Morcella vs Pérail
Morcella
Facts
- Milk
- Sheep
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Bloomy rind
- Rind
- Bloomy rind
- Country
- United States
- Place
- Minnesota
Morcella is a soft sheep's milk cheese from Minnesota in the United States. Shepherd's Way Farms makes it in small batches and folds local morel mushrooms into the paste. The name points to Morchella, the group of mushrooms called morels. A mottled bloomy rind covers a creamy interior speckled with pieces of mushroom. It is a seasonal cheese, made with spring and summer milk and sold only while that batch lasts.
Pérail
Facts
- Milk
- Sheep
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Bloomy rind
- Rind
- Bloomy rind
- Country
- France
- Place
- Aveyron
Pérail is a small soft cheese from Aveyron in France. Makers use whole sheep's milk, and the rounds stay flat and light rather than tall. A thin ivory skin carries a faint white bloom, and the paste inside is pale and creamy. The cheese is sold young, while the center still holds together and the edge is soft enough to spread. It belongs on a board, not on a grater.