Paraguay vs Queso Panela
Paraguay
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Fresh
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Paraguay
Paraguay cheese is a fresh cow's milk cheese from Paraguay. In Spanish it is queso Paraguay, and in Guaraní it is kesú Paraguái. Makers set whole milk with rennet, salt the curd, and drain it into simple molds. The cheese is soft, moist, and mildly acidic, and it is eaten while it is still young. It is a staple of home cooking rather than a long-aged wheel with a thick rind.
Queso Panela
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Fresh
- Type
- Fresh
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Mexico
Queso panela is a fresh white cheese from Mexico, made from cow's milk. It is the Mexican cheese of that name, not a goat cheese from California that sometimes uses a similar word. The loaf is soft, moist, and mild, and it has no rind. Basket molds leave a woven pattern on the surface, which is why people also call it queso de canasta. It is eaten fresh, not aged into a sharp wheel.