Kopanisti vs Roquefort
Kopanisti
Facts
- Milk
- Mixed milk
- Texture
- Soft
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Greece
- Place
- Cyclades
- Status
- PDO
Kopanisti is a soft, salty, and peppery cheese from the Cyclades, in Greece. The name is protected for cheese from that island group. It is made from cow's milk, sheep's milk, goat's milk, or a mixture, depending on the herd. Makers knead the curd more than once while it ripens, which spreads a strong microbial flavor through the paste. The result is a spread, not a sliceable wheel, and the color runs from off white to a light beige.
Roquefort
Facts
- Milk
- Sheep
- Texture
- Semi-soft
- Type
- Blue
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Roquefort-sur-Soulzon
- Status
- PDO
Roquefort is a blue sheep's-milk cheese ripened in the caves at Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, in southern France. The protected cheese uses milk from a defined area, and the ripening happens in those caves.