The European Commission (EC) has approved the Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) for the Lithuanian cheese Liliputas, informs LETA/ELTA.
Liliputas is a cylindrical semi-hard cheese handmade in the village of Belvederis, the historical cradle of dairy specialists in Lithuania. Today, Liliputas is still made using the unique and authentic technology of 1958.
It is 7.5-13 cm in height, 7-8.5 cm in diameter and 0.4-0.7 kg in weight. The cheese is handmade and ripened naturally, offering a very mild and milky flavour. The cheese is made from pasteurised cow's milk, by coagulating the milk and then processing the coagulum, wrapping the cheese mass in woven cotton napkins and pressing it in the traditional cylindrical moulds. The cheese is matured for at least a month by means of internal microflora and surface microflora. Liliputas is traditionally covered with smooth wax layer to preserve freshness.
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