Korbáčik (; pl, korbacz ,
Goral dialect: ; ;
* pl, korbacze, links=no , Goral dialect: . , after the pattern woven onto the strings) is a type of semi-hard or medium hard
string cheese
String cheese is any of several different types of cheese where the manufacturing process aligns the proteins in the cheese, which makes it stringy.
When mozzarella is heated to 60 °C (140 °F) and then stretched, the milk proteins ...
. It originates from the
Orava region of northern
Slovakia
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and South
Poland
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as well as many other
Goralic Regions. It is made from (usually
smoked
Smoking is the process of flavoring, browning, cooking, or preserving food by exposing it to smoke from burning or smoldering material, most often wood. Meat, fish, and ''lapsang souchong'' tea are often smoked.
In Europe, alder is the tradi ...
) cheese interwoven into fine braids.
There are two main variants of the korbáčik: smoked and unsmoked. In addition to these, it is not uncommon to produce salty variants, as well as with
garlic
Garlic (''Allium sativum'') is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the genus ''Allium''. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, Allium fistulosum, Welsh onion and Allium chinense, Chinese onion. It is native to South A ...
. The basis for the production is milk, either from cow or from sheep.
See also
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List of smoked foods
This is a list of smoked foods. Smoking is the process of flavoring, cooking, or preserving food by exposing it to smoke from burning or smoldering material, most often wood. Foods have been smoked by humans throughout history. Meats and fish a ...
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List of stretch-cured cheeses
This is a list of stretch-curd cheeses, comprising cheeses prepared using the ''pasta filata'' technique. The cheeses manufactured from this technique undergo a plasticising and kneading treatment of the fresh curd in hot water, which gives them ...
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Notes
References
Slovak cheeses
Slovak cuisine
Smoked cheeses
Stretched-curd cheeses
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