Anthotyros is a traditional, unpasteurized, cheese made from sheep’s and/or goat’s whey with the addition of milk. It has various sizes and its shape is usually truncated cone or ball. The cheese is dry and white and has no rind. It is eaten for breakfast with honey and fruit, in savoury dishes with oil, tomato [...]
Feta () is a brined curd cheese traditionally made in Greece. A sheep’s milk cheese, varying amounts of goat’s milk may be added, as long as goat milk makes up less than 30% of the total mixture.
Since 2005, feta has been a protected designation of origin product in the European Union. Although traditional feta cheese [...]
Kefalotyri (or Kefalotiri) is a hard, salty yellow cheese made from sheep milk and/or goat’s milk in Greece and Cyprus (cow’s milk is not allowed in the Cypriot version), although, a similar cheese Kefalograviera, which is made with cow’s milk, or a mixture of sheep and cow is sometimes sold outside Greece and Cyprus as [...]
Kefalograviera is a hard sheep milk cheese with a salty flavor and rich aroma. It is often used in a Greek dish called Saganaki, cut into triangular pieces, rolled in seasoned flour and lightly fried. It is very similar to Kefalotyri cheese and sometimes is sold as it. Kefalograviera has PDO status
Metsovone is a traditional Greek cheese with protected designation of origin. It is a semi-hard smoked cheese, of “pasta filata” type, which is produced in the region of Metsovo (Epirus) from where the name derives. Metsovone is considered as an excellent quality table cheese. It is manufactured from cow’s milk but mixtures with small quantities [...]
Mizithra is a traditional unpasteurized cheese made from sheep milk – and/or goat-milk whey with some added milk. The cheese is soft, snow-white, creamy, and granular; its flavor is similar to ricotta salata. It is made in various sizes and shapes, most commonly a truncated cone. The fresh, soft, sweet form is called simply mizithra; [...]
Xynomizithra or xynomyzithra is a traditional unpasteurized Greek cheese, a sour variant of mizithra. It is made from sheep’s and/or goat’s whey with the addition of milk. The cheese is soft, snow-white, creamy in texture, and granular. It is made in various sizes and usually shaped like a truncated cone.Xynomyzithra Kritis ‘xynomizithra of [...]
Xynotyri is an unpasteurized whey cheese from Greece made from sheep’s milk or goats milk, with a hard and flaky consistency, a pungent aroma and a yogurt-like sweet and sour taste. “Xynotyri” means “sour cheese” in Greek. Traditionally the cheese is drained and cured in reed baskets or allowed to mature in bags made of [...]
