Alpkäse vs Vorarlberger Bergkäse
Alpkäse
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- South Tyrol
Alpkäse is a semi-hard cow's milk cheese from South Tyrol in Italy. The name means cheese of the alpine pasture, and the wheels come from mountain dairies in that region. They are large and round, with an elastic paste and a natural rind that may darken as it rests. Color inside runs from ivory to straw yellow, and a few small eyes are scattered through the body. It is a table cheese, not a fresh soft cheese and not a very dry grating block.
Vorarlberger Bergkäse
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Austria
- Place
- Vorarlberg
Vorarlberger Bergkäse is a firm mountain cheese from Vorarlberg in Austria. It is made from raw cow's milk, and the wheels are large, with a natural brown rind. The paste is pale to light yellow, supple when younger, and harder or more crumbly after a long age. A few small eyes are normal. The taste runs from nutty and mild to spicy and herbal, and cooks use it on a board, for melting, and for grating.