Brocciu vs Ricotta
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.
Ricotta
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Fresh
- Type
- Whey
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Italy
Ricotta means recooked. It is made by heating whey left from another cheese until the remaining proteins set into a fine, moist curd.