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Explore cheese varieties from around the world, categorized by texture, milk type, and region.

Vacherin Mont-d'Or

Vacherin Mont d'Or is a soft, seasonal cow's milk cheese from the Jura region of Switzerland and France. It is bound in a strip of spruce bark, sold in a round spruce box, and often warmed in that box and …

Country: Switzerland
Milk Type: Cow
Texture: Soft

Asiago

Asiago is a cow's milk cheese from the Asiago plateau in Veneto and Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, made either young and soft (Asiago pressato) or aged and crumbly (Asiago d'allevo). It carries Italian DOP status, though the name is treated as …

Country: Italy
Texture: Hard , Semi-Hard
Flavor: Sweetish when young, bitter and spicy when very old

Ser koryciński swojski

Ser koryciński swojski is a rennet cheese from the Korycin area of Poland's Podlaskie province, made from unpasteurised cow's milk. It is shaped into a flattened ball of about 3 kg and sold plain or with herbs, spices and garlic.

Milk Type: Cow's milk
Texture: Fresh: Wet, very elastic; Matured: Moist, elastic; Ripe: Slightly moist, elastic
Flavor: Fresh: Mild and creamy; Matured: Slightly salty with a nutty overtone; Ripe: Dry, rather salty with a nutty taste

Ami du Chambertin

Ami du Chambertin is a French semi-soft cow's milk cheese from Gevrey-Chambertin in Burgundy, created in 1950 and closely related to Epoisses. Its rind is washed with Marc de Bourgogne brandy, which gives the cheese a sharp aroma and a …

Country: France
Milk Type: Cow's milk
Texture: Semi-soft, artisan, brined
Flavor: Buttery, sharp

Fromage Cathare

Fromage Cathare is a French cheese made from goat's milk. It has a fresh, soft texture and a striking white color. The exterior is coated in ash, giving it a distinctive appearance. This cheese offers a mild and creamy flavor, …

Country: France
Milk Type: Goat's milk
Texture: Fresh soft

Raschera

Raschera is a semi-hard pressed cheese from the province of Cuneo in Italy, made with raw or pasteurized cow milk that may take a little sheep or goat milk. It tastes savory and salty, close to Muenster, and grows sharper …

Country: Italy
Milk Type: Cow's milk
Texture: White or ivory with small and sparse eyes, elastic, and consistent
Flavor: Fresh and delicate in fresher cheeses, spicy, savory, and persistent in aged cheeses

Romano

Romano is the North American name for a class of hard, salty cheese made mainly for grating, from cow, goat and/or sheep's milk. It imitates Italian pecorino romano and must hold at least 38% milkfat and under 34% water.

Country: Italy
Milk Type: Cow's, goat's or sheep's milk
Texture: Hard
Flavor: Mild, sharp, tangy

Soft-Ripened

Soft-Ripened cheese is a creamy and mild cheese that often comes from France, though it is made in various regions. It has a butter-like texture and a slightly earthy flavor, making it a favorite for those who enjoy gentle-tasting cheeses. …

Montasio

Montasio is a cow's milk mountain cheese from Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Veneto in northeastern Italy, made on the Montasio plateau since 1200. It is semi-hard and creamy when young, and harder after longer aging.

Country: Italy
Milk Type: Cow's milk
Texture: Elastic to crumbly and hard
Flavor: Mild, creamy, and fruity to savory, piquant, with hints of spice

Bread Cheese

Bread cheese, or leipäjuusto, is a Finnish fresh cheese traditionally made from cow's colostrum and baked until the surface browns. It has a mild flavor, squeaks against the teeth, and is usually eaten in slices with coffee.

Country: Finland
Milk Type: Cow, goat
Texture: Squeaky
Flavor: Mild

Murazzano

Murazzano is a PDO cheese from the Alta Langa hills in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont. It is made mostly from the milk of a native Langhe sheep breed, with up to 40 percent cow's milk, and can be eaten …

Country: Italy
Milk Type: Ewe’s (up to 60%) and Cow’s (up to 40%)
Texture: Fresh
Flavor: Sweet to savory

Formaggio di Fossa di Sogliano

Formaggio di fossa is an Italian pit cheese from Sogliano al Rubicone in Emilia-Romagna, made from sheep's, cow's or mixed milk. It is buried in bags inside tufa pits for 80 to 100 days, which gives it a sharp, herbaceous …

Milk Type: Sheep, cow, a mixture of the two, or rarely buffalo
Texture: Semi-hard, crumbles easily.
Flavor: Aromatic, fragrant, intense, slightly pungent for sheep's milk; subtle, delicate, moderately salty, slightly acidic for cow's milk; balanced between salty and sweet for mixed milk.

