Handkäse vs Tyrolean grey
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.
Tyrolean grey
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Austria
Tyrolean grey is an Austrian sour-milk cheese made from cow's milk, and it is a ripened loaf rather than a fresh tub of quark. The cheese is low in fat because the milk is skimmed, and the set comes from acid rather than from rennet. A grey mold on the surface gives the cheese its name. The smell is strong, and the taste runs from sour in a young piece to sharp and savory when the loaf is ripe.