Bryndza vs Cherni Vit
Bryndza
Facts
- Milk
- Sheep
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Fresh
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Poland
Bryndza is a soft sheep's milk cheese eaten in Poland and in several other countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The paste is white, crumbly, and salty, and it spreads more easily than it slices. Makers crumble a fresh sheep cheese, salt it, and work it into a moist mass that is often sold from a tub. The taste is tangy and sharp rather than mild or buttery. It belongs in savory cooking as much as it belongs on bread.
Cherni Vit
Facts
- Milk
- Sheep
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Brined
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Bulgaria
Cherni Vit is a sheep's milk cheese from Bulgaria, known for the green mold that forms a crust. It begins as a white cheese kept in brine, in the broad family of Balkan sirene. Wooden casks and the air of its home area let that mold grow after the casks are opened. The interior stays pale, while the outside turns green. The taste is sharp and hotter than a plain white brine cheese.