Urdă
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Other names | Urda, Vurda, Orda, Izvara, Zsendice |
Country of origin | Albania, Romania, North Macedonia, Moldova, Bulgaria, Serbia, Kosovo, Hungary, Ukraine |
Source of milk | Cow Sheep Goat |
Pasteurized | Traditionally, no |
Texture | Fresh |
Urdă[1] (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈurdə]; Serbian: вурда / vurda; Bulgarian: урда, извара, romanized: urda, izvara; Macedonian: урда, romanized: urda; Ukrainian: вурда, romanized: vurda; Hungarian: orda, zsendice) is a sort of whey cheese variously claimed to be originally from Romania[2] (and Moldova), but now commonly produced in the Balkans, namely in Serbia,[3] North Macedonia[2][4][5] and Hungary.[6]
The Romanian term 'urdă' derives from Albanian Urdhë, Alternative variant of hurdhë. From Proto-Albanian *wurdā, from an earlier *urdā or *uordā, from Proto-Indo-European *uer- (“to boil, to burn”). Cognate to Old Armenian վառիմ (vaṙim, “to burn”), Lithuanian vìrti (“to cook, to boil”).[7][8] the Romanian term has been borrowed into Bulgarian, Hungarian, Serbian, Slovak, Rusyn, Polish, Czech, and Russian languages.
Urda is made from whey of sheep, goat or cow milk. Urdă is produced by heating the whey resulting from the draining of any type of cheese. It is often made into molds to the shape of a half sphere. The paste is finely grained, silky and palatable. It contains 18 grams of protein per 100 grams.
In Romania, urdă is traditionally used in the preparation of several desserts, such as clătită and plăcintă. Urda is also traditionally prepared in Serbia, notably in the southern region of Pirot.
Urdă is similar to ricotta in the way it is produced.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Definition of urdă" (in Romanian). DEX on line.
- ^ a b Alan Davidson (21 August 2014). The Oxford Companion to Food. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 684. ISBN 9780191040726.
- ^ Tehnologija hrane (Serbian)
- ^ About the Macedonian gastronomy (Macedonian)
- ^ Urda - super food for the health and beauty (Macedonian)
- ^ Zsendice vagy orda (Hungarian)
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998). "Urdă". Albanian Etymological Dictionary. Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill. pp. 487–88.
- ^ urdhë. (2020, February 8). Wiktionary, The Free Dictionary. Retrieved 22:40, February 29, 2020
- Whey cheeses
- Romanian cheeses
- Serbian cheeses
- Ukrainian cheeses
- Hungarian cheeses
- Macedonian cuisine
- Bulgarian cheeses
- Macedonian cheeses