Made the same way, each with what its own sources record.
Boulette d'Avesnes
Cheese from France, Nord, the Avesnois around Avesnes-sur-Helpe, near the Belgian border
Boulette d'Avesnes is not made from milk but from curd or cheese already made, often broken Maroilles. The paste is kneaded with herbs and spices, shaped into a cone and coated in paprika, then washed with brine or beer.
- Milk
- Cow milk, as Maroilles curd; originally buttermilk curd
- Ripening
- two to three monthsReported
- Weight
- 200–300 g
Sources: Androuët; The Good Life France
Chhu / sheden
Cheese from India, Sikkim Himalayas
A cheese-like fermented milk product of the Sikkim Himalayas, made from yak or cow milk. We could not open a source that describes how it is made.
- Milk
- Yak or cow milk
Brusselse kaas (Fromage de Bruxelles)Brusselse kaas
Cheese from Belgium, Brussels and the Zenne valley
A low-fat cheese ripened by repeated salt-water washing until sharp and pungent, unlike the soft fresh plattekaas of the same city.
- Milk
- Low-fat cow milk
- Ripening
- two-to-four monthsReported
Sources: Brussels Beer City; Wikipedia
Mainzer Käse
Cheese from Germany
In the cheese regulation it shares one standard with Harzer; unlike Handkäse it may not be made as a white-mould (Edelschimmel) type.
- Fat grade
- Magerstufe, the lowest fat grade of the regulation
- Weight
- 25 bis 125gSet
- Ripening flora
- Yellow or red smear bacteria only; caraway allowed
Sources: Käseverordnung (KäseV)
Prgica
Cheese from Croatia
A dried, smoked and spiced cone of cottage cheese. In a 2013 blind test of it, Turoš and Kvargl, 97 % of the respondents recognised differences between the samples.
Sources: Love Zagreb; Valkaj K.
Pultostpultost
Cheese from Norway, Hedmark and Oppland
Pultost is set by souring, not rennet, like gamalost, but it is fermented warm as a loose curd and flavoured with caraway rather than pressed into a mould-ripened block.
- Milk
- Soured skimmed cow milk
- Fat
- About 0.9 g per 100 g
- Flavour
- Caraway; sharp from yeast fermentation
Sources: Hedmark Bygdekvinnelag 1980; Store norske leksikon; US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Queso de Urbiés (cuajada de Urbiés)quesu d'Urbiés
Cheese from Spain, Asturias
Queso de Urbiés uses no rennet at all. Raw milk sours by itself, and the drained curd is stirred for months as a mould spreads through it, closer to fermented cheese pastes than to pressed cheeses.
- Rind
- None; shapeless, creamy paste sold in pots
- Moisture
- About 52 % moisture and 25 % protein (Turismo Asturias via Vivir Asturias)
Sources: Vivir Asturias; Wikipedia (es); ANSES 2022