What the sources record about each of these so far.
ByaslagMongolia
Also called бяслаг, byasulag, biaslag, Mongolian pressed curd cheese.
Byaslag is a mild, unripened Mongolian cheese. Yak or cow milk is heated over a gentle fire and curdled by stirring in whey or yoghurt (tarag), so the curd is set mainly by acid and heat; it is then wrapped in cloth and pressed between boards until the whey is out. Lactic bacteria from the sour starter are found in the finished cheese.
- Milk
- Yak or cow milk, raw or boiled
- Ripening
- Fresh, not ripened
- Heat the milk gently
- Curdle with whey or yoghurt
- Wrap and press between boards
CabocScotland, Highlands
A rich Highland cheese made from double cream soured by lactic cultures, with no rennet. The soured cream is salted, pressed to drive out moisture, shaped into small logs and rolled in toasted pinhead oatmeal. The maker says it can be aged for up to six months.
- Milk
- Double cream from local cow milk, pasteurised
- Composition
- 58.5 g fat per 100 g; 0.5 g salt per 100 g (maker's label)
- Pasteurise and add cultures
- Sour to a firm set
- Salt and press out moisture
- Shape into logs and roll in oatmeal
- Age (optional)up to 6 months
Safety: Made from pasteurised milk and cream.
CașRomania
Also called caș, caş, cash, Romanian fresh sheep curd.
Caș is the fresh rennet curd made by setting sheep milk (or cow milk) with lamb or calf rennet and draining it in a cloth under a weight. It is the starting point for other Romanian cheeses; for brânză de burduf it is left unsalted in a fir tub for up to two weeks to sour before it is ground with salt.
- Milk
- Sheep milk, sometimes cow milk
- Ripening
- Fresh; soured up to two weeks when it is to become brânză de burduf
- Set the milk with rennet40 min
- Drain under a weight and break up
- Sour the caș (for brânză de burduf)up to 14 days
ClaquebitouFrance, Burgundy
Also called quiaque-bitou.
Burgundian herbed fresh goat curd (45 % fat), kin to Lyon's cervelle de canut. 'Clacbitou' is a separate trade mark for raw goat cheeses affined in Saône-et-Loire.
- Prepare the milk
- Set the curd
- Cut and drain the curd
CrowdieScotland, Highlands
Also called crowdie, gruth, Scottish crowdie, Gruth Dhu (crowdie with cream, oatmeal and pepper).
Crowdie is a soft, crumbly fresh cheese from the Scottish Highlands. Cow milk was left to sour naturally, often with a little rennet, and the warmed curd was hung in muslin to drip, then salted. Raw-milk crowdie may no longer be made in Scotland, so today it starts from pasteurised milk and cultures.
- Milk
- Cow milk, pasteurised today
- Ripening
- Fresh; shelf life about 14 days
- Sour the milk
- Warm the curd and hang it in muslin
- Salt, and sometimes add cream
- Keep cold and eat fresh14 days
Safety: Scotland no longer allows raw-milk crowdie, because the cheese is moist and keeps only a short time, which leaves it open to pathogens.
CuajadaSpain
Also called cuajada, queso cuajada, curdled milk (Spain), Colombian cuajada.
Cuajada is a boundary entry with little or no fermentation. In Spain it is curdled milk, a soft, semisolid dairy product; in Colombia it is a fresh, non-acid curd cheese. Neither is soured by bacteria, so both must be kept cold and eaten fresh.
- Milk
- Milk; skim UHT milk in one Spanish study
- Ripening
- Fresh; not ripened
- Set the milk with rennet
- Drain the curd (Latin American cheese)
- Keep cold and eat fresh
- Arqués J.L., Rodríguez E., Nuñez M., Medina M. 2008, Antimicrobial activity of nisin, reuterin, and the lactoperoxidase system on Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus in cuajada, a semisolid dairy product manufactured in Spain, Journal of Dairy Science 91:70–75, doi:10.3168/jds.2007-0133
- Jaramillo-Bedoya E., Trujillo-Alzate Y.A., Ocampo-Ibáñez I.D. et al. 2021, Surveillance of fresh artisanal cheeses revealed high levels of Listeria monocytogenes contamination in the Department of Quindío, Colombia, Pathogens 10:1341, doi:10.3390/pathogens10101341
Demi-sel (fresh salted cheese)France
Also called Demi-sel, fromage demi-sel, demi-sel cheese.
