Pumpkin Shanklish – Shams El Balad

Ingredients

• 0.5 cup aged shanklish cheese, crumbled
• 2 cups hard (extra-strained) labaneh, or crumbled labaneh balls
• 2 cups pumpkin (or butternut squash), chopped into 1cm cubes
• 0.75 cup pomegranate seeds
• 0.25 cup white onion, finely chopped
• 0.333 cup coriander, leaves and tender stems finely chopped
• 0.5 green chili, deseeded and minced
• 0.333 cup olive oil, plus more for brushing bread
• 0 Juice of a lemon
• 0 Salt and black pepper, to taste
• 0 Sourdough bread, sliced (or your preferred bread)
• 1 clove garlic (optional)