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Urda

Urdă

Soft whey cheese, mild and fresh, spread on bread or baked in pies.

North Macedonia and Romania Cheese & dairy Vegetarian

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

Made by reheating the whey left from white cheese in Macedonian mountain dairies.

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What is Urda?

Urda is a cheese & dairy from North Macedonia: soft whey cheese, mild and fresh, spread on bread or baked in pies. Made by reheating the whey left from white cheese in Macedonian mountain dairies.

Made with

milkcheese

Cooked

boiled

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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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