Gorgonzola vs Rokpol
Gorgonzola
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Blue
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Lombardy
- Status
- PDO
Gorgonzola is a blue cow's-milk cheese from northern Italy. The town of Gorgonzola, east of Milan, gave it a name. The protected zone is wider, across Lombardy and Piedmont.
Rokpol
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Blue
- Country
- Poland
- Place
- Wielkopolska
Rokpol is a semi-soft blue cheese from Poland, and Wielkopolska is the region named with it. Makers use cow's milk, unlike Roquefort, which is made from sheep's milk. The name echoes Roquefort and Poland, and the paste is pierced so blue mold can grow in veins. The taste is salty, pungent, and moderately sharp. It is a shop blue for the board and for cooking, not a fresh white cheese.