Lighvan cheese

Lighvan cheese
Alternative namesلیقوان
TypeCheese
Place of originIran
Region or stateLiqvan, East Azerbaijan province
Associated cuisineIranian cuisine

Lighvan (Persian: پنیر لیقوان, Azerbaijani: لیقوان پئندیری) is a sour, hole filled brined curd cheese traditionally made from sheep's milk in Liqvan, a village in East Azerbaijan, Iran.[1]

  1. ^ Donnelly, C.W.; Kehler, M. (2016). The Oxford Companion to Cheese. Oxford Companions. Oxford University Press. pp. 435–436. ISBN 978-0-19-933088-1. Retrieved 29 December 2019.