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Ambaris

Ambaris

Sharp fermented goat cheese layered with salt in a jar over months.

Lebanon Cheese & dairy Vegetarian One for the adventurous

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

A Baalbek and Bekaa mountain cheese, also called serdaleh, made by adding fresh milk and salt in layers through the season.

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What is Ambaris?

Ambaris is a cheese & dairy from Lebanon: sharp fermented goat cheese layered with salt in a jar over months. A Baalbek and Bekaa mountain cheese, also called serdaleh, made by adding fresh milk and salt in layers through the season.

Made with

cheesemilk

Cooked

fermented

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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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