Feta cheese

Are you a “fun” of cheese? If yes, I'm sure that you'll appreciate this information about a very special and delicious kind of cheese which you can enjoy in many many ways! It is called FETA.

Feta cheese is a classic and famous Greek cheese whose tradition dates back thousands of years and is still made by shepherds in the Greek mountains with unpausterized milk. It was first recorded in Byzantine times and was associated specifically with Crete . The name Feta comes from the Italian fetta (slice) and dates back to the 17 th century. It was called like that because of the way it was cut, in thin slices.

Traditional Greek Feta is made from sheep's milk, or a mixture of sheep and goat's milk. Although Feta is often made commercially with pasteurized cow's milk. Feta Cheese is white; it can range from soft to semi- hard with a salty flavor that can range from mild to sharp. Its fat content ranges from 30 to 60 percent. Most is around 45% milk fat. The curdled milk is separated and allowed to drain in a special mold or a cloth bag. It is cut into large slices that are salted and then packed in barrels filled with whey or brine and stays in there for several months. Feta dries out rapidly after removed from the brine.

After a long legal battle with Denmark which produced a similar cheese under the same name, the term Feta is now a Protected Designation of Origin, which limits the term of feta within the European Union to Greek Feta only.

Feta is a main ingredient of Greek salad but you can also enjoy it cooked, as an ingredient in many recipes, grilled, fried as a part of the “saganaki” side dish or as a cheese pie, filled in puff pastry, to mention only few of the ways you can use Feta.

Personally I really like to use feta when I cook and I recommend you to try it. I'm sure that you'll love it as I do. Try these traditional Greek recipes with Feta, they're easy to prepare and delicious! You can enjoy them as a snack or you can impress your guests serving it as an appetizer.

Litsa!

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