Bryndza
soft sheep's-milk cheese · Cheese
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Bryndza is a soft, spreadable white cheese made from sheep's milk, matured and kneaded into a moist, crumbly-to-creamy paste. Sharp, salty and lactic-tangy, it is the pungent heart of Carpathian mountain cooking and the cheese behind Slovakia's national dish, bryndzové halušky.
Picking a good onedrag
White, fine, pleasantly sourMould on it, putrid or musty
Riper and sharperStill goodTangier as its live cultures keep ripening it, which suits a hot halušky sauce or a baked filling. The raw-milk caution still applies.
Colour and surfaceFaintly yellowish, still even through the pack
Smell as you open itSharper and tangier, still clean sheep's cheese