Skyr
Dairy
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Skyr is a traditional Icelandic cultured dairy product — technically a fresh, strained soft cheese, though it is eaten and sold like a thick yogurt. Mild, slightly tart and spoonably dense, it is prized for being very high in protein and almost fat-free when made from skimmed milk.
Picking a good onedrag
Thick, chalk-white, cleanly tartMouldy, pink, yeasty, the pot domed
Opened, kept coldEveryday bestTart is the design, not a fault: this is cultured, strained milk. Commercial skyr is made from pasteurised skimmed milk, so the raw-milk caution does not reach it.
SurfaceWhite and even, the top a shade duller
On the spoonThick still, a little clear whey to stir back in
SmellMilky still, the tang a shade sharper
The potOpened a few days, lid on, kept cold