Beyaz peynir

Beyaz peynir
Kintra o origin	Turkey
Soorce o milk	Sheep, goat, or cow milk
Pasteurised	Depends on variety
Textur	Depends on variety

Beyaz peynir Turkis pronunciation: [beˈjaz pejniɾ] (meanin "white cheese" in Turkish) is a brine cheese produced frae unpasteurised sheep, cow or goat milk. The cheese haes a slichtly grainy appearance an is seemilar tae feta, sirene an other Balkan white cheeses. Vegetable rennet is addit tae the sheep's milk as a clottin agent. Once the curds are produced, thay are pressit, choppit, an strainit afore bein cut intae blocks that are saltit an placit in a brine solution for approximately sax month.

Beyaz peynir is produced in a variety o styles, rangin frae non-maturit cheese curds tae a quite strang matur version. It is eaten plain, for example as pairt o the tradeetional Turkis breakfast, uised in salads, an incorporatit intae cuiked fuids sic as menemen, börek, gözleme an pide.