What is Cacik and Limburger Cheese?
What is
- 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.
Limburger is a cow milk, semi soft cheese, with a washed rind.
Flavor
Sour
Grassy, Mild, Mushroomy
Aroma
Fresh, Sour smell
Sour smell
Origin
Turkey
Belgium, Germany, Netherlands