Fried cheese is a dish ofcheese that isfried in oil.[1] Fried cheese can be dipped in a batter before frying, and can be pan-fried ordeep fried.[2] It can be served as anappetizer or asnack.[2][3]
Fried cheese is typically served hot, right after being cooked.[4][5][6] It may be accompanied with adipping sauce or coated with a dressing.[4]
Fried cheese is a common food in Brazil,[1] and is typically served as a breakfast dish in Costa Rica, Cyprus, Greece, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey.[7] Fried cheese is served as atapas dish in Spain;[4] fried cheese balls aredelicias de queso (lit. 'cheese delights').[5] Fried cheese is also found in Italian cuisine.[8]
Fried cheese was a popular dish inCairo during theMiddle Ages, and remained a part of the cuisine underOttoman rule.[7] Since then, its popularity has decreased.[7]
Fried cheese curds are made from cheesecurds and often served with a dipping sauce.[9]
Queso frito 'fried cheese' has many variations.[10] Spanish versions sometimes use paprika.[10] It is also found inCentral American cuisine.[a]
Malakoff is a Swiss-fried cheese dish.
Mozzarella sticks are slices ofmozzarella cheese that are battered or coated in bread crumbs and then deep-fried or pan-fried.[12] The dish can also be baked,[13] rather than fried.
Saganaki is a Greek-fried cheese dish prepared in a small copper pan.[14]
In Israel, the main way to preparehalloumi cheese is by frying it with olive oil in the pan, unlike the rest of the countries where grilling is the main way to do so.
In Egypt,جبنه مقليهgebnah ma'liyyah 'fried cheese' is usually battered and served as an appetizer; it is considered a specialty ofAlexandria.[citation needed]
Smažený sýr (Czech) orvyprážaný syr (Slovak) is a cheese that is prepared by being dredged in flour, placed in anegg wash and then coated with bread crumbs, after which it is deep-fried.[15] It is a commonstreet food in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.[15]
Kaassoufflé is a deep-fried Dutch fast food snack of cheese in a bread wrap.
In Hungary, fried cheese is a common cheap dish, served in restaurants or at home, usually made from the locally populartrappista cheese which accounts for 70% of the country's cheese consumption. It is a "poor man's" item of vegetarian food in restaurants which do not offer more usualvegetarian dishes and so prepare fried cheese and deep-fried vegetables as amain course option for any customer who does not want meat. The common name,rántott sajt, simply means 'fried cheese' or 'deep fried cheese'. It is generally served in a square or in a triangular shape.
Romania and Bulgaria have a similar dish to the Czechs, Slovaks and Hungarians, calledcaşcaval pane.Caşcaval is a general term for yellow cheeses in the two countries, with the ones most commonly used beingEdam orGouda. Therefore, the name could literally be translated as 'breaded yellow cheese'.
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Mozzarella cheese is often used by fried cheese food manufacturers in the United States, because it has a desirable consistency and because it has a neutral flavor that is "widely acceptable".[16]
A significant amount of oil is absorbed into cheese when it is fried, and the frying of cheeses addsadvanced lipid end products[17] anddicarbonyls toadvanced glycation end-products that are already present in cheeses.[1] The advanced lipid end products are generated in a chemical reaction that occurs when the oil is intermingled with the proteins in cheeses.[1] Furthermore, most cheeses are salty.[1][18] As such, fried cheese has been described as an unhealthy dish.[1]
In Brazil, the chronic consumption of fried cheese has been demonstrated to be one of thedietary risk factors associated withoral cancer incident rates.[b]
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