Urdă
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Other names | Orda, Zsendice |
Country of origin | Romania, Macedonia, Moldova, Transnistria, Bulgaria, Serbia, Kosovo, Hungary, Ukraine |
Source of milk | Cow Sheep Goat |
Pasteurized | Traditionally, no |
Texture | Fresh |
Urdă[1] (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈurdə], Macedonian: урда, urda, Bulgarian: урда, извара, Serbian: вурда, vurda, Ukrainian: вурда, Hungarian: orda, zsendice) is a sort of whey cheese variously claimed to be originally from Romania[2] (and Moldova), but now commonly produced in the Balkans, namely in Serbia,[3] Macedonia[2][4][5] and Hungary.[6]
The Romanian term 'urdă' has been borrowed[7] into Bulgarian, Hungarian, Serbian, Slovak, Rusyn, Polish, Czech, and Russian languages.
Urda is made from whey of sheep, goat or cow milk. Urdă is produced by heating the whey resulting from the draining of any type of cheese. It is often made into molds to the shape of a half sphere. The paste is finely grained, silky and palatable. It contains 18 grams of protein per 100 grams.
In Romania, urdă is traditionally used in the preparation of several desserts, such as clătită and plăcintă. Urda is also traditionally prepared in Serbia, notably in the southern region of Pirot.
Urdă is similar to Ricotta in the way it is produced.
See also
References
- ↑ "Definition of urdă" (in Romanian). DEX on line.
- 1 2 Alan Davidson. The Oxford Companion to Food. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 684.
- ↑ Tehnologija hrane (Serbian)
- ↑ About the Macedonian gastronomy (Macedonian)
- ↑ Urda - super food for the health and beauty (Macedonian)
- ↑ Zsendice vagy orda (Hungarian)
- ↑ Dicționarul Etimologic Român, 1958-1966, sub voce