Teleme or teleme peyniri is a white semi-soft cheese made from goat's or sheep's milk and originating in ancient times in the Middle East and Mediterranean. The origins reach back to the nomadic Yoruk and Turkmen Turkic people who have roamed the mountains and plateaus of southern and southeastern Turkey, and is still produced in the traditional method by goat herders as a major part of their sustenance when they are out on the mountains; from fresh, warm goat's milk acidified and coagulated with ingredients foraged there and then, one of which is the sap/milk of the fig fruit.

Method

The traditional method is to cut a tender shoot of a fig tree with a single unripe fig still attached, warm the goat's milk, and pluck the fig from the shoot, allowing the sap released when the fruit is plucked to fall into the warm milk. The shoot is cut into pieces and the pieces also dropped into the milk. The milk is brought to a bare simmer while stirring for 30 minutes, allowed to cool 30 minutes, the pieces of shoot removed and the curds drained and strained through cheesecloth to produce a soft cheese. The method was written about by

Aristotle Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatetic school of ph ...

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