Catupiry vs Minas
Catupiry
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Processed
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Brazil
Catupiry is a Brazilian brand of requeijão, a soft cow's milk spread sold in a pot rather than as a wheel. The paste is smooth, pale, and mild, with a body closer to thick cream than to a slice you cut. Producers blend fresh cream with curd and cook the mix until it turns silky and stable. There is no rind, and the cheese is not aged into a hard block. In Brazil the brand is common enough that many recipes write the name and mean this creamy style.
Minas
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Country
- Brazil
Minas is a family of cow's milk cheeses from Brazil, and the name points to Minas Gerais, the state where the style took shape. The best-known version is fresh, white, moist, and mild, with little or no rind. Firmer versions are lightly cured, deeper in color, and easier to slice. All of them are everyday cheeses rather than long-aged grating wheels, and cooks use the fresh kind with bread and fruit. More than one style shares the name.