Explore Cheeses
Explore cheese varieties from around the world, categorized by texture, milk type, and region.
Fontina
Fontina is a classic Italian cheese from the Aosta Valley, with a dense, smooth texture and a nutty, earthy flavor. It is made from cow's milk and has a slightly elastic feel. Fontina is excellent for melting and is often …
Charolais
Charolais is a goat's milk cheese from Burgundy. It is cylindrical in shape and has a firm, yet creamy texture. As it ages, its flavor becomes more pronounced, developing a complex nuttiness with a slight tang. Charolais is often enjoyed …
Brie
Brie is a soft cheese named after the French region from which it originated. It’s famous for its creamy interior and edible white rind. Brie has a rich, buttery flavor with hints of mushrooms and almonds. It’s often served at …
Pecorino di Filiano
Pecorino di Filiano is a PDO-certified sheep's milk cheese from Basilicata, Italy. It is aged for several months, developing a hard texture and a complex flavor profile that includes hints of toasted hazelnuts and herbs. The rind is often treated …
Grana Padano
Grana Padano is a hard, granular cheese from Italy's Po River Valley. It is similar to Parmigiano Reggiano but aged for a shorter period, resulting in a milder, less crumbly texture. It’s made from partially skimmed cow's milk and often …
Salers
Salers is a semi-hard cheese from the Auvergne region of France, made from the raw milk of Salers cows. It has a strong, complex flavor with spicy, fruity, and nutty notes and a firm, chewy texture. Traditionally, Salers is made …
Colonial
Colonial cheese is a traditional Brazilian cheese known for its semi-hard texture and mild flavor. It is often compared to European cheeses like Gouda or Edam due to its smooth, creamy consistency. The cheese has a pale yellow color and …
Mozzarella di Bufala Campana
Mozzarella di Bufala Campana is a PDO cheese from the Campania region of Italy, made from the milk of Italian buffalo. It is creamier and more flavorful than its cow's milk counterparts, with a soft, moist texture and a tangy, …
Torta del Casar
Torta del Casar is a rich, creamy cheese from Extremadura in Spain, named after the town of Casar de Cáceres. It is made from sheep's milk and has a very creamy, almost liquid interior, with a strong, slightly bitter taste. …
Bohinjski sir
Bohinjski sir is a hard cheese from the Bohinj region of Slovenia. Made from cow’s milk, it has a robust, slightly sweet flavor and a compact, dense texture. This cheese is often aged in the mountainous regions, absorbing the rich …
Domiati
Domiati is a popular white cheese in Egypt and other parts of the Middle East. It is made from either cow or buffalo milk, or sometimes a mixture of the two, and is salted heavily during the production process. Domiati …
Brick
Brick cheese, originating from Wisconsin, is a medium-soft cheese known for its slightly sweet and earthy flavor when young, which becomes tangy and pungent as it ages. It has a pale yellow color and a springy texture, making it a …
Pecorino
Pecorino is a term for Italian cheeses made from sheep's milk. The most well-known varieties include Pecorino Romano, Pecorino Toscano, and Pecorino Sardo, each named after their region of origin. These cheeses vary in texture from soft and buttery to …
Ser koryciński swojski
Ser koryciński swojski is a type of cheese from Poland. It is a ripened cheese made from whole cow's milk, which can be either raw or pasteurised. The cheese is known for its flattened spherical shape and fluted surface. It …
Queso de Burgos
Queso de Burgos is a fresh cheese from the province of Burgos, Spain. It is made from a blend of whole, fresh, and pasteurized cow’s and sheep’s milk, with different types distinguished by the percentage of sheep’s milk used. The …
Stracchino
Stracchino, also known as Crescenza, is a soft Italian cheese from the Lombardy region. Made from cow's milk, it has a creamy, spreadable texture with a mild, delicate flavor. Stracchino is typically eaten fresh and is popular as a filling …
Mascarpone
Mascarpone is a creamy, soft Italian cheese made from cream, coagulated by the addition of citric acid or acetic acid. It has a very rich, buttery texture and a slightly sweet taste. Mascarpone is a key ingredient in desserts like …
Swaledale Ewes' Cheese
Swaledale Ewes Cheese is a full-fat hard cheese made from ewe’s milk in Swaledale, North Yorkshire. It has a cylindrical shape, a firm and crumbly texture, and a natural white color. The cheese is either coated in a greenish-blue-grey mold …
Crescenza
Crescenza, also known as Stracchino, is a soft Italian cheese made from cow's milk. It has a very creamy texture and a mild, delicate flavor. This cheese is typically eaten fresh and is often spread on bread or used as …
Queso Tetilla
Queso Tetilla is a matured cheese from Galicia, Spain, made from the milk of Friesian, Brown Alpine, and Rubia Gallega cows. It has a distinctive conical or convex-conical shape and weighs between 0.5 and 1.5 kg. The cheese has a …
Dorset Blue Cheese
Dorset Blue Cheese is a lightly pressed, firm-textured blue cheese made in Dorset, England. It has a uniform color with irregular blue-green veining and a rough, dry brown mold coating. The cheese has a piquant, peppery flavor that ranges from …
Gouda-Style
Gouda-Style cheese is a semi-hard cheese that originated in the Netherlands. It is made from cow's milk and is known for its smooth, creamy texture. The flavor is rich and buttery with a mild sweetness, often accompanied by nutty notes. …
Vastedda della Valle del Belice
Vastedda della Valle del Belice is a unique sheep's milk cheese from Sicily, distinctive because it is one of the few stretched-curd sheep cheeses. It is made from raw, whole milk and has a smooth, elastic texture with a mild, …
Abbaye de Citeaux
Abbaye de Citeaux is a semi-soft cheese made from unpasteurized cow's milk in the Burgundy region of France. It is crafted by monks at the Abbaye de Cîteaux, giving it a traditional and artisanal touch. The cheese has a smooth …
Ragusano
Ragusano is an Italian cheese from the provinces of Ragusa and Syracuse in Sicily. Made from the milk of Modicana cows, it is a firm, stretched-curd cheese similar to Caciocavallo. Characterized by its rectangular block shape and smooth, golden rind, …