| Anari | Cyprus | Whey from halloumi making with a little fresh milk; in a 1986 trial cow milk gave no anari | 1 h | |
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| Anthotyros | Greece | Sheep or goat whey (sometimes combined), sometimes with milk | | |
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| Brocciu PDO | France, Corsica | Whey and raw whole milk of Corsican sheep and goats only; no frozen or powdered milk or whey | Fresh, or passu after at least 21 days | |
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| Brossa | Italy, Valle d'Aosta | | | None |
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| Brus da ricotta | Italy, Piemonte | | 30–40 days | None |
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| Brùzzo | Italy, Liguria | | 7 days | |
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| Casàda con la ricotta | Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige | | 8 h | |
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| Cuincir | Italy, Friuli Venezia Giulia | | 45 days – 2 months | None; takes the shape of its container |
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| Glarner Schabziger | Switzerland, canton of Glarus | | 3–8 months | |
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| Lor | Türkiye | | 15 min | |
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| Manouri PDO | Greece, Central and Western Macedonia and Thessaly | Whey of sheep or goat milk, enriched with sheep or goat cream and milk | Fresh; kept at 4–5 °C | |
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| Mascarpa | Italy, Piemonte | | | None when fresh; grey or ochre when aged |
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| Myzithra (Mizithra) | Greece | | | |
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| O' Peluso | Italy, Campania | | | None; ivory white, soft and crumbly |
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| Requeijão da Beira Baixa | Portugal, Beira Baixa | | 15–30 min | |
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| Requeijão Serra da Estrela PDO | Portugal, Serra da Estrela | | | |
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| Requesón (Mexico) | Mexico | | 2 h | |
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| Ricotta affumicata di malga | Italy, Friuli Venezia Giulia | | 24 h – 2 days | |
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| Ricotta di Bufala Campana PDO | Italy, the Mozzarella di Bufala Campana area | | up to 30 days | |
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| Ricotta di capra (Friuli Venezia Giulia) | Italy, Friuli Venezia Giulia | | 2 days | |
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| Ricotta di capra affumicata | Italy, Calabria | | at least 2 months | |
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| Ricotta di capra fresca o affumicata (Trentino) | Italy, Trentino | | 12–16 h | |
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| Ricotta di colostro ovino | Italy, Sardegna | | 4–5 days | None; white, rough surface |
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| Ricotta di pecora e di capra dei Monti Lepini | Italy, Lazio | Sheep and goat whey with 2 % sheep or goat milk | None; drained about a day and kept a few days at 5 °C | None; milk-white surface marked by the basket |
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| Ricotta di pecora grossetana | Italy, Toscana | | 24 h – 2 days | None; white, marked by the baskets |
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| Ricotta di pecora massese | Italy, Toscana | | 5–10 min | None; white with small basket marks |
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| Ricotta di pecora nera di Arbus | Italy, Sardegna | | | None; truncated cone from the basket |
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| Ricotta di pecora o di capra lavorata | Italy, Sardegna | | at least 30 days | None; very white, turns yellowish when older |
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| Ricotta di pecora pistoiese | Italy, Toscana | | 1–3 h | None; white, marked by the baskets |
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| Ricotta di stazzo | Italy, Abruzzo | | | None; basket marks; cylinder or truncated cone of variable size |
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| Ricotta di vacca | Italy, Sicilia | | 15–30 min | None; ivory, basket-marked truncated cone |
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| Ricotta forte (scanta) | Italy, Puglia | Whey from ewe, goat, cow or mixed cheesemaking, with up to 10–12 % milk | 2–6 months in clay or plastic tubs | |
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| Ricotta fresca ed essiccata di capra | Italy, Campania | | 10–30 days | Fresh none, bright white; dried a very thin ivory skin |
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| Ricotta fresca ed essiccata di pecora | Italy, Campania | | 10–30 days | Fresh none, white; dried a very thin ivory skin |
