Varenets

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Varenets
Alternative namesStewler, simmeler
Place of originRussia
Main ingredientsMilk

Varenets (

fermented milk product that is popular in Russia.[1][2] Similar to ryazhenka, it is made by adding sour cream (smetana) to baked milk.[2]

Production

Varenets is a fermented dairy drink with a

Russian oven and fermenting it with sour cream.[3]

Commercially available cultured varenets is milk that has been

pasteurized and homogenized (with 0.5% to 8.9% fat), and then inoculated with a culture of Streptococcus thermophilus to simulate the naturally occurring bacteria in the old-fashioned product.[4][5]

Similar dairy products

Ryazhenka is the Russian word for a very similar fermented dairy product. While some dictionaries treat these two words as synonyms,[6] the industry standard GOST distinguishes between the two products, specifying somewhat different production processes.[4]

Also similar are qatiq and kaymak, commonly found in Turkic countries.[7] The milk should be heated to a high temperature before fermentation. This is the main similarity of ryazhenka, varenets, qatiq, and kaymak that distinct it from other yogurt-based products, although kaymak and qatiq are thicker in consistency.

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9781880100424
    . varenets.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-0-253-21210-8
    .
  3. ISBN 9780253212108
    .
  4. ^ a b ГОСТ Р 53508-2009. Варенец. Технические условия (International State Standard GOST 53508-2009. Varenets. Specifications; in Russian)
  5. ^ ГОСТ 31455-2012. Ряженка. Технические условия (International State Standard GOST 31455-2012. Ryazhenka. Specifications; in Russian)
  6. ISBN 5-89285-003-X. [Sergey Ozhegov; Natalia Shvedova (1999). "Ryazhenka". Dictionary of the Russian Language
    (in Russian). Moscow: V. V. Vinogradov Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.]
  7. ISBN 9785457836976
    .


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