labneh

English
labneh with olive oil

Etymology

From South Levantine Arabic لَبْنَة‎ (labna).

Noun

labneh (uncountable)

  1. 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:
      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.

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