Areesh vs Cottage cheese
Areesh
Facts
- Texture
- Fresh
- Type
- Fresh
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Egypt
Areesh is a fresh Egyptian cheese with a soft, white, crumbly body, close to cottage cheese in the hand. Cooks across Egypt make it from skimmed fermented milk, so the curd is lean rather than rich. The Arabic name gebna arish refers to the same cheese, and shoppers may also see the spellings karish and qareesh. It is an everyday cheese, not a long-aged wheel with a rind. You eat it soon after it is drained, while the curds are still moist and mild.
Cottage cheese
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Fresh
- Type
- Fresh
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- United States
Cottage cheese is fresh cow's-milk curd kept in soft lumps, usually in a creamy dressing. The name points to farm kitchens, where people made a simple cheese from milk they had on hand.