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Leipäjuusto

Name: Leipäjuusto
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Finland
Ingredients: 200g Halloumi Cheese (or grilling cheese); 3 tbsp Heavy Cream; 10g Butter; 4 tbsp Strawberry Jam (or cloudberry jam)

Dessert

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Toasted, squeaky cheese warmed and served with cloudberry jam — a Finnish dessert.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Leipäjuusto means 'bread cheese': a fresh cheese made by curdling milk, spreading it flat, and browning the surface. Its signature is a squeaky texture when you bite it. Warming it and serving it with cloudberry jam is a traditional Finnish dessert, and in the north it's also customary to drop pieces into coffee.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a farm in northern Finland, a round browned cheese is warmed in the oven and orange cloudberry jam is spooned over.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Halloumi Cheese (or grilling cheese) 200g
Heavy Cream 3 tbsp
Butter 10g
Strawberry Jam (or cloudberry jam) 4 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the cheese into 1cm-thick slices.
Melt butter in a frying pan and brown both sides of the cheese.
Transfer to an ovenproof dish and drizzle with cream.
Warm in a 200°C oven for about 5 minutes.
Plate.
Serve with jam.

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