Feta
Feta cheese - an icon of near-eastern cuisine
Feta cheese is a high fat cheese preserved in brine, most commonly from Greece and Turkey, although similar cheeses are found throughout that region.
Traditionally made from ewes' milk or a combination or ewes' and goats' milk, it has a rich creamy taste when eaten in its native setting. Unfortunately, most feta available over here is almost overpoweringly salty.
Given a good example, with a fat content of up to 50% and not too much saltiness, this is a creamy, crumbly cheese that is as suited to grilling or baking as it is to its more common calling as an ingredient of the 'Greek salad' of cheese, tomatoes and black olives.
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