Demi-sel is a French fresh cow cheese, an unripened curd that is lightly salted and sold in small squares of about 100 g with about 40 % fat. French law reserves the name and defines it in an annex to the 2007 cheese decree. As a fromage blanc it is soured mainly by lactic fermentation, and if sold as fresh it must still hold live bacteria when sold.
- Milk
- Cow milk
- Legal status
- Unripened fromage blanc; unlike other fresh cheeses it may not use the lower dry-matter minimum that French law allows for fromage blanc, because the annex defines it separately
- Fat
- About 40 % (French Wikipedia)
- Size
- About 100 g, square (French Wikipedia)
Made like Fresh lactic (acid-set) cheese family.
Safety: No published data on its acidity or keeping were found.
Formaggio ZigherItaly, Veneto
Rare herbed, peppered acid-curd cone of Ladin Belluno valleys, akin to South Tyrol Zieger; spreadable fresh, grateable when aged; name possibly from Celtic 'tsigros'.
- Rind
- None; a mould bloom when mature
- Size
- About 150 g; small cone
- Prepare the milk
- Set the curd
- Cut and drain the curd
- Mould and salt
- Ripen7 days
Galotyri PDOEpirus/Thessaly
spontaneously soured salted curd stored in skins/barrels
- Milk
- sheep/goat milk
- Ripening
- ≥2 mo
Made like Fresh lactic (acid-set) cheese family.
JbenMorocco
lactic fresh cheese; some salted and dried
- Milk
- cow/goat milk
- Ripening
- fresh–weeks
Made like Fresh lactic (acid-set) cheese family.
Karish / AreeshEgypt
from naturally soured skimmed milk in clay pots
- Milk
- cow/buffalo milk, skim (laban rayeb)
- Ripening
- fresh
Made like Fresh lactic (acid-set) cheese family.
Katiki Domokou PDOGreece, Domokos area of the Othrys mountains
Also called Κατίκι Δομοκού, Katiki, Katiki Domokos.
Pasteurised goat milk, or goat and sheep milk, is cooled to 27–28 °C and left at 20–22 °C to sour and curdle, with or without a little rennet. The soft curd is broken up and drained in cloth sacks until it holds 75–80% water, lightly salted and kept cold as a white, creamy spread.
- Milk
- Pasteurised goat milk, or goat and sheep milk
- Composition
- At most 75% moisture and 1% salt; at least 40% fat in dry matter
- Ripening
- None; eaten fresh, kept cold
- Pasteurise and cool the milk27–28 °C
- Sour and curdle20–22 °C
- Break up and drain in cloth sacks
- Salt and keep cold1 % salt
Safety: The PDO method uses pasteurised milk, and the fresh cheese is kept refrigerated until it is sold and eaten.
Labneh mkabbas / anbarisLevant
anbaris: goat yogurt fermented in clay jar, topped up
- Milk
- goat/cow milk
- Ripening
- weeks in oil or clay jar (anbaris fermented in jar)
Made like Fresh lactic (acid-set) cheese family.
Lietuviškas varškės sūris / LiliputasLithuania
pressed triangular curd cheese, sometimes smoked; Liliputas PGI
- Milk
- cow milk
- Ripening
- fresh–months
Made like Fresh lactic (acid-set) cheese family.
Liptói túróHungary/Slovakia
- Milk
- sheep/cow milk
Made like Fresh lactic (acid-set) cheese family.
Petit-suisseNormandy
enriched fresh
- Milk
- cow + milk, cream
- Ripening
- fresh
Made like Fresh lactic (acid-set) cheese family.
Quagliata ligure (Prescinsêua)Italy, Liguria
Also called prescinseua, quagliata.
Unsalted acid-rennet curd between yogurt and ricotta, tart and very perishable, typical of the Genoa area; name from Genoese 'presû', rennet.
