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Prescinsêua cheese

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() is a variety of cheese typical of the province of Genoa in the region of Liguria in Italy. In Italian it is also referred to as or . It is recognised by .

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() is a variety of cheese typical of the province of Genoa in the region of Liguria in Italy. In Italian it is also referred to as or . It is recognised by .

It has a consistency halfway between yogurt and ricotta cheese. It has a fairly sour flavor and is used in the preparation of a number of typical Ligurian dishes, such as pansoti (similar to ravioli but filled with vegetables), , and many savory pies, including Genoese Easter pie ().

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Prescinsêua cheese” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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