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Shar Tos

шар тос

Clarified yellow butter rendered from cream; stirred into tea and dough.

Mongolia Cheese & dairy Vegetarian

Your guide, Chef Baku
Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
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History

Rendered in autumn from summer cream and stored in sheep stomachs or churns as winter fat reserve.

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What is Shar Tos?

Shar Tos is a cheese & dairy from Mongolia: clarified yellow butter rendered from cream; stirred into tea and dough. Rendered in autumn from summer cream and stored in sheep stomachs or churns as winter fat reserve.

Made with

buttermilk

Cooked

churned

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The atlas would have to match every ingredient to a food-composition database before it could publish a figure, and an estimate is not worth having if someone is counting on it.

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