Handkäse vs Olomoucké tvarůžky
Handkäse
Facts
- Texture
- Soft
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Germany
Handkäse is a small sour-milk cheese from Germany. The name means hand cheese, because makers shaped the little rounds or bars by hand. It starts from sour skim-milk curd, so the paste is lean, tangy, and free of a rich cream taste. A young piece is mild and fairly firm. A ripe piece smells much stronger, with a yellow surface and a soft, sharp center.
Olomoucké tvarůžky
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Washed rind
- Rind
- Washed rind
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Place
- Olomouc Region
Olomoucké tvarůžky is a pungent cow's milk cheese from the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. Makers start with skimmed sour curds, shape them into small rings, sticks, or loaves, and ripen them until the surface turns yellow to orange. The smell is famous, and it is much stronger than the modest size suggests. A ripe piece is soft enough to spread, while a younger piece is firmer and easier to slice. It is a regional Czech cheese, not a fresh pot of unripened curd.