Çökelek vs Ricotta
Çökelek
Facts
- Texture
- Fresh
- Type
- Fresh
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Turkey
Çökelek is a fresh Turkish curd cheese with a crumbly, lightly tangy character. It is made across Turkey, often at home as well as in dairies, and it has no single town of origin. Cooks heat yogurt, or the whey left from yogurt, until the proteins gather into small curds, then they drain those curds. The cheese is white, moist, and unsalted or only lightly salted at first. It is a cooking and breakfast cheese, not a cheese with a rind or a long age.
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.