Baladi vs Jibneh Arabieh
Baladi
Facts
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Fresh
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Lebanon
Baladi is a fresh white cheese from Lebanon. The name means village or country style, and local speech also calls the fresh piece green cheese. That second name refers to an unripened cheese, not to a green color. The paste is soft, rindless, and mildly salty, with a creamy bite and a clean dairy taste. Marks from the draining basket or hoop often show on the surface.
Jibneh Arabieh
Facts
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Fresh
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Levant
- Place
- Arabian Peninsula
Jibneh Arabieh is a mild white cheese of the Levant, and it is also widely eaten across the Arabian Peninsula. The name means Arabic cheese, and in shops it is the plain everyday white cheese rather than a spiced specialty. The paste is semi soft, with an open supple texture and no rind. Salt is present but gentle. People slice it for breakfast, tuck it into bread, and cook with it when they want a mild melt.