Cheeses

🇬🇷South Aegean, Greece

Kopanisti

Κοπανιστή

A Greek spicy, tangy PDO blue cheese from Mykonos, made from cow or sheep milk, aged in barrels. A meze and spread, served with bread and ouzo, a Cyclades specialty, pungent and spicy.

🇸🇰Central Slovakia, Slovakia

Korbáčik

Zázrivský korbáčik

Thin threads of steamed sheep's cheese plaited by hand into a small whip, sold plain or smoked, and made around Zázrivá in the Orava region.

🇨🇿Czech Republic

Korbáčiky

Smoked cheese braided into ropes, a snack from the Czech-Slovak borderlands.

🇳🇴Norway

Kraftkar

Tingvoll blue cheese, World Champion 2016.

🇭🇷Kvarner, Croatia

Krk Cheese

Krčki sir

In Kvarner, Krk Cheese is a hard sheep cheese from Krk with a firm, salty bite and a dense slice suitable for aging.

🇰🇿Kazakhstan

Kurt

Құрт

Salted sour milk is strained, shaped into firm pieces, and dried into a tangy travel cheese.

🇬🇷North Aegean, Greece

Ladotyri

Λαδοτύρι

A Greek PDO cheese from Mytilene (Lesbos), aged in olive oil, hard and spicy. A table and grating cheese, a regional specialty, savory and aromatic, an island dairy with a unique method.

🇭🇺Hungary

Lajta Cheese

Lajtai sajt

Lajta Cheese is a soft washed-rind cheese with orange tone and assertive flavor.

🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

Lancashire Cheese

A crumbly cows' cheese made by blending curd from several days, giving a buttery, slightly lactic tang; the classic melting cheese for toast.

🇫🇷Grand Est, France

Langres

Langres is a named French cheese associated with Grand Est, recognized for its own rind, aging, and milk character.

🇳🇱Netherlands

Leiden Cheese

Leidse kaas

Semi-hard cheese from Leiden with cumin and caraway seeds, low-fat (20-40%), distinctive keys label for PDO version.

🇭🇷Lika, Croatia

Lika Cheese

Lički sir

Soft creamy cheese from Lika made from buša cow milk, can be used as spread, PDO protected, a traditional mountain cheese.

🇮🇷Tabriz, Iran

Liqvan Cheese

پنیر لیقوان

Sheep's-milk brine cheese from the village of Liqvan near Tabriz, aged in skins, salty and full of small irregular holes.

🇫🇷Normandy, France

Livarot

Norman cheese with distinctive raffia bands and a powerful persistent flavor.

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

Livno Cheese

Livanjski sir

Hard yellow cheese from the Livno plateau made from sheep's and cow's milk, aged in wheels for at least sixty days into a firm, piquant paste.

🇦🇲Lori, Armenia

Lori Cheese

Լոռի պանիր

Brined cow's-milk cheese from the Lori highlands, firm and salty with small irregular holes, aged in tins for two months.

🇨🇿Czech Republic

Lučina

Soft, creamy Czech cheese eaten fresh on bread.

🇨🇭Vaud, Switzerland

L’Etivaz AOP

L’Etivaz

A hard alpine cheese cooked over wood fires in roughly 130 chalets of the Pays-d'Enhaut, aged and graded from one cooperative cellar.

🇳🇱Netherlands

Maasdam Cheese

Maasdammer

Dutch cheese similar to Swiss Emmental, with large eyes (holes) and a nutty, sweet flavor, creamy and smooth.

🇪🇸Balearic Islands, Spain

Mahon Cheese

Formatge de Mao

A cow's milk cheese from Menorca with a square shape and an orange rind from paprika rubbing, with a salty, tangy flavor and DOP protection.

🇨🇭Vaud, Switzerland

Malakoff

A ball or disc of Gruyère bound with egg, wine and garlic, deep-fried and eaten hot with pickles and white wine.

🇪🇸Balearic Islands, Spain

Mallorca Cheese

Queso Mallorca

Mallorca Cheese is a semi-hard island cheese formed in a flat wheel, with a pale firm paste and a clean, mildly saline dairy finish.

🇪🇸Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Manchego Cheese

Queso manchego

Spain's most famous cheese, made from Manchega sheep's milk in La Mancha, with a distinctive herringbone rind from esparto grass molds.

🇸🇪Sweden

Manor Cheese

Herrgårdsost

Semi-hard cheese similar to Gruyère but creamier, with nutty notes and round holes, a Swedish classic.

🇬🇷Greece

Manouri

Μανούρι

A Greek soft, creamy whey cheese from sheep or goat milk, mild and slightly sweet. Used in pies, desserts, or spread on bread, a PDO cheese, a delicate and creamy dairy.

🇩🇰Denmark

Maribo

Semi-hard Danish cheese, often with caraway.

🇫🇷Hauts-de-France, France

Maroilles

Strong square cheese from Nord-Pas-de-Calais, aged in damp cellars.

🇮🇹Lombardy, Italy

Mascarpone

Lombardy's rich triple-cream cheese made by curdling cream with citric acid. The base of tiramisu and many desserts, buttery and spreadable.

🇮🇳India

Matar Paneer

मटर पनीर

A North Indian curry of paneer and green peas in a tomato-onion gravy. It is a common home-style vegetarian dish.

🇭🇺Hungary

Medve Cheese

Medve sajt

Medve is a Hungarian processed-cheese portion sold in foil-wrapped wedges with a smooth, spreadable texture.

🇬🇷Epirus, Greece

Metsovone

Μετσοβόνε

A Greek smoked PDO cheese from Metsovo, Epirus, made from cow or sheep milk, stretchy and smoky. A pasta filata cheese, served in slices or grilled, a regional specialty, aromatic.

🇱🇻Latvia

Midsummer Caraway Cheese

Jāņu siers

EU TSG fresