Akkawi
Sign in to saveAkkawi cheese (, also Akawi, Akawieh and Ackawi) is a white brine cheese named after the Palestinian city of Akka (Acre, present-day Israel).
Key facts
- Cheese.name
- Akkawi cheese
- Cheese.image
- Akawi Cheese.jpg
- Cheese.country
- Palestine (region)
- Cheese.othernames
- Akawi, Akawieh and Ackawi
- Cheese.region
- Levant
- Cheese.town
- Akka
- Cheese.source
- Cow
- Cheese.texture
- Semi-hard
- Cheese.namedafter
- City of Akka
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- History
- Production and storage
- Texture and taste
- Supply chain problems
- See also
- References
Akkawi cheese (, also Akawi, Akawieh and Ackawi) is a white brine cheese named after the Palestinian city of Akka (Acre, present-day Israel).
==Etymology== Akkawi cheese is named after the port city of Akka (). Akkawi in Arabic means "from Akka".
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