Batzos vs Halloumi
Batzos
Facts
- Milk
- Mixed milk
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Brined
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Greece
- Place
- Sheep/Goat
- Status
- PDO
Batzos is a Greek cheese made from sheep's milk, goat's milk, or a mix of the two. The name is protected, and the cheese is a semi-hard white cheese kept in brine. It has no rind, small holes in the paste, and a salty, sour, lightly spicy taste. Pieces are often square, and they hold together better than a very crumbly brine cheese. Shepherds made it as a firm cheese that could be fried as well as eaten plain.
Halloumi
Facts
- Milk
- Mixed milk
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Brined
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Cyprus
- Status
- PDO
Halloumi is the grilling cheese of Cyprus, and a protected name. The curd is heated, so a slab stays in one piece on a hot pan instead of melting into a puddle.