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malathoúni

μαλαθούνι

fresh malathouni cheese

Semi-hard fresh handmade cow’s milk cheese from Tínos, briefly aged wrapped in gauze in little baskets then hung to age. It’s often flavoured with red peppercorns or poppyseed. It’s a very tasty table cheese, made by cheese-making master Angela Roungeri, and available in Tínos’s restaurants and shops.

Σκλαβοτύρι is another name.

Aegean Islands

Cheese, dairy and eggs

Text © Dana Facaros

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