Golot cheese

Golot cheese
Country of origin	Turkey

Golot cheese, is one of the most important traditional cheeses produced in the region of East Black Sea, Turkey. The average composition of Golot cheese is 43.51% total solids, 5.31% fat, 33.64% protein, and 3.12% salt. The mixture of morning and night milk is heated to 37°C and separated from the fat. An appropriate amount of rennet and yogurt whey are added to the non-fat milk and then heated until the precipitation (65-70°C). The curd is then transferred into the cheese cloth for whey drainage about 15 hours. The cheeses are placed in a 50 kilo polypropylene bags; granular cheeses are added between each Golot cheese and waited for one week. The Golot cheeses are pressed into wooden containers with cover and ripened between 6 months and 1 year based on the consumption period.

References

Yazici, F. ve Dervisoglu, M. “Proteolysis in Golot Cheese.” Acta Alimentaria, 31 (3), 307-313 (2002).

"The Indispensable Ingredient of Turkish Tables: Cheese." Turkish Cultural Foundation.

Turkish cheeses

Basket cheese Beyaz peynir Braided cheese Chechil Circassian cheese Circassian smoked cheese Çömlek cheese Dolaz cheese Golot cheese Hellim Kars gravyer cheese Kashkaval Kasseri Lavaş cheese Mihaliç Peyniri Lor Sürke Tulum cheese Van herbed cheese

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