Translations:List of cheeses/38/en
Greece
Name | Image | Region | Description |
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Anthotyros | A traditional fresh cheese. There are Dry Anthotyros and Fresh Anthotyros. Dry Anthotyros is a matured cheese similar to Mizithra. Anthotyros is made with milk and whey from sheep or goats, sometimes in combination. The ratio of milk to whey usually is 9-to-1. It is commonly a truncated cone, but when shipped in containers may be crumbled, as it is removed. It may be unpasteurized, where law allows. | ||
Chloro | Santorini | ||
Feta | PDO – Epirus, Macedonia, Thrace, Thessaly, Peloponnese, Lesbos | Feta is a brined curd white cheese made only in Greece. It is made from sheep's milk, or from a mixture of sheep and goat's milk. The word "feta" in Greek means "slice". | |
Graviera | PDO – Agrafa, Crete, Naxos | Graviera is a type of Greek hard yellow cheese. It is made exclusively from sheep or goat milk. | |
Kasseri | PDO – Macedonia, Thrace, Thessaly, Lesbos | ||
Kefalograviera | PDO – Crete, Sterea Ellada | ||
Kefalotyri | |||
Kopanisti | PDO – Cyclades | ||
Malaka | Crete | Also known as Tiromalama. Made from Graviera curd. | |
Manouri | PDO – Thessaly | ||
Metsovone | PDO – Metsovo, Epirus | ||
Myzithra | Crete | ||
Tyrozouli | Crete | Made from Myzithra by adding salt, causing dehydration, and allowing maturation. |