- Rind
- None
- Size
- Variable; sold in glass or plastic tubs
- Prepare the milk
- Set the curd2 days · 40–50 °C
- Cut and drain the curd
- Mould and salt
Queso andino / quesillo andinoPeru/Bolivia
- Milk
- cow/sheep milk
- Ripening
- fresh
Made like Fresh lactic (acid-set) cheese family.
Queso costeñoColombian Caribbean
very salty, crumbly
- Milk
- cow milk
Made like Fresh lactic (acid-set) cheese family.
Queso crema de ChiapasChiapas
acid-rennet, slightly aged
- Milk
- cow milk, raw
- Ripening
- fresh–months
Made like Fresh lactic (acid-set) cheese family.
Queso de cabra (Chilean goat)Chile
- Milk
- goat milk
Made like Fresh lactic (acid-set) cheese family.
Queso duro blandito / queso secoHonduras/El Salvador
salty pressed
- Milk
- cow milk
- Ripening
- days–weeks
Made like Fresh lactic (acid-set) cheese family.
Queso llanero / Guayanés / de añoVenezuela
queso de año heavily salted, aged
- Milk
- cow milk
- Ripening
- fresh–1 yr
Made like Fresh lactic (acid-set) cheese family.
Queso panelaMexico
basket-moulded
- Milk
- cow milk
- Ripening
- fresh
Made like Fresh lactic (acid-set) cheese family.
Requeijão cremosoBrazil
- Prepare the milk
RequeixoSpain, Galicia
Also called leite trallado, leite tomado, leite callado.
Unsalted Galician acid curd of whole milk (not whey, unlike requesón); a pilgrims' snack.
- Prepare the milk
- Set the curd
- Cut and drain the curd
- Mould and salt
Rygeost (BOUNDARY-ish)Funen
fresh lactic cheese hot-smoked over straw and nettles; caraway
- Milk
- cow milk
- Ripening
- fresh
Made like Fresh lactic (acid-set) cheese family.
SnøfriskNorway
Also called Snøfrisk, Snofrisk, Snow fresh.
A fresh, white, spreadable cheese made by TINE from 80% goat milk and 20% cow cream, first sold for the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics. It tastes fresh and tangy with a mild goat character; the sources do not say how it is set or how long it takes to make.
- Milk
- 80% goat milk and 20% cow cream
- Launched
- 1994, for the Lillehammer Winter Olympics
- Combine goat milk and cow cream
- Make the fresh cheese
- Pack
Safety: No safety source specific to Snøfrisk was found.
Squacquerone di Romagna PDORomagna
very soft rennet-acid
- Milk
- cow milk
- Ripening
- fresh
Made like Fresh lactic (acid-set) cheese family.
Suzma / chakkaUzbekistan/Tajikistan
strained katyk
- Milk
- cow/sheep milk
- Ripening
- fresh
Made like Fresh lactic (acid-set) cheese family.
Tome fraîche (aligot curd)Aubrac
unsalted pressed fresh curd for aligot
- Milk
- cow milk
- Ripening
- 1 d
Made like Fresh lactic (acid-set) cheese family.
Tomino canavesano asciuttoItaly, Piemonte
Dried lactic tomino, firm enough to be preserved in oil, vinegar and herbs.
- Rind
- None or very thin, edible, wrinkled
- Size
- Classico 0.250–0.300 kg, ø 10 cm, side 3–4 cm; small forms 0.040–0.060 kg
- Prepare the milk
- Set the curd6–12 h · 25–30 °C
- Cut and drain the curd
- Mould and salt
- Ripen
Tomino canavesano frescoItaly, Piemonte
Spreadable lactic tomino, often sold as a paper-wrapped roll of six; not to be confused with rennet-set tomini.
- Rind
- None
- Size
- Single 40–70 g, ø 6–8 cm, side 3–4 cm; 'a rotolo' of 6 tomini about 300–400 g
- Prepare the milk
- Set the curd6–12 h · 25–30 °C
- Cut and drain the curd
- Mould and salt
- Ripen
TwarógPoland
pressed in triangular bags
- Milk
- cow milk
- Ripening
- fresh
Made like Fresh lactic (acid-set) cheese family.
Zhazhik (Armenia)Armenia
Curd mixed with herbs
- Milk
- cow/sheep milk
Made like Fresh lactic (acid-set) cheese family.