Feta vs Ġbejna
Feta
Facts
- Milk
- Sheep
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Brined
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Greece
- Status
- PDO
Feta is a brined cheese from Greece, and a protected name. The protected cheese is made from sheep's milk, or from sheep's milk with some goat's milk. It is not a cow's-milk cheese.
Ġbejna
Facts
- Milk
- Sheep
- Texture
- Fresh
- Type
- Fresh
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Malta
Ġbejna is a small sheep's milk cheese from Malta. The name is a diminutive of the Maltese word for cheese, and English speakers often call the pieces cheeselets. Each piece is only a few bites, with a rounded shape that comes from a small basket mold. Makers sell it fresh, air-dried, or coated with black pepper. Sheep's milk defines it, and the taste changes with the way the piece is kept.