What the sources record about each of these so far.
Bjelovarski kvarglCroatia, Bjelovar-Bilogora county
Same family as Turoš and prgica: dense, dry, smoked paprika cones of fresh curd; grey-pink outside, slightly sour.
- Prepare the milk
- Cut and drain the curd
- Mould and salt
- Ripen
Boulette d'AvesnesFrance, Nord, the Avesnois and Thiérache around Avesnes-sur-Helpe, near the Belgian border
Boulette d'Avesnes is a cone of soft cow's milk cheese from the Avesnois, kneaded with tarragon, parsley and crushed pepper, shaped by hand and coated in red paprika. It began as a way to use buttermilk curd, and today it is made mainly from Maroilles curd or broken Maroilles. It is eaten fresh or washed with salt water or beer and ripened in a humid cellar for two to three months.
- Milk
- Cow milk, as Maroilles curd; originally buttermilk curd
- Ripening
- Fresh, or two to three months in a humid cellar
- Weight
- 200–300 g
- Break up the curd
- Knead with herbs and spice
- Shape into cones
- Coat in paprika
- Wash and ripen in the cellar2–3 months
Brusselse kaasBrussels
salted, washed, very sharp acid curd
- Milk
- cow milk, skim
- Ripening
- ~3 mo
Made like Ripened acid-curd cheese family (Harzer, Olomoucké tvarůžky, Gamalost).
Chhu / shedenSikkim
strong fermented cheese-like product (Tamang)
- Milk
- Y/C
- Ripening
- weeks
Made like Ripened acid-curd cheese family (Harzer, Olomoucké tvarůžky, Gamalost).
DambalkhachoPshavi/Mtiuleti
curd shaped into small balls, smoked, mould-ripened in clay pot; Slow Food Presidium
- Milk
- cow milk, (buttermilk curd)
- Ripening
- ≥1 mo
Made like Ripened acid-curd cheese family (Harzer, Olomoucké tvarůžky, Gamalost).
Gamle OleNorway
pungent smear
- Milk
- cow milk
Made like Ripened acid-curd cheese family (Harzer, Olomoucké tvarůžky, Gamalost).
Glundner Käse (Glundner Kas)Austria, Carinthia
Also called gelundener Käse.
Carinthian cooked cheese: ripened quark fried with caraway into a melt, a cousin of German Kochkäse.
- Rind
- None; pale yellow to greenish, spreadable to sliceable
- Prepare the milk
- Mould and salt
- Ripen2–3 days
Harzer KäseHarz
yellow smear (Gelbschmiere) or mould
- Milk
- cow milk, skim
- Ripening
- ~1–2 wk
Made like Ripened acid-curd cheese family (Harzer, Olomoucké tvarůžky, Gamalost).
KochkäseHesse/Franconia
ripened quark melted with butter, caraway
- Milk
- cow milk, skim
- Ripening
- days, then cooked
Made like Ripened acid-curd cheese family (Harzer, Olomoucké tvarůžky, Gamalost).
Mainzer KäseRhineland
- Milk
- cow milk, skim
Made like Ripened acid-curd cheese family (Harzer, Olomoucké tvarůžky, Gamalost).
Mohant PDOBohinj
very pungent soft cheese, ripened in vessels
- Milk
- cow milk, raw
- Ripening
- ≥45 d
Made like Ripened acid-curd cheese family (Harzer, Olomoucké tvarůžky, Gamalost).
Murtaler SteirerkäsAustria, Styria
Sliceable cooked sour-milk cheese; distinct from the crumbly uncooked Ennstaler Steirerkas.
- Prepare the milk
- Set the curd
- Cut and drain the curd2–3 days
- Mould and salt
Olomoucké tvarůžky PGILoštice, Czechia
golden smear
- Milk
- cow milk, skim
- Ripening
- ~1–2 wk
Made like Ripened acid-curd cheese family (Harzer, Olomoucké tvarůžky, Gamalost).
PrgicaCroatia, north
Small, pungent, dried and smoked spiced cottage-cheese cones; close relative of Turoš..
- Prepare the milk
- Cut and drain the curd
- Mould and salt
- Ripen
PultostNorway, Hedmark and Oppland
Also called pultost, pult, Norwegian sour-milk cheese.
Skimmed milk is left to sour, warmed to about 50 °C so the curd separates, and drained of its whey. The crumbled curd is kept warm under a cloth and stirred now and then while it ferments, then mixed with salt and caraway into a loose or spreadable, very lean cheese.
- Milk
- Soured skimmed cow milk
- Fat
- About 0.9 g per 100 g
- Flavour
- Caraway; sharp from yeast fermentation
- Sour the skim milk
- Warm until the curd separates50 °C
- Drain the whey
- Crumble and let it ferment warm
- Mix in salt and caraway
Safety: No authority source on making or keeping pultost safely was found. It is heavily salted and made from soured milk.
Queso de Urbiés (cuajada de Urbiés)Spain, Asturias
Also called quesu d'Urbiés, queso de vexiga (when ripened in a bladder), cuaya de Urbiés, Urbiés cheese.
Raw cow milk is left to sour and set on its own over four or five days, with no rennet or culture, and the cream is skimmed off as it rises. The curd drains in cloth sacks for about ten days, is salted and then ripens for six months or more in a pot or an animal bladder, stirred now and then to spread the surface mould. The result is a soft, creamy, rindless paste with a very strong, piquant taste.
- Rind
- None; shapeless, creamy paste sold in pots
- Moisture
- About 52 % moisture and 25 % protein (Turismo Asturias via Vivir Asturias)
- Leave the milk to sour and set4–5 days
- Drain in cloth sacks10 days
- Salt and ripen, stirring6–9 months
- Pot the paste
Queso Los BeyosSpain, Asturias and Castile-León border
Lactic-curd mountain cheese with a closed, crumbly, friable paste and no eyes; label must state the species of milk.
- Rind
- Thin, rough; creamy yellow (cow), pale yellow (goat) to light brown (sheep)
- Size
- 250–500 g; cylinder 3–9 cm high, 7–11 cm diameter
- Prepare the milk
- Set the curd
- Cut and drain the curd
- Mould and salt
- Ripenat least 15 days
Queso mantecoso de CajamarcaPeru, Cajamarca
Two-stage cheese: a soured rennet curd (quesillo) is washed, milled and salted into a buttery, spreadable, slightly acid paste. Washing time and water ratio control the acidity.
- Rind
- None
- Prepare the milk
- Set the curd
- Ripen5–6 days
Slovenská bryndza PGISlovakia
- Milk
- sheep milk, ≥50%
- Ripening
- lump ripened, milled
Made like Bryndza (Slovak / Podhale).
Steirerkas PDOStyria
crumbly ripened sour-milk cheese
- Milk
- cow milk, skim
- Ripening
- ~10 d
Made like Ripened acid-curd cheese family (Harzer, Olomoucké tvarůžky, Gamalost).
Tiroler Graukäse PDOZillertal
grey Penicillium; outside-in
- Milk
- cow milk, skim
- Ripening
- ≥2 wk
Made like Ripened acid-curd cheese family (Harzer, Olomoucké tvarůžky, Gamalost).
TurošCroatia, Međimurje
Paprika-coloured (orange) dried cottage-cheese cones; relatives are prgica and kvargl from neighbouring regions.
- Prepare the milk
- Cut and drain the curd
- Mould and salt
- Ripen