Brocciu vs Brös
Brocciu
Facts
- Milk
- Sheep
- Texture
- Fresh
- Type
- Whey
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Corsica
Brocciu is a fresh whey cheese from Corsica, in France. It is made from the whey of ewe's milk cheesemaking, with whole ewe's milk added back in, so it is richer than whey alone. The paste is white, soft, and moist, and it is drained in baskets. Corsican cooks treat it as a daily ingredient, not only as a cheese for a board. Fresh brocciu is the usual form, and a drier ripened form is known as brocciu passu.
Brös
Facts
- Texture
- Soft
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Langhe, Piedmont
Brös is a pungent cheese preparation from the Langhe, in Piedmont, Italy. It is not a wheel pressed from one batch of curd. Cooks work leftover cheese into a soft paste and leave it to ferment in a closed jar with grappa. The finished paste is creamy, sharp, and strongly scented. Restaurants across the Langhe still put it on the table as a local specialty.