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| Ricotta fresca o affumicata (Trentino) | Italy, Trentino | | 7 days | |
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| Ricotta fresca ovina | Italy, Sardegna | | 18–22 h | None; snow white |
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| Ricotta iblea | Italy, Sicilia | | 15–30 min | None; ivory, basket-marked |
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| Ricotta infornata | Italy, Sicilia | | 20 days | Thin baked skin, amber to reddish-brown, sometimes rigid and crisp; the paste inside is ivory-white to yellow-brown |
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| Ricotta mantèca di Montella | Italy, Campania | | at least 10 min | None; pale straw, glossy from the fat, with basket marks |
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| Ricotta marzotica leccese | Italy, Puglia | | 10–20 days | Thin, wrinkled, more or less tender, covered with grass |
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| Ricotta mista | Italy, Sicilia | | 15–30 min | None; ivory, straw yellow when sheep or goat whey dominates |
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| Ricotta moliterna | Italy, Sardegna | | 15–20 days | None; white |
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| Ricotta mustia | Italy, Sardegna | | 2–3 days | None or almost none; amber from smoke |
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| Ricotta ovina di Arischia | Italy, Abruzzo | | 0.1 min | None; basket marks on a pale straw-yellow surface |
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| Ricotta Romana PDO | Italy, Lazio | | 8–24 h | |
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| Ricotta salata | Southern Italy, especially Sicily | | at least 10 days | |
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| Ricotta salata o marzotica | Italy, Puglia | | at least 30 days | Thin, wrinkled, white, or brown if bran-coated |
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| Ricotta Schotte | Italy, Sappada | | | None; classic type browned by smoke, fresh type white with green tarragon flecks |
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| Ricotta secca | Italy, Lazio | | 20 days – 2 months | |
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| Ricotta stagionata di pecora | Italy, Abruzzo | | at least 30 days | Thin, clean or with bloom; marked by the rush baskets; milk-white, ochre or black with age |
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| Ricotta testa di morto | Italy, Sardegna | | 20–30 days | None; white, marked by the cloth |
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| Ricotta toscanella | Italy, Sardegna | | 15–30 days | None; white |
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| Ricotta vaccina fresca dell'Emilia-Romagna | Italy, Emilia-Romagna | | up to 7 days | None |
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| Ricotta viterbese | Italy, Lazio | | 12–36 h | None; white, basket-marked |
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| Ricottone salato | Italy, Calabria | | 2–12 months | Rough, with basket marks; brownish |
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| Sarasso | Italy, Liguria | | 30 days | Thin, fairly hard, pale straw with whitish mould spots |
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| Seirass del fen | Italy, Piemonte | | 21 days – 3 months | No true rind; a mould film from straw yellow to green-grey under green hay |
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| Seirass di siero di pecora | Italy, Piemonte | | 12–24 h | None; white, slightly wrinkled surface |
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| Seirass stagionato | Italy, Piemonte | | 50 days – 2 months | A light greyish mould film, or a wrapping of mountain herbs such as wild thyme |
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| Sérac / séré (Swiss whey cheese, Ziger) | Switzerland | | 15 min | |
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| Travia da Beira Baixa | Portugal, Beira Baixa | | 15–30 min | |
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| Urdă | North Macedonia and Montenegro | | None; sold a few days after making | |
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| Xinomyzithra Kritis PDO | Greece — the island of Crete | Sheep or goat whey, with up to 15 % whole sheep or goat milk | At least 2 months after a week of pressing | |
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| Brossat (brull) | Spain and Andorra | | | |
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| Ricotta calda con siero | Italy, Lazio | | | |
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| Ricotta salaprese | Italy, Campania | | 2–5.9 months | Thin, clean, hard, dry, pale ivory |
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| Salignoùn | Italy, Valle d'Aosta | | | None |
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| Séras | Italy, Valle d'Aosta | | | None (fresh) or fairly hard, brown or reddish (smoked) |
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