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Traditional Bulgarian dairy food is described in the chapter. One of the most famous products is Bulgarian yogurt, produced with Lactobacillus bulgaricus. The chapter also describes other well-known Bulgarian traditional dairy products like katyk or krotmach (krutmach, kurtmach), a specific national dairy product with a salty-sour taste, typically prepared in Bulgaria. Bulgarian white cheese sirene is a variety of the feta cheese that may only be produced in Bulgaria, and kashkaval is the typical yellow cheese of Bulgaria. Ayran or airan is a yogurt drink, very popular in Bulgaria and many other countries in the Balkan region and further east. In general, it is a mixture of yogurt, water, and salt. Tarator is Bulgarian typical milk product—it is a kind of a cold soup made of yogurt and cucumber (dill, garlic, walnuts, and sunflower oil are sometimes added).
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Aladjadjiyan, A., Zheleva, I., Kartalska, Y. (2016). Traditional Bulgarian Dairy Food. In: Kristbergsson, K., Oliveira, J. (eds) Traditional Foods. Integrating Food Science and Engineering Knowledge Into the Food Chain, vol 10. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7648-2_8
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