Made the same way, each with what its own sources record.
Abertamský sýr (Abertam)Abertamský sýr
Cheese from Czech Republic, Karlovy Vary
A firm sheep farm cheese of irregular round shape with a yellow to orange natural rind and a strong, acidic taste.
- Milk
- Sheep milk
- Ripening
- about 2 monthsReported
- Shape and rind
- Irregular spherical shape; natural rind, yellow to orange
- Texture and taste
- Firm; strong, acidic and tasty
Sources: United States Department of Agriculture 1953; Martín-del-Campo S.T.
Berkswell
Cheese from England, West Midlands, Ram Hall farm at Berkswell
Berkswell is moulded by hand in colanders, which give it its characteristic shape and patterning. It is a farmhouse cheese made from the farm's own raw ewe's milk with lamb's rennet.
- Milk
- Raw sheep milk from the farm's own flock
- Ripening
- 3–5 monthsReported
- Shape
- Flying saucer, from moulding in colanders
Sources: The Fine Cheese Co. 2012. The Fine Cheese Co. visit Berkswell cheese-makers (blog; La Fromagerie. History; US Food and Drug Administration 2016
Caprino di malga (delle Alpi Marittime)Caprino della Valbrevenna
Cheese from Italy, Liguria
A summer pasture goat cheese of the Ligurian mountains near the sea; ONAF credits its taste to pasture plants touched by the Ligurian Sea air.
- Size
- del diametro di cm 10-14Reported
- Rind
- Fairly thin, soft, straw yellow
Sources: Regione Liguria; ONAF; ANSES 2022
Imokilly Regato PDOImokilly Regato
Cheese from Ireland, south-east Cork
Imokilly Regato is made from cow milk at one creamery, Dairygold Mogeely, from milk of the south-east Cork baronies. The milk is held 12–18 hours before cheesemaking, and the cheese is salted twice, in brine and then by hand.
- Milk
- Cow milk from pasture-fed herds in south-east Cork, grazing March to October
- Milk treatment
- 32–34 °CReported
- Ripening
- 9-12 monthsReported
Sources: Department of Agriculture; Culture magazine 2015; AnyCheese
Queso pata de muloqueso de encella
Cheese from Spain, Castile and León
Log-shaped sheep cheese with a blind, flaky paste.
- Rind
- Yellow to ochre
- Size
- Log ('mule's leg') shape
Sources: Wikipedia (es)
Queijo de Cabra do Pinhal Maior
Cheese from Portugal, Centro
The 'de azeite' type is immersed in local olive oil after salting, and the rind is washed and scraped between each salting turn.
Sources: US Food and Drug Administration 2016; US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Queijo de Tomar
Cheese from Portugal, Ribatejo Norte
Each cheese is tiny. The cardoon is dipped into the milk in a cloth bundle rather than poured in as an infusion.
Sources: US Food and Drug Administration 2016
Queijo Rabaçal
Cheese from Portugal, Centro, the Sicó hills
The milk is a mix of ewe and goat, set with animal rennet rather than cardoon, and the cheese ripens for more than 20 days.
- Milk
- Raw ewe and goat milk, mixed
- Composition
- Moisture 52–60 %, on the fat-free cheeseReported
Sources: European Commission; Pereira C.D.; US Food and Drug Administration 2016; US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Queso de Mallorca (incl. Oveja Roja Mallorquina)formatge de Mallorca
Cheese from Spain, Balearic Islands
Queso de Mallorca is set with a cardoon-pistil coagulant and shaped in cloth, not in a hard mould, which gives its square fogasser loaf. The Oveja Roja version uses milk from a rare local breed of fewer than a thousand head.
- Shape and size
- Square with rounded edges, about 6 cm high and 15 cm across, 300–1,000 g
- Season
- Ewes milked from October to the end of June; no cheese in summer
Sources: Slow Food Illes Balears; Wikipedia (es); ANSES 2022
Queso Sardo (Argentina)Queso Sardo
Cheese from Argentina
An Argentine grating cheese modelled on Italian pecorino but defined by the food code by size and age, not by sheep milk; Sardo is the small, three-month version of Queso Romano.
- Size classes
- Chico - menos de 4 kg. Maduración mín. 3 mesesSet
- Fat
- Fat in dry matter at least 38.0 %
Sources: Código Alimentario Argentino
Tagliatizzo di Castelsaraceno
Cheese from Italy, Basilicata
Basket pecorino eaten as is or warmed over the fire. ONAF notes the region sent no documentation; most traits are inferred from a similar local cheese.
- Rind
- Thin, straw-yellow, basket marks, greasy
Sources: ONAF (national organisation of cheese tasters); ONAF