Cheese Database

Pérail vs Sussex Slipcote

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.

Sussex Slipcote

Facts

Milk
Sheep
Texture
Fresh
Type
Fresh
Rind
No rind
Country
United Kingdom

Sussex Slipcote is a fresh sheep's milk cheese from England. The paste is soft, moist, and almost fluffy, closer to a light curd than to a wheel you slice with force. Makers use pasteurised ewe's milk, and the cheese is sold young, often in a small round. The name is old English dairy speech for a little cottage cheese, and it also fits a soft piece that slips from a thin coat. Plain and flavored versions share that same gentle body.