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The froth or fat of the milk.
Traditional Recipes
A contemporary dish with complex combinations and familiar flavours of the Cypriot cuisine.
Traditional Recipes
Halloumi (fresh and mature) has always been a traditional product of Cyprus with significant value in the lives of Cypriots, hence, the knowledge and expertise of its producers has been transferred…
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Halloumi is a white Cypriot cheese made from sheep or goat milk or a mixture of the two with or without cow milk, consumed fresh or semi-mature. Halloumi is registered as a PDO since 13/04/2021
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Halloumi production has been known in Cyprus since ancient times. A plethora of Cyprus-related written sources refer to halloumi, most evidently the manuscript of Duke Leonardo Dona, dated to 1556,…
Traditional Recipes
Halloumi cake is a modern version of halloumoti and similar to the well-known tyropitta cake, using local Cypriot flavours instead.
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Traditional halloumopitta (mini halloumi pies) are made by adding pieces of halloumi and spearmint to plain bread dough and are usually shaped like little round bread loaves.
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Pourekia with halloumi are among the most common fried pourekia, along with pourekia with anari or cream or minced meat.
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A dish with a characteristic Cypriot flavour. Halloumi is cooked and placed over slices of tomato. The recipe comes from Ipsonas, Limassol district.
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Shepherds used to place branches of louvithkia (xistarka) in the milk strainer as its leaves had a sticky juice with a very delicate smell.