Halloumi vs Wagasi
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.
Wagasi
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Fresh
- Type
- Fresh
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Benin
- Place
- Northern Benin
Wagasi is a fresh cow's milk cheese from Northern Benin. Herders and market sellers know it as a soft white cheese that is often shaped into rounds or balls. The curd is set with plant sap rather than with the rennet many European cheeses use, which gives Wagasi its own mild, milky character. It is an everyday food cheese, not a long-aged wheel with a thick rind. People fry it, simmer it, and add it to sauces.