Harzer vs Milbenkäse
Harzer
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Washed rind
- Rind
- Washed rind
- Country
- Germany
Harzer is a German sour-milk cheese made from cow's milk, specifically from a lean curd. It is small, pale at the start, and stronger as the surface ripens. Many pieces are short rolls dotted with caraway, and others are little rounds. The smell grows loud with age, while the young cheese is milder. It is a lean cheese sold in ordinary shops, not a rare farm specialty.
Milbenkäse
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Hard
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Germany
Milbenkäse is a German specialty cheese, and the name means mite cheese. Makers shape cow's milk quark with salt and caraway, dry the pieces, and ripen them with live cheese mites. The mites work on the surface, and enzymes from them help the cheese firm and take on flavor. The result is a small hard piece with a powdery coat. It is not a supermarket item, and ordinary shops do not carry it.