Saganaki cheese
Saganaki cheese | |
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Region | Turkey, Greece |
Town | Aegean Region |
Source of milk | Sheep, Goat, cow milk |
Saganaki cheese (Turkish: saganaki peyniri) is a Greek and Turkish cheese made of sheep's milk, cow milk, goat milk, or a combination, and used to prepare saganaki. Some saganaki cheese is similar to the basket cheese made in Aegean Turkey.[1]
It is sometimes flavored with thyme, walnut, mastic, red pepper, cinnamon, black seed, black pepper, or olive oil; or smoked.
See also[]
- Greek cuisine
- Turkish cuisine
References[]
- ^ YAŞİN, Mehmet. "Peynir bizim işimiz". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-04-25.
Categories:
- Sheep's-milk cheeses
- Goat's-milk cheeses
- Turkish cheeses