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kashkaval
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Also known as kaskavál, קשקבל, קאַשקאַוואַל קעז, קאַשקאַוואַל

Kashkaval is a type of cheese made from the milk of cows, sheep, goats, or a mixture thereof. In Turkey, Albania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Romania and Serbia, the term is often used to refer to all yellow cheeses (or even any cheese other than sirene). In English-language menus in Bulgaria, kashkaval is translated as 'yellow cheese' (whereas sirene is usually translated as 'white cheese' or simply 'cheese').

Key facts

Cheese.name
Kashkaval
Cheese.image
frameless
Cheese.source
Cow, sheep, goat
Cheese.pasteurised
Traditionally, no
Cheese.texture
Semi-hard

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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Locality
  • Albania
  • Bulgaria
  • Romania and Moldova
  • North Macedonia
  • Russia
  • Serbia
  • Levant
  • Turkey
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Further reading

Kashkaval is a type of cheese made from the milk of cows, sheep, goats, or a mixture thereof. In Turkey, Albania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Romania and Serbia, the term is often used to refer to all yellow cheeses (or even any cheese other than sirene). In English-language menus in Bulgaria, kashkaval is translated as 'yellow cheese' (whereas sirene is usually translated as 'white cheese' or simply 'cheese').

==Etymology==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “kashkaval” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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