Requeijão vs Saloio
Requeijão
Facts
- Texture
- Soft
- Type
- Whey
- Rind
- No rind
- Country
- Portugal
Requeijão is a soft dairy food from Portugal, and a related product under the same name is a staple in Brazil. In Portugal it is a fresh whey cheese, made by heating the whey left from cheesemaking until the proteins set into a mild, moist curd. The taste is gentle, milky, and a little sweet, closer to a fresh whey cheese than to an aged wheel. It has no rind and no long cure. People eat it with a spoon, on bread, or in sweets.
Saloio
Facts
- Country
- Portugal
Saloio is a brand of cheese from Portugal. The same word is an old name for a country person, and the brand uses that rural sense on its dairy foods. Under the name you can find fresh cheese, firmer cured pieces, and requeijão. The pieces are often small cylinders or modest blocks for the table. It is a shop brand, not one farmhouse wheel with a single fixed recipe.