Brie vs Höfðingi
Brie
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Bloomy rind
- Rind
- Bloomy rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Île-de-France
Brie is a soft cow's-milk cheese with a white bloomy rind, from the country east of Paris. The paste ripens from the rind toward the center.
Höfðingi
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Bloomy rind
- Rind
- Bloomy rind
- Country
- Iceland
Höfðingi is a soft cow's milk cheese from Iceland, and the name means chieftain in Icelandic. It has a white bloomy rind and a pale paste that turns creamy, sometimes almost runny, as it ripens. The flavor is mild, smooth, and milky, with a light mushroom note from the rind. It is often compared with brie, though it is an Icelandic cheese with its own scale. It is a table cheese, not a hard wheel for grating.