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Kasar

Kasar peyniri

Firm yellow sheep or cow milk cheese, sliced for toast and pastries.

Turkey Cheese & dairy Vegetarian

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

A pasta filata cheese related to Balkan kashkaval; the aged Kars version is protected by geographical indication.

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What is Kasar?

Kasar is a cheese & dairy from Turkey: firm yellow sheep or cow milk cheese, sliced for toast and pastries. A pasta filata cheese related to Balkan kashkaval; the aged Kars version is protected by geographical indication.

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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