Anari
Ovis aries / Capra hircus (milk whey) · Cheese
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Anari is the fresh, soft whey cheese of Cyprus — the ricotta-type sibling of halloumi, made in the same pot from the whey drained off when halloumi is set. Milky-sweet, very lightly salted and barely tangy, it is a pale, moist, fine-grained curd eaten fresh with honey and carob syrup, folded into pastries, or dried and salted into a hard grating cheese.
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Chalk-white, milky-sweet, moistSlimy, gassy, putrid or mouldy
Shop freshEveryday bestIn date and cold: for honey, bourekia or flaounes. Whey from sheep, goat or cow, but still milk protein - not for a milk allergy.
Date and chillCold and sealed, date a day or two off
The sealTight, a little more whey pooled
Colour and surfaceWhite, surface just starting to dry
Smell on openingMilky, the faintest lactic tang