Cheeses

🇨🇳Anhui, China

Hairy Tofu (Mao Doufu)

毛豆腐

Mao doufu is tofu deliberately coated with white mould, then pan-fried until the fermented curd develops a savoury crust.

🇨🇾Cyprus

Halitzia Tylliria

Χαλίτζια Τηλλυρίας

Goat's milk cheese matured in brine, made only in the villages of the Tylliria region, sharply sour and crumbly.

🇨🇾Cyprus

Halloumi

Χαλλούμι

A Cypriot-origin cheese popular in Greece, made from sheep and goat milk, with a high melting point. Grilled or fried until golden, a meze and salad staple, salty and chewy.

🇩🇪Hesse, Germany

Hand Cheese

Handkäse

Sour milk cheese from Hesse, served with 'Musik' (onion marinade), with a strong pungent aroma.

🇩🇪Germany

Harzer Cheese

Harzer Käse

Sour milk cheese, low in fat, with a strong flavor and distinctive aroma, traditional from the Harz mountains.

🇩🇰Denmark

Havarti

Denmark’s most exported semi-soft cow’s-milk cheese.

🇨🇿Czech Republic

Hermelín

Soft Czech cheese modeled on Camembert, with a bloomy white rind.

🇸🇪Sweden

Hushallsost

Hushållsost

Everyday Swedish household cheese, a sandwich and cooking staple.

🇺🇦Galicia, Ukraine

Hutsul Bryndza

Гуцульська бриндза

Sheep's-milk brined cheese of the Ukrainian Carpathians, in 2022 the country's first EU-protected geographical indication.

🇺🇦Galicia, Ukraine

Hutsul Syr

Гуцульський сир

Homemade acid-set cheese of Carpathian brown-cow milk, pressed into flat discs by Hutsul households.

🇮🇸Iceland

Höfðingi

Höfðingi is a cheese from Iceland, rooted in local cooking tradition.

🇪🇸Basque Country, Spain

Idiazabal Cheese

Queso Idiazabal

A Basque sheep's milk cheese made from raw Latxa milk, often lightly smoked over beechwood, with a firm, buttery texture and PDO protection.

🇪🇸Basque Country, Spain

Idiazábal marinado al romero

Idiazábal marinado al romero is firm Basque sheep’s cheese scented with rosemary, with a lightly smoked note and an oil-marinated surface.

🇬🇪Imereti, Georgia

Imeretian Cheese

Იმერული ყველი

A young white brined cows' cheese, mild and lightly sour, the cheese that goes inside most khachapuri.

🇰🇿Kazakhstan

Irimshik

Ірімшік

A Kazakh soft curd cheese from goat's or sheep's milk

🇧🇬Bulgaria

Izvara

Извара

Bulgarian whey cheese, similar to Romanian urda

🇳🇴Norway

Jarlsberg

A Norwegian semi-hard cheese with large holes, mild and nutty, made from cow's milk, a national and international star.aple

🇸🇩Sudan

Jibna Bayda

A soft white cow's cheese preserved in brine, cut in slabs and eaten with bread and ful at breakfast.

🇯🇴Jordan

Jibneh Baladi

جبنة بلدي

Fresh white sheep or goat cheese brined lightly and eaten within days, mild and squeaky.

🇨🇿South Bohemia, Czech Republic

Jihočeská Niva

Jihočeská Niva is a cheese from South Bohemia, rooted in local cooking tradition.

🇱🇺Luxembourg

Kachkéis

Curd matured until sharp then melted with butter and milk into a smooth, runny, strongly smelling spread, sold in tubs and eaten on rye with mustard.

🇮🇳India

Kadai Paneer

कढ़ाई पनीर

Paneer cubes cooked in a spicy tomato gravy with bell peppers and freshly ground kadai masala. A popular vegetarian restaurant dish.

🇸🇪Sweden

Kaffeost

Kaffeost is a cheese from Norrland, rooted in local cooking tradition.

🇷🇸Serbia

Kajmak

Кајмак

Kajmak is a thick, lightly cultured cream skimmed from warm milk, eaten fresh with bread and grilled meats. In Montenegro the same dairy tradition is called skorup.

🇮🇳Jammu and Kashmir, India

Kalari

कलाड़ी

Dense cow's-milk cheese from Jammu is pan-fried so the outside browns while the center softens.

🇬🇷North Aegean, Greece

Kalathaki Limnou

Καλαθάκι Λήμνου

Lemnos PDO basket cheese.

🇹🇷Eastern Anatolia, Turkey

Kars Gravyeri

Kars gruyère-style aged cow cheese.

🇲🇰North Macedonia

Kashkaval

Кашкавал

Kashkaval is a firm, pale-yellow Balkan cheese, usually made from sheep’s milk or a sheep-and-cow blend and eaten sliced or melted.

🇬🇷Greek Macedonia, Greece

Kasseri

Κασέρι

A Greek semi-hard PDO cheese from Thessaly, Macedonia, or Lesbos, made from sheep milk. Stretchy and mild, used in sandwiches or grilled, a table and breakfast cheese, a national staple.

🇦🇽Åland Islands

Kastelholm Cheese

Kastelholmsost

ÅCA Kastelholm/Pommern/Åland Special cheese, widely sold in Åland.

🇬🇷Central Greece, Greece

Katiki

Κατίκι

A Greek soft, spreadable PDO cheese from Domokos, made from sheep or goat milk, mild and creamy. Used on bread or in pies, a regional specialty, a delicate and fresh dairy.

🇬🇳Guinea

Katun

A named Guinean goat cheese associated with Fouta dairy traditions.

🇬🇷Greece

Kefalograviera

Κεφαλογραβιέρα

A Greek hard cheese between kefalotyri and graviera, made from sheep and goat milk. Used for saganaki (fried cheese), a PDO cheese, firm and nutty, a taverna staple.

🇬🇷Greece

Kefalotyri

Κεφαλοτύρι

A hard, salty Greek cheese of sheep or goat milk, aged for months. Grated over pasta, fried as saganaki, or served in slices, a national staple, a versatile table cheese.

🇸🇰Klenovec, Slovakia

Klenovecký Syrec

Protected smoked cheese from Klenovec in Gemer, moulded into a decorated block and matured until firm and deeply smoky.

🇲🇪Durmitor, Montenegro

Kolašin Leaf Cheese

Kolašinski lisnati sir

Cheese made so the curd sets in stacked sheets, which peel apart like the leaves of a book — hence the name.