Metsovone cheese
E439983
Metsovone cheese is a traditional semi-hard, smoked cow’s (often mixed-milk) cheese from the Metsovo region of Greece, known for its rich flavor and protected designation of origin status.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Metsovela cheese | 1 |
| Metsovone | 0 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cheese
ⓘ
semi-hard cheese ⓘ smoked cheese ⓘ |
| agingTime | at least 3 months ⓘ |
| alsoMadeFrom |
goat's milk
ⓘ
sheep's milk ⓘ |
| aroma |
buttery aroma
ⓘ
smoky aroma ⓘ |
| classification | Greek smoked cheese ⓘ |
| color | pale yellow ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Greece ⓘ |
| culinaryUse |
baked dishes
ⓘ
cheese platters ⓘ pasta dishes ⓘ |
| curdTreatment | heated and stretched curd ⓘ |
| fatContent | high fat cheese ⓘ |
| flavor |
rich
ⓘ
smoky ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Epirus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainIngredient | cow's milk ⓘ |
| milkType | mixed milk ⓘ |
| moistureContent | low to medium moisture ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | Vlach community of Metsovo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pairing |
red wine
ⓘ
tsipouro ⓘ white wine ⓘ |
| PDOCategory | cheese ⓘ |
| PDORegion | Metsovo area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| PDOStatusGrantedBy | European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionMethod | pasta filata-like ⓘ |
| protectedDesignation | PDO ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | traditional Greek cheese ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Metsovo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rind | natural ⓘ |
| servingTemperature | room temperature ⓘ |
| shape | cylindrical ⓘ |
| size | medium-sized wheels ⓘ |
| smokingMaterial | wood smoke ⓘ |
| smokingProcess | cold smoking ⓘ |
| storage | refrigerated ⓘ |
| surface | smooth ⓘ |
| texture | semi-hard ⓘ |
| traditionalProductOf | Metsovo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalServing |
fried
ⓘ
grilled ⓘ sliced ⓘ |
| usedAs |
cooking cheese
ⓘ
table cheese ⓘ |
| usedIn | Greek cuisine ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Metsovela cheese