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manoúri

μανούρι

Soft, delicate slightly sour whey cheese, a by-product of Féta but not salty, with added cream, usually sold as a log. It's used as a cream cheese in pastries or savoury pies, or for breakfast with honey instead of yogurt, crumbled on salads, in cheesecake, as a dessert cheese with fruit, etc.

Manoúri made in Thessaly, and Western and Central Macedonia PDO (ΠΟΠ) status.

Cheese, dairy and eggs

Macedonia

PDO, PGI, and TIP

Thessaly

Text © Dana Facaros

Image by Antonio Fajardo i López, Creative Commons License