[CH] playing around with labaneh
Alex Silbajoris (asilbajo@hotmail.com)
Sat, 17 Apr 2004 23:08:15 +0000
Today a friend showed me a small grocery called the Jaffa Super Market,
where I saw a lot of middle-eastern products I haven't seen before,
including some cheeses. I was scanning along a shelf, looking at jars of
olive oil and balls of cheese that almost looked like duck eggs. Suddenly,
I saw a facing of the same product, with red pepper flakes in the oil. A
buzzer went off in my head.
So, apparently this is a sheep's milk yogurt cheese. It's from Green Cedar
Dairy in Dearborn, Michigan. The ingredients are: Pasteurized grade A milk,
olive oil, active culture, & salt. (No mention of the red pepper).
Imagine cream cheese, only softer, with a richer flavor and a lot of salt.
This would be nice spread on a toasted bagel or pita, or rolled in a grape
leaf or stuffed in an olive. I got about halfway through the jar before I
stopped myself. Then I added about 1 tablespoon of red pepper flakes, and
I'll let that rest and combine flavors until tomorrow (if I can keep my
hands off it).
And I will go back to that store!
- A
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