What is Cacik and Processed 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.
Processed cheese is a blend of more than one natural cheese and added with emulsifiers,saturated vegetable oils, extra salt,,food coloring, whey or sugar.
Color
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Yellow
Cacik and Processed Cheese Flavor
Sour
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Cacik and Processed Cheese Aroma
Fresh, Sour smell
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Vegetarian
Yes
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Origin
Turkey
Switzerland