Domiati vs Mish
Domiati
Facts
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Brined
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Egypt
Domiati is a soft white cheese from Egypt, salty, moist, and usually kept in brine. It has no rind, and the paste ranges from creamy to a little crumbly as it sits in that salt. Egyptians eat it as an everyday cheese, at breakfast and in simple cooked dishes. Fresh pieces taste milder, while cheese held longer in brine grows sharper and firmer. The name is the one to seek in Egyptian and Arab grocery shops.
Mish
Facts
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Brined
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Egypt
Mish is a sharp, salty cheese from Egypt. It begins as a fresh curd cheese that is packed into a brine of salted milk or buttermilk with spices and left to ferment. The ripe cheese turns yellowish brown and tastes pungent, with a heat from pepper and a strong salty edge. Rural households have long used it as a staple with bread, and many people also serve a little of it as an appetizer. It is an aged pickled cheese, not a fresh white cheese.