Saganaki cheese

Saganaki cheese (Turkish: saganaki peyniri) is a Greek and Turkish cheese made of sheep's milk, cow milk, goat milk, or a combination, and used to prepare saganaki. Some saganaki cheese is similar to the basket cheese made in Aegean Turkey.[1]

Saganaki cheese
RegionTurkey, Greece
TownAegean Region
Source of milkSheep, Goat, cow milk

It is sometimes flavored with thyme, walnut, mastic, red pepper, cinnamon, black seed, black pepper, or olive oil; or smoked.[2][3]

See also

References
  1. YAŞİN, Mehmet. "Peynir bizim işimiz". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  2. "Anadolu'da peynir peşinde bir yolculuk | Aynur TATTERSALL | Köşe Yazıları". 2021-01-14. Archived from the original on 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  3. "50 peynirli şehrin yöresel mandırası". 2021-04-25. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
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