Bel Paese vs Butterkäse
Bel Paese
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Lombardy
Bel Paese is a semi-soft cow's milk cheese from Lombardy, in northern Italy. The name is Italian for beautiful country, a phrase long used for Italy itself. The paste is pale cream to light yellow, smooth, and mild, with a thin rind under a close wrap. Makers aim for a wheel that slices cleanly and melts without a fight. It belongs with gentle table cheeses, not with sharp aged wheels from the mountains.
Butterkäse
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Germany
Butterkäse is a semi-soft cow's milk cheese from Germany, and the German name means butter cheese. The paste is pale yellow, smooth, and mild, with a light tang and a soft buttery taste. A loaf is easy to slice, and small eyes are few or absent. German dairies treat it as an everyday slicing cheese rather than a long-aged wheel. The same mild style is also made in other countries for buyers who want a gentle melting cheese.