Cheese Babka in EY...

Beginner Joined: Jan 24 2012 Posts: 3

Anyone have a tummy recipe for cheese babka using EY ingredients? (The soft cheeses here are diff) Can I just subsitute gvina levana for farmers cheese and shamenet for cream cheese? TIA.....

Silver Member Joined: Dec 06 2004 Posts: 818

you can replace gvina livana for cream cheese, there is a supplement for farmer cheese. I forgot the name of it, it is tnuva it comes in a clear package.

Gold Member Joined: Jan 16 2012 Posts: 1658

I used sunny's recipe - http://imamother.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1494358#1494358

I substituted cottage cheese for farmer's cheese and gevinah levana for cream cheese, and blended it in the food processor to get a good consistency. It was really yummy.

(If I made it again, I think I would switch the amounts of cottage cheese and gevinah levanah - like more cottage cheese than gevinah levana - cuz cottage is thicker, I think it would be better.)

Posted: Mon, Apr 30 2012, 12:25 pm Post subject: re: Cheese Babka in EY...

That would be my recipe above... Wink

If you want to make the gvina levana more like cream cheese, put it into a clean 10 denier stocking and hang it over a bowl--the water will be strained out and it'll be harder.
And they do have farmer cheese in Israel. So you just need to replace the cream cheese really--I made it in England last year and I used soft cheese, so I don't think it needs to be exactly like american cream cheese!
It's delicious!
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Posted: Mon, Apr 30 2012, 12:26 pm Post subject: re: Cheese Babka in EY...

Gad cream cheese is under the hashgacha of rav ruben, so it is possible just to use cream cheese even here.
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Gold Member Joined: Jan 16 2012 Posts: 1658

Right, I just used gevinah levana and cottage cheese cuz they're cheaper and easier to find in my stores Smile

They worked well. Smile

Gold Member Joined: Jan 16 2012 Posts: 1658

I STILL can't find this farmer cheese everyone is telling me they sell here in the stores where I live.

Where are you finding this stuff??

Active Poster Joined: Jul 28 2009 Posts: 64

I think Tuv Taam by Tara can be used instead of farmer cheese. It comes in a package shaped like farmer cheese.

Gold Member Joined: Jan 16 2012 Posts: 1658

I just saw something in the store this morning from Tuv Taam...it was wrapped in wax paper in a package, kind of like how they sell Chermon cheese...it said gevinah levanah something something but it was much firmer than gvinah levanah is.

Is THAT what you're all talking about? Smile

Active Poster Joined: Jul 28 2009 Posts: 64

It sounds like that's it. I'll have to check when I go to the store tomorrow and let you know. There used to be only one product called Tuv Taam - this year they added a few more, although the one you just mentioned sounds like the right one.

Posted: Mon, May 14 2012, 12:24 pm Post subject: re: Cheese Babka in EY...

Yes that is it! It's delicious on toast as well!