Skyr

Skyr ( Icelandic pronunciation [ scɪ ː r] ) is a traditional Icelandic dairy product and is roughly comparable with cottage cheese or yogurt dickflüssigerem, also play similar to yogurt certain bacterial cultures play a role in its production. Skyr was an important food source for the farmers. Almost every farm he established himself.

Even today has skyr for Icelanders ( and tourists) a high priority, but it is no longer self-made. Main production center is the town of Selfoss, Iceland dairy center. Skyr has a very low fat content of about 0.2-0.5 %, which is based on the fact that it is made from skimmed milk. The milk is first pasteurized ( heated to about 90-100 ° C ) in order to kill bacteria, after which the milk is cooled to 38 ° C and some finished Skyr added ( and originally lab). It is traditionally eaten with blueberries, but is also commercially available as a finished preparation of a variety of fruits (eg strawberry, pear, chocolate & banana) available. Also skyr is turned on to be eaten with milk and a little sugar. These include, for example, fruit porridge is eaten. Meanwhile, drinking skyr is commercially available. He is very similar to drinking yogurt.

Skyrgámur ( quark- throat greed ) is the eighth of the thirteen Icelandic Christmas journeymen. He comes on 19 December on the farms and returns to the mountains on January 1.

• Icelandic cuisine
• Milk product