Kefalograviera
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Kefalograviera is a hard sheep milk
cheese with a salty flavor and rich aroma. It is often used in a Greek dish called Saganaki
, cut into triangular pieces, rolled in seasoned flour and lightly fried. It is very similar to Kefalotyri cheese
and sometimes is sold as it.
Kefalograviera has PDO
status
Sheep milk
Sheep's milk is the milk of domestic sheep. Though not widely drunk in any modern culture, sheep's milk is commonly used to make cultured dairy products. Well-known cheeses made from sheep milk include the Feta of Greece, Roquefort of France, Manchego from Spain, the Pecorino Romano , the Pecorino...
cheese with a salty flavor and rich aroma. It is often used in a Greek dish called Saganaki
Saganaki
Saganaki refers to various dishes prepared in Greek cuisine and is named after the single-serving frying pan in which it is cooked....
, cut into triangular pieces, rolled in seasoned flour and lightly fried. It is very similar to Kefalotyri cheese
Kefalotyri cheese
Kefalotyri is a hard, salty yellow cheese made from sheep milk and/or goat's milk in Greece and Cyprus, although, a similar cheese Kefalograviera, which is made with cow's milk, or a mixture of sheep and cow is sometimes sold outside Greece and Cyprus as Kefalotyri...
and sometimes is sold as it.
Kefalograviera has PDO
Protected Geographical Status
Protected Geographical Status is a legal framework defined in European Union law to protect the names of regional foods. Protected Designation of Origin , Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed are distinct regimes of geographical indications within the framework...
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