Wagasi cheese skewers

Wagasi, also spelled wagashi or wangashi, is a cow’s-milk cheese. Cheesemaker Ornella Anani describes learning its preparation from her Fulani nanny in Benin and making it in France using that knowledge. Her grilling recipe cuts the cheese into thick sticks and threads them onto skewers.^[1][2]

The sticks are brushed with oil mixed with salt, pepper, paprika and aromatic herbs. The recipe allows olive or sunflower oil, then grilling under an oven grill or over charcoal, turning the skewers as they cook. Sweet-and-sour sauce accompanies the hot cheese, with lettuce salad or fresh vegetables also suggested.^[2]