Griddle Cheese · Squeaky Bread Cheese
Leipäjuusto
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This fresh cheese is famous for literally squeaking against your teeth when you bite into it — a texture quirk that gave it the nickname 'squeaky cheese.'
Rich beestings milk (or ordinary cow's milk) is set into curds, pressed into a flat round, and baked or grilled until the surface develops golden-brown spots. It's served warm in slices, often floated in coffee or topped with cloudberry jam, at markets across northern Finland.
Why it's made this way: Though the cheese's roots trace further south to Ostrobothnia and Kainuu, it has become a beloved warm-weather and market staple across the whole of northern Finland, Lapland included.
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