kashkaval
Sign in to saveAlso 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
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- 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==
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