Gurer Shondesh – Ricotta Fudge with Date Molasses , A Guest Post for Jehanne, The Cooking Doctor
 
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Bengali mishti Gurer Shondesh recipe - A melt in the mouth soft, luxurious fudge made of fresh ricotta cheese.
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Bengali
Serves: 20
Ingredients
  • 2 cups chhana
  • 2-3 sticks of cinnamon, half inches each
  • 1-2 green cardamom
  • ½ cup gur a.k.a molasses/jaggery
  • ¼ cup sugar
Instructions
  1. Knead chhana cheese on a clean surface with your heel of the hand by pressing it across the surface until smooth. About 5-6 minutes.
  2. Break the gur into small pieces.
  3. In a thick bottomed or non-stick pan, heat gur in medium flame for about a minute. Add chana.
  4. Add sugar and stir constantly until the mixture is very sticky and a mass pulls away from the bottom and sides of the pan.
  5. Remove from heat. Let cool.
  6. Divide into even portions to make smaller bite size flatten balls or use molds to give different shapes. You may also use a small cookie cutter to give different shapes to shondesh.
Notes
If gur is not available; feel free to use regular or brown sugar.
Use a thick bottomed or non-stick pan.
Recipe by WithASpin at https://withaspin.com/2013/10/01/gurer-shondesh/