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Fermentation Atlas

Acid-heat set cheeses

Hot milk curdled with acid, as for paneer; some are not fermented at all.

28 entries listed here.

How these cheeses are made

The shared make of acid-heat set cheese family (fermentation boundary). Each cheese below says what it does differently.

  1. Heat milk near boiling80–95 °C
  2. Add acid70–90 °C
  3. Drain and pressat least 15 min · 0 % salt

Compare them

CheeseRegionMilkRipeningRind
Brousse du Rove PDOFrance, Provence: the dry limestone hills of the Bouches-du-Rhône, the far south of the Vaucluse and the west of the Varup to 8 days
ÇökelekTurkeySet yogurt from cow milkFresh, or dried for keeping
DangkeIndonesia, South SulawesiFresh buffalo or cow milk2 days
DatshiBhutanButtermilk from cow-milk dahiEaten fresh, or matured about a week into zoety
Fior di ricotta di Ponte PersicaItaly, Campaniaup to 5 daysNone; milk-white, fine creamy flakes
Kesong putiPhilippinesCarabao milk, or cow milk or a mixNone; eaten fresh
Leipäjuusto / juustoleipä (squeaky cheese)FinlandPasteurised cow, goat or reindeer milk (Finnish PGI texts)Fresh; ready to eat straight after baking
Mascarpone (BOUNDARY)Italy, LombardyCream, not milkFresh; it keeps only a short time
MatóSpain, Catalonia2–10 days
Seirass di latteItaly, Piemonteup to 4 daysNone; cloth marks
Zieger (Formaggio fresco aromatizzato)Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, province of Bolzanoup to 56 daysNone; a mould bloom when mature
Mascarpone di bufalaItaly, Campania2–3 hNone; snow to porcelain white cream
Adyghe cheese (BOUNDARY-ish)Adygeacow milkfresh
Dali ni horboIndonesia, North Sumatra10 min
Dhakai paneerDhaka, Bangladeshcow milkdays
GjizëAlbania5–6 h
IrimshikKazakhstan/Kyrgyzstancow/sheep/goat milkfresh or dried
Jāņu siersLatviacow + milk, quarkfresh
Kradi / Maish krejKashmircow/buffalo milk
Metata ayibEthiopiacow milkdays–weeks
Munajuusto (egg cheese)Finlandcow + milk, eggsnone
Queijo de manteigaNE Brazilcow milknone
Queijo do MarajóMarajó, Parábuffalo milknone
Requeijão da MadeiraPortugal, Madeira island1.5–2 h
Ricotta di fuscella di Sant'AnastasiaItaly, Campania15–30 minNone; milk-white to very pale straw, creamier than normal ricotta
Soft chhurpiSikkim/Darjeelingcow/ milk, Y buttermilkfresh
SõirEstoniacow milkdays
WaraNigeriacow milkfresh

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Short entries

What the sources record about each of these so far.

Adyghe cheese (BOUNDARY-ish)Adygea

hot milk curdled with soured whey (fermented acid)

Milk
cow milk
Ripening
fresh

Made like Acid-heat set cheese family (FERMENTATION BOUNDARY).

Dali ni horboIndonesia, North Sumatra

Also called bagot ni horbo, dali.

Batak buffalo-milk curd set with pineapple or papaya-leaf juice; pineapple flesh gave the best protein and preference in a thesis comparison.

Boundary
The curd is set by plant enzymes (bromelain or papain) and heat; there is no microbial ripening
  1. Prepare the milk
  2. Set the curd10 min
  3. Mould and salt
Dhakai paneerDhaka, Bangladesh

small smoked salty discs (relative of Bandel)

Milk
cow milk
Ripening
days

Made like Acid-heat set cheese family (FERMENTATION BOUNDARY).

GjizëAlbania

Dry, sour ricotta-like acid-heat curd; filling for burek and base of fërgesë. Not a rennet cheese.

  1. Prepare the milk
  2. Set the curd
  3. Cut and drain the curd5–6 h
  4. Mould and salt
IrimshikKazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan

milk curdled with sour milk/ayran, boiled; sweet browned version (balqaymak-like)

Milk
cow/sheep/goat milk
Ripening
fresh or dried

Made like Acid-heat set cheese family (FERMENTATION BOUNDARY).

Jāņu siersLatvia

midsummer caraway curd cheese; quark cooked with milk, eggs

Milk
cow + milk, quark
Ripening
fresh

Made like Acid-heat set cheese family (FERMENTATION BOUNDARY).

Kradi / Maish krejKashmir

relative of kalari

Milk
cow/buffalo milk

Made like Acid-heat set cheese family (FERMENTATION BOUNDARY).

Metata ayibEthiopia

Ayib mixed with spices and butter and stored

Milk
cow milk
Ripening
days–weeks

Made like Acid-heat set cheese family (FERMENTATION BOUNDARY).

Munajuusto (egg cheese)Finland

milk + egg + buttermilk heated, drained

Milk
cow + milk, eggs
Ripening
none

Made like Acid-heat set cheese family (FERMENTATION BOUNDARY).

Queijo de manteigaNE Brazil

BOUNDARY

Milk
cow milk
Ripening
none

Made like Acid-heat set cheese family (FERMENTATION BOUNDARY).

Queijo do MarajóMarajó, Pará

buffalo curd washed and cooked with butter/cream; GI

Milk
buffalo milk
Ripening
none

Made like Acid-heat set cheese family (FERMENTATION BOUNDARY).

Requeijão da MadeiraPortugal, Madeira island

Not a whey cheese: naturally soured whole milk heat-precipitated at 90–92 °C, with no rennet or added acid.

Boundary
Set by acid and heat; fermentation is only the natural souring of the milk
  1. Prepare the milk
  2. Set the curd1.5–2 h · 90–92 °C
  3. Mould and salt
Ricotta di fuscella di Sant'AnastasiaItaly, Campania

Made from whole acidified milk rather than whey, so listed as a cheese; no chemical acids allowed.

Rind
None; milk-white to very pale straw, creamier than normal ricotta
Size
2.0 kg; yield 12–13%
  1. Prepare the milk
  2. Set the curd15–30 min · 84–85 °C
  3. Mould and salt
Soft chhurpiSikkim/Darjeeling

not dried

Milk
cow/ milk, Y buttermilk
Ripening
fresh

Made like Acid-heat set cheese family (FERMENTATION BOUNDARY).

SõirEstonia

quark cooked with egg, caraway, pressed

Milk
cow milk
Ripening
days

Made like Acid-heat set cheese family (FERMENTATION BOUNDARY).

WaraNigeria

Calotropis

Milk
cow milk
Ripening
fresh

Made like Acid-heat set cheese family (FERMENTATION BOUNDARY).

Numbers come from cited sources and carry a label that says how each is known. How this atlas is made