Feta cheese

Posted on Jul 14, 2010 in Articles | 2 comments

Feta is traditionally made in Greece, in mountainous areas.

Feta is the most popular and the most ancient cheese, made from goat’s or sheep’s milk, produced in blocks or square cakes. It has small holes and no skin and stored in barrels of brine. It is soft or semi-hard and its flavor is tangy and salty.

Feta is usually used:

as an ingredient on appetizers

• Batzina
• Fried zucchini flower
• Peppers with Feta
• Kolokythopitta
• Stuffed zucchini flower with rice
• Little roll pies with greens
• Batter with meatballs
• Kritikos Takos etc

as an ingredient on salads

• Country Style Salad

or as accompany to main dishes

• Giouvetsi
• Chicken with okra
• Giant beans in the oven
• Imam bailnti
• Zucchini with calf
• Briami in a bag
• Chicken with potatoes
• Gemista
• Spinach with rice etc

It can also be served cooked, grilled or you can marinate it (Feta cheese in oil).