Kefalograviera vs Kefalotyri
Kefalograviera
Facts
- Milk
- Mixed milk
- Texture
- Hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Greece
- Place
- Crete, Sterea Ellada
- Status
- PDO
Kefalograviera is a hard cheese from Crete and Sterea Ellada, in Greece, and the name is protected. Makers use sheep's milk, and goat's milk may go into the same vat. The paste is pale yellow, firm, and elastic, with small holes scattered through it. The flavor is salty, nutty, and lightly piquant, and it grows sharper as the wheel matures. The style sits between Graviera and Kefalotyri, which is also how the name was formed.
Kefalotyri
Facts
- Milk
- Mixed milk
- Texture
- Hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Cyprus
Kefalotyri is a hard, salty cheese of Cyprus and Greece, made from sheep's milk, goat's milk, or a mix of the two. The wheel is pale, from white to light yellow, and the color shifts with the milk. The paste is firm and flaky, with a few small eyes, and it grates cleanly once aged. A younger wheel is still hard, but it is a little moister and less fierce. The name joins the word for head with the word for cheese, a nod to the round form.