Yana Poghosyan's blog: Cottage Cheese and Sesame Cheese-Balls

Hello everyone! Today I decided to share this simple but very delicious cottage cheese and sesame cheese-ball recipe! These palatable and scrumptious cottage cheese and sesame cheese-balls are on the top list of my favorite appetizers! They can be prepared for different occasions, for parties, baby showers, birthday parties!!! You can easily make them the night before and serve them the next day. It'll save you lots of time and energy. They can also be used for breakfast and lunch with pieces of toasted bread (naan bread). I personally enjoy eating them with traditional Armenian bread lavash. You can also make a burger with them, adding a few slices of tomato, cucumber, pepper, onion and other vegetables. In other words they are very versatile. These is how my platter of super delicious and healthy cottage cheese and sesame cheese-balls look like!!! I think they look very appetizing!!!:) :) :)

Now let's talk about the recipe. You will need the following ingredients:

cottage cheese (300 gr)
cheese (200 gr)
sour-cream or plain Greek yogurt (200 gr) or you can use strained plain yogurt
garlic (2-3 cloves)
sesame seeds (1 cup)
dill (1 tablespoon of chopped dill)
salt (just a little bit)
White pepper (1/3 teaspoon)

Now let's talk about the instructions:

First of all you should is to grate the cheese and chop the garlic and the dill. I am using cheese from a local producer, thus I am not going to name the brand, I don't think you can find them in your country, unless you live in Armenia. Just choose the cheese the taste of which you like the most.
In a deep bowl mix together the cottage cheese, grated cheese, sour-cream and garlic. You should get a substance of a thick consistency to make small ball of it.
Pour the sesame seeds in a flat plate. Make small balls from that mixture and roll them in the sesame seeds. Repeat the same action until you have done with the mixture.
Place the ready cottage cheese and sesame cheese-ball in a flat container arranging them only in one layer, cover the container with the lid put it in the fridge.
The next day you just take them out of the container, place them nicely in a plate and serve them. I usually serve them wrapped individually in a lettuce leaf.