Cheese Database

Beyaz peynir vs Fine Fettle Yorkshire

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.

Fine Fettle Yorkshire

Facts

Milk
Sheep
Texture
Soft
Type
Brined
Rind
No rind
Country
United Kingdom

Fine Fettle Yorkshire is a British sheep's milk cheese in the style of a young brined white cheese. It comes from the United Kingdom, and the name points to Yorkshire without naming one town on the card. The paste is soft, white, and slightly crumbly, with a tangy, lemony, and salty taste. There is no rind. It was once sold under a name that used the word feta, and sellers changed that name because the word feta is kept for the Greek cheese.