Prästost vs Svecia
Prästost
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Waxed or sealed
- Country
- Sweden
Prästost is a semi-hard cow's milk cheese from Sweden. The name means priest cheese, and it recalls an old custom of paying a church tithe in farm goods, including milk. Farms turned that milk into a small-eyed cheese that could keep. Today the style is made in dairies from pasteurized milk and sold across the country. The paste is yellow, smooth, and lightly open, with a savory tang.
Svecia
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Waxed or sealed
- Country
- Sweden
Svecia is a semi-hard cow's milk cheese from Sweden. The name comes from the Latin word for Sweden, and dairies make it across the country rather than in one parish or valley. The paste is pale yellow and supple, with small irregular holes spread through the wheel. Wax covers the large rounds and keeps the surface tidy during storage and sale. The taste is mildly acidic and clean, and it grows a little fuller if the cheese is held longer before it is cut.