Stichelton

Stichelton is an English blue cheese made in Nottinghamshire from unpasteurised cow's milk and calf rennet. It is made the way Blue Stilton once was, but since Stilton's protected status requires pasteurised milk, it took an older spelling of the …

Country: England, Great Britain and United Kingdom
Milk Type: Cow's milk
Texture: Semi-Soft
Flavor: Complex

Morlacco

Morlacco is a soft, low-fat cow's milk cheese from Monte Grappa in Italy's Veneto region, made with an uncooked curd. It is known for the milk of the Burlina cow, a piebald local breed now at risk of extinction.

Country: Italy
Milk Type: Cow's milk
Texture: Soft, artisan

Huntsman

Huntsman is a British cheese that combines Double Gloucester with Stilton in one wheel. The pairing of mild orange cheese and blue is what it is known for.

Country: United Kingdom
Milk Type: Cow's milk
Texture: Semi-hard
Flavor: Buttery, smooth

Crumbly Lancashire

Crumbly Lancashire is an English cow's milk cheese and the newest of the three Lancashire varieties. Made from a single day's milk and matured for 6 to 8 weeks, it is known for a crumbly body and a fresh, high-acid …

Country: England
Milk Type: Cow's milk
Texture: Hard
Flavor: Acidic

Lancashire

Lancashire is an English cow's milk cheese from the county of Lancashire. It is the only British cheese made by blending two or three days' curd of different maturities, and it comes as young Creamy, longer-matured Tasty, and mass-produced Crumbly.

Country: United Kingdom
Milk Type: Cow’s milk
Texture: Semihard
Flavor: Mellow to rich

Pecorino Romano

Pecorino Romano is a hard, salty Italian cheese made only from sheep milk, most often grated over pasta. It began in the countryside around Rome and is now made almost entirely in Sardinia.

Country: Italy
Milk Type: Sheep's milk
Texture: Hard
Flavor: Sharp, salty

P'tit Basque

P'tit Basque is a French sheep's milk cheese that Lactalis introduced in 1997, sold in small wheels of about 1.25 lb (0.57 kg). It ages for 70 days, smells pungent, and tastes mild for a sheep's milk cheese.

Country: France
Milk Type: Sheep's milk
Texture: Semi-soft, artisan
Flavor: Creamy, nutty, sweet

Queijo de Azeitão

Queijo de Azeitão is a Portuguese cheese from the town of Azeitão, produced in Setúbal, Palmela and Sesimbra. It holds EU PDO status and was named one of the 50 best gastronomic products in the world at the 2014 Great …

Country: Portugal
Milk Type: Sheep
Texture: Semi-Soft
Flavor: Slightly piquant, a mix of sharp and salty

Cheshire

Cheshire is a dense, crumbly cheese from the English county of Cheshire and its neighbouring counties. It is the UK's largest-selling crumbly cheese and is sold in white, red and blue versions.

Country: United Kingdom
Milk Type: Cow's Milk
Texture: Open, flaky
Flavor: Tangy, savory

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 …

Country: Brazil

Noord-Hollandse Edammer

Noord-Hollandse Edammer is a traditional Edam cheese made in the Province of Noord-Holland, Netherlands. It is known for its spherical shape with a flat top and bottom, weighing between

Milk Type: Cow's milk
Texture: Malleable
Flavor: Distinctive taste

Gorgonzola Dolce

Gorgonzola Dolce, or "Sweet Gorgonzola," is the milder form of Gorgonzola cheese, characterized by its soft, spreadable texture and a mild, slightly sweet flavor. It has a creamy consistency with blue veins less pronounced than in Gorgonzola Piccante, making it …

Country: Italy
Milk Type: Cow's milk
Texture: Soft, blue-veined
Flavor: Nutty, sweet