Cheeses
Motal
Մոթալ
Azerbaijan
Sheep's cheese layered with wild thyme and packed into a cured skin or clay jar to ripen for months into a sharp, herbal, crumbly paste.
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What it is
A closer look at Motal.
Sheep's cheese layered with wild thyme and packed into a cured skin or clay jar to ripen for months into a sharp, herbal, crumbly paste.
What to look for
Know it when you find it.
Sold by the scoop from the opened skin. Extremely strong and salty; eaten in small amounts with bread and oghi.
Where it belongs
Origins and
traditions.
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