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Requesón

"fresh curd cheese"

Say it

reh·keh·SON

Where it comes from

Spanish re- (again) + queso (cheese) + -ón

What Requesón means

Requesón is a Mexican ingredient name of Spanish origin meaning "fresh curd cheese". It comes from Spanish re- (again) + queso (cheese) + -ón. It is pronounced reh-keh-SON, and it is most associated with central Mexico.

Literally the cheese made a second time, from the whey left after the first. It is the ricotta of Mexico, and the name works the same way.

This is a site about what Mexican words mean, so there is no recipe here. For the name itself: The words that appear inside dish names: the chiles (ancho, guajillo, pasilla, chipotle), the corn words (nixtamal, masa, tortilla, elote), and the tools (comal, molcajete, metate). Learn these and most menu items decode themselves.

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Requesón means fresh curd cheese

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