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