Halloumi vs Nabulsi cheese
Halloumi
Facts
- Milk
- Mixed milk
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Brined
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Cyprus
- Status
- PDO
Halloumi is the grilling cheese of Cyprus, and a protected name. The curd is heated, so a slab stays in one piece on a hot pan instead of melting into a puddle.
Nabulsi cheese
Facts
- Milk
- Mixed milk
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Brined
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Levant
- Place
- Nablus
Nabulsi cheese is a firm white brine cheese from Nablus, in the Levant, made from sheep's milk, goat's milk, or a mix of the two. Makers boil the curd and season it with mahlab and mastic, which sets it apart from a plain salted white cheese. The block has no rind. It is stored in brine, so the first bite is salty. After a soak, the spice and the milk flavor come forward.