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Recipe

 

Yield

4 servings

Prep

20 min

Cook

10 min

Ready

90 min
Trans-fat Free, Low Carb

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
1 pound mozzarella cheese
curd
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1 x mahleb, middle eastern spice
*
1 x caraway seeds
black
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1 x salt
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
453.6 g mozzarella cheese
curd
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1 x mahleb, middle eastern spice
*
1 x caraway seeds
black
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1 x salt
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Directions

Place cheese in a Teflon saucepan and add a dash of mahleb and salt and a sprinkling of black seeds.

Heat on low until cheese is melted thoroughly.

Remove from heat and drain excess water.

Pick up hot cheese in a lump, and make a hole in the center to resemble a doughnut.

With both hands, stretch and turn the cheese to form a large loop.

Double the strand of cheese, making two strands of cheese of even length.

Repeat, stretching and looping; the more you stretch the stringier the cheese becomes.

Repeat stretching several times.

Twist ends in opposite directions and intertwine rope into a braid.

Place one end through the loop of the other to lock it.

Set cheese aside to dry thoroughly.

Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate or freeze.

To serve, open braid, cut one loop and pull cheese apart into thin strands.

Serve with pocket bread.

NOTE: Mahleb can be found at specialty food shops that sell Middle Eastern ingredients.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 114g (4.0 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 28856% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 18g 28%
Saturated Fat 11g 57%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 73mg 24%
Sodium 703mg 29%
Total Carbohydrate 1g 1%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Sugars g
Protein 55g
Vitamin A 11% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 89% Iron 1%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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