve equal portions and shape them into balls.
• Place the prepared balls on a baking tray. Drizzle olive oil on top and lightly mix.
• Put the baking tray in preheated oven and bake for fifteen to twenty minutes. Transfer on absorbent paper.
• Serve hot.

GEBNA MAKLEYAH EGYPTIAN OVEN BAKED CHEESE

Steps:

• On a baking sheet, line with parchment and drizzle the Olive oil on the parchment. Heat the oven to 400F
• In a bowl, combine the feta, flour, egg, lemon juice, salt and lemon pepper. Mix it up well.
• Next, roll the cheese mixture into little flat balls.
• Place the balls on top the oil coated parchment paper.
• Bake the little disks for about 10 minutes. They will become a light golden brown.
• Take out the oven, let them cool slightly then Enjoy!

GEBNA MAKLEYAH (EGYPTIAN OVEN-FRIED CHEESE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°.
• Place the cheese, flour, egg, salt, and pepper in a bowl and mix well with very clean hands. Roll the mixture into 1-inch balls. If the mixture seems too loose to hold its shape, add a little more flour. If the mixture seems too dry, add a bit of lemon juice, vinegar, or water.
• Pour 2 or 3 Tablespoons olive oil onto a cookie sheet to grease. Arrange the cheese balls on cookie sheet, rolling them around to coat thoroughly with the oil. Bake 5 minutes at 400°.
• Wearing an oven mitt, shake the baking sheet to turn the cheese balls, and bake 5 more minutes or until golden brown.
• With a spatula, transfer the cheese balls to a paper towel.
• Serve the cheese balls while still warm, with lemon wedges and triangles of pita bread.

FRIED CHEESE

Steps:

• Spray a cooking pan with PAM spray.
• Set heat to medium-high.
• Sprinkle the 1/2-1 cup of cheese onto pan, (make sure cheese is evenly spread out into a circular shape).
• When cheese is bubbling a lot and the edges have a golden/brown color flip the cheese over like a pancake.
• (This side takes a lot less time to cook so moniter it carefully).
• When both sides have a golden/brown color, take out of pan to serve.

QUESO FRITO (FRIED CHEESE)

Steps:

• Mix together flour and paprika in a bowl. Have the beaten eggs in a separate bowl. Mix the bread crumbs and oregano in a third bowl. Dredge the cheese in the flour mixture, then egg and then coat well in bread crumbs. Refrigerate for at least an hour.
• Heat oil in a heavy skillet under med-high. Fry cheese until golden brown; about 20-30 seconds per side.

CASCAVAL PANE ( TRANSYLVANIAN FRIED CHEESE)

Steps:

• Slice the cheese into 1-1/2 inch squares that are 1/2 inch thick.
• Dip first into the beaten egg mixture, then into the seasoned bread crumbs (I find that a"double dipping" of each works the best; after the first dip in the bread crumbs, repeat the process again).
• Heat oil in a deep skillet until it"shimmers".
• Fry cheese until golden brown on both sides and a little soft (this does not take very long, and do not completely melt cheese).
• When you turn over the cheese the first time, the crust may fall apart from the cheese; just pat it back on, it will melt back together.
• To serve, immediately put each cheese square on a lettuce leaf.

EGYPTIAN CONDIMENT (DAQUA)

Steps:

• Liquidize everything together (traditionally should be crushed with a mortar and pestle), not too much to keep some pieces in the liquid.
• Put into a ½ litre mineral water bottle, add the lemon juice and top up the remaining space with cold water, shake it’s ready!

WHOLE WHEAT PUDDING (EGYPTIAN ASHORA)

Steps:

• boil the wheat grains in the water , then leave it overnight to cool down, so that the grains can absorb all the water they need to open up.
• add the milk, whipping cream, sugar, vanilla and heat up till sugar dissolves completely, you can taste some to determine if it is sweet enough.
• dissolve the starch in 1/2 cup of cold milk then add to the heating mixture, boil altogether.
• pour into your serving cups and leave to cool, you can serve them as soon as they are just warm, not hot, or you can cool them in the fridge for couple of hours before serving.
• it is great as it is, but if you like you can put some toasted almond flakes, hazelnut, shreded coconut, or simply sprinkle some cinnamon.