Beyaz peynir vs Çökelek
Beyaz peynir
Facts
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Brined
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Turkey
Beyaz peynir is the everyday white cheese of Turkey, and the name simply means white cheese. Blocks are salted and kept in brine, so the paste stays moist, bright white, and free of a rind. Traditional production uses unpasteurized milk, and the cheese can range from a fresh mild curd to a firmer, sharper block. It stands with other white brine cheeses rather than with pressed yellow wheels. Shoppers across Turkey meet it in slices and in packed blocks.
Çökelek
Facts
- Texture
- Fresh
- Type
- Fresh
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Turkey
Çökelek is a fresh Turkish curd cheese with a crumbly, lightly tangy character. It is made across Turkey, often at home as well as in dairies, and it has no single town of origin. Cooks heat yogurt, or the whey left from yogurt, until the proteins gather into small curds, then they drain those curds. The cheese is white, moist, and unsalted or only lightly salted at first. It is a cooking and breakfast cheese, not a cheese with a rind or a long age.