What is Cacik and Brick Cheese?

Definition of Cacik and Brick Cheese

Do you know What is Cacik and Brick Cheese. If you are looking for the definition of Cacik and Brick Cheese or want to know what is Cacik and Brick Cheese?, then this is where you will fetch your answers. Well, in simple terms

• It is a dish of seasoned, strained or diluted yogurt, eaten throughout the former Ottoman countries.
• It is similar to tarator in Balkan cuisine.
• It is made of salted strained yogurt or diluted yogurt mixed with cucumbers, garlic, salt, olive oil, sometimes with vinegar or lemon juice, and some herbs like dill, mint, parsley, thyme etc.

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• Brick cheese is a brick shaped cheese, made from pasteurized cow's milk.
• It is native to Winconsin, US

Both these products are unique in their own ways. Cacik is a Not Available colored dairy product and Brick Cheese is Ivory colored. The food gets it color dependent on the ingredients used and the preparation methods employed. Sometimes artificial food colors are added to give the dairy product, a gourmet look. Apart from their color what distinguishes them is their flavor and aroma. Cacik bears Sour flavor with a Fresh and Sour smell aroma whereas Brick Cheese has Mild, Nutty, Sweet and Tangy flavor and a Rich and Sour smell aroma. The color, flavor and the aroma of these products depict their origin. Cacik originated in Turkey, whereas origin of Brick Cheese is traced back to Wisconsin, US.