Belper Knolle vs Sbrinz
Belper Knolle
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Hard
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Switzerland
- Place
- Belp
Belper Knolle is a small hard cheese from Belp in Switzerland. It is made from cow's milk. Makers shape the curd into a ball, mix in garlic and salt, and roll the ball in crushed black pepper. The name Knolle refers to a tuber, which matches the round shape. A mature ball is dry enough to shave or grate, and the pepper coat stays on the outside.
Sbrinz
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Italy
Sbrinz is a very hard cow's milk cheese from Switzerland. It is among the hardest cheeses in the Swiss dairy tradition, with a dense paste and a natural rind. The wheels are large, and the cheese is aged until it breaks rather than bends. Cooks grate it, shave it into thin curls, or eat it in small hard pieces. Buyers in northern Italy have long known the name, because the wheels moved south across the Alps, but the make itself is Swiss.