Circassian cheese

Circassian Cheese
Other names	Adyghe: (адыгэ Къуае)
Country of origin	Circassia
Region, town	North Caucasus
Region	Caucasus
Source of milk	Cow, sheep or goat milk
Pasteurised	Depends on variety
Texture	Depends on variety
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Circassian cheese (Adyghe: адыгэ Къуае IPA: [aːdəɣa qʷaːja], Hebrew: גבינה צ'רקסית‎‎ Gvina Čerkesit, Arabic: جبنة شركسيّة‎‎, Russian: Адыгейский сыр Adygeyskiy Syr, Turkish: Çerkes peyniri) is a Circassian cheese, found across the North Caucasus, the Levant and other areas with a Circassian diaspora.

Circassian cheese is a mild type of cheese that does not melt when baked or fried, and can be crumbled.

There is an annual special festival for the Circassian cheese in Maykop, the capital of the Republic of Adyghea, held during the Circassian cultural festival with a participants from different regions in the North Caucasus, competing in producing the best types of the Circassian cheese. The last one took place on 4 October 2010.^[1][2]

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