What is Cacik and Tilsit 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.
Tilsit Cheese is semi hard cheese, light yellow in texture, made from pasteurized or unpasteurized cow milk.
Flavor
Sour
Creamy, Mild, Piquant, Spicy
Aroma
Fresh, Sour smell
Strong
Origin
Turkey
Switzerland