Halloumi vs Yemeni 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.
Yemeni cheese
Facts
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Yemen
Yemeni cheese is a smoked semi-hard cheese made in rural Yemen. People there often call it local cheese, and Jubn Baladi is the Arabic form of that name. The finished piece is usually round and flat, with a firm face and a brown surface from the smoke. Plants used in the smoking step change the color and the aroma from batch to batch. It is a market cheese and a home cheese, not a factory brand with one owner.