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Semi-Hard Cheeses from Greece

Explore semi-hard cheeses from Greece, including regional specialties and well-known favorites.

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Sfela

Sfela is a semi-hard cheese from the Peloponnese region of Greece. Made from sheep's milk or a mix of sheep and goat milk, it is often fried due to its high melting point. Sfela has a salty, tangy flavor, making …

Country: Greece
Milk Type: Sheep's and goat's milk
Texture: Semi-Hard
Flavor: Unique personality

Kefalograviera

Kefalograviera is a hard Greek table cheese made from sheep's milk or a mix of sheep's and goat's milk. It tastes salty, smells rich, and shows up most often fried as saganaki or grated over pasta.

Country: Greece
Milk Type: Sheep's milk, sometimes with goat's or cow's milk
Texture: Semi-hard, elastic
Flavor: Pleasant

Krasotyri

Krasotyri, or "wine cheese," is a semi-hard cheese from Greece that is aged in wine lees, giving it a unique purple rind and a distinct grape-flavored undertone. This cheese has a creamy, rich texture and a subtle wine-infused flavor, making …

Country: Greece
Milk Type: Sheep's or goat's milk
Texture: Semi-hard
Flavor: Slightly sour

Batzos

Batzos is a Greek brined cheese made from sheep's milk, goat's milk, or a mixture of the two. It is rindless, semi-hard to hard, full of irregular holes, and salty with a slightly piquant edge. It has held EU PDO …

Country: Greece
Milk Type: Sheep's or goat's milk
Texture: Hard , Semi-Hard
Flavor: Sourish and slightly piquant

Metsovone

Metsovone is a semi-hard smoked pasta filata cheese from the Aromanian village of Metsovo in Epirus, Greece. It has carried European protected designation of origin status since 1996 and is one of the village's best known foods.

Country: Greece
Milk Type: Cow's, sheep's or goat's milk
Texture: Semi-hard
Flavor: Slightly salty and piquant

Formaella Arachovas Parnassou

Formaella Arachovas Parnassou is a semi-hard Greek cheese made mainly from sheep's milk in the Parnassus mountains around Arachova. A protected designation of origin since 1996, it is known for its strong peppery flavor and for being fried as saganaki.

Country: Greece
Milk Type: Sheep's milk, sometimes with goat's milk
Texture: Semi-hard
Flavor: Peppery, spicy

Κασκαβάλι Πίνδου / Kashkavali Pindou / Κασκαβάλ Πίνδου / Kashkaval Pindou

Κασκαβάλι Πίνδου, also known as Kashkavali Pindou, is a semi-hard, scalded curd cheese from Greece. It is recognized as a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) product. The cheese is off-white to pale yellow and can be cylindrical or parallelepiped in shape. …

Milk Type: Sheep's milk, sometimes with goat's milk
Texture: Semi-hard
Flavor: Buttery, slightly sour, slightly salty