The Montafoner Sauerkäse (dialect: Sura Kees or in the Walgau and Rhine Valley Sura Käs) is a cheese made of soured-milk and has its origins in the Vorarlberger Montafon. Sour milk cheese is a lean cheese, so its fat content is very low. The protein content, however, does not suffer from fat loss due to the cream sabot. It is known in Vorarlberg since the 12th century and is similar to the Tyrolean grey cheese.
Made from pasteurized milk, Mondseer is a semi-solid cheese similar to Muenster cheese or Limburger. The surface is brushed by hand with salt water red smear, and maturation takes four to six weeks. The fat content is 45%. It has a mild to slightly spicy aroma and a sweet and sour taste. Its natural rind is yellow-orange in color.
Staazer
Staazer is a semi-hard cheese made from raw cow's milk from Austria. Staazer is made from hay milk, i.e. the cows that give the milk for the Staazer are fed exclusively with grass and herbs from the pasture in summer and exclusively with hay in winter. There is no silage feeding or feeding with fermentation hay. This special, natural feeding makes the milk, and later the cheese, particularly aromatic. The cheese matures for at least 3 months. Staazer has a round loaf shape weighing about 6 kg. The dough is pale yellow, the consistency is compact with few fermentation holes. The taste is aromatic and mildly creamy.
