labneh
English
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Etymology
From South Levantine Arabic لَبْنَة (labna).
Noun
labneh (uncountable)
- Yogurt that has been strained to filter or remove the whey, which thus has a consistency between that of yoghurt and cheese.
- 2009 May 6, Dwight Garner, “A Merchant of Trinkets and Memories”, in New York Times[1]:
- And I can assure you, were he to encounter the entire crew of the aircraft carrier Enterprise, he’d serve them eggs sunny-side up, and labneh fresh from the bag.
Synonyms
- strained yoghurt
- yoghurt cheese
Related terms
Translations
strained yoghurt, yoghurt cheese
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