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Recollects one Islamic leader consuming duck with a kind of island cheese (8)

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halloumi

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(Other definitions for halloumi that I've seen before include "Traditional Cypriot cheese" , "Cheese from Cyprus" , "Greek dish of fried goat's cheese" , "Cypriot goat's or sheep's milk cheese" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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