Kefalograviera (

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: Κεφαλογραβιέρα) is a hard table

cheese Cheese is a type of dairy product produced in a range of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk (usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats or sheep). During prod ...

produced traditionally from sheep's milk or a mixture of sheep's and goat's milk. According to the PDO filing with the EU (see below) the name applies only to cheese produced in

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, and the regional units of

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and

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. The cheese has a salty flavour and rich aroma. It is often used in a Greek dish called Saganaki, cut into triangular pieces, rolled in seasoned flour and lightly fried. It is very well suited for grating and widely used as a topping for pasta dishes. According to one cookbook, "At its best, it is as good as or better than Romano or aged

Asiago Asiago (; Venetian language, Venetian: ''Axiago'', Cimbrian: ''Slege'', German language, German: ''Schlägen'' ) is a minor township (population roughly 6,500) with the title of ciin the surrounding plateau region (the ''Altopiano di Asiago'' o ...

."Hoffman, Susanna. 2004. ''The Olive and the Caper: Adventures in Greek Cooking''. Workman Publishing. It is very similar to

Kefalotyri cheese Kefalotyri or kefalotiri ( is a hard, salty white cheese made from sheep milk or goat's milk (or both) in Greece and Cyprus. A similar cheese, Kefalograviera, also made from sheep or goat milk (or both), is sometimes sold outside Greece and Cypru ...

and sometimes is sold under that name. Kefalograviera has PDO status.EU Kefalograviera Profile
(accessed 23 May 2009)

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