This dish is called a kodafa, an Israeli couscous cake with a cheese filling. Do you think it's sweet? Or savory? Read on to find out...
It's sweet, actually, but not too sweet. The recipe on this Flickr page (from member belgianchocolate) is a bit hard to follow because of the measurements, but it calls for ricotta, mozzarella, and honey for the filling.
The couscous is mixed with butter and egg to form a kind of paste that's the bottom and top crust. You cook the kodafa until it's beginning to brown, then drizzle it with a syrup of honey, cinnamon, and orange blossom water.
The idea of a textured grain mixed in with a creamy filling reminds us of rice pudding, so if you're a fan of that, maybe you want to try this.
Has anyone eaten or made kodafa?
Related: Recipe: Lemon Rice Pudding
(Image: Flickr member belgianchocolate, licensed for use under Creative Commons)
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Comments (6)
No, but that sounds awesome!
i love kodafa! one of my first jobs was at a Hookah Bar/Cafe that served schewarma sandwiches, tons of tea and kodafa and that's basically all i ate while working there. it didn't look much like the picture above. they always had large sheets of it, and it was a brilliant nuclear orange with mounds of pistachios marking where to cut for individual slices. we'd pour some rose water syrup on it, then throw it in the microwave and poof! it'd disappear into a lucky belly! it was really wonderful on hot summer nights with hot tea (and a shisha filled with rose-flavored tobacco!).
i've never made it myself, but this post has definitely inspired me to do so. i have so many wonderful memories associated with that dish.
thanks for the post!
Classic French "gâteau de semoule" is closer to rice pudding, as it's basically the same thing without the cheese. Most people use "semoule fine" (semolina), but I prefer the grittier couscous.
I had a delicious sweet couscous dessert in Brazil. It was shaped like a cake and was bright white, sticky with condensed milk and covered with coconut shavings. Kind of like a mochi in consistency.
OMG, it looks delicious!
Looks very good! Never had it, but when I was living with a family in Morocco they sometimes had a sweetish couscous dish with yogurt, or even more popular--couscous, toasted almonds, raisins, and cinnamon. But for dinner, not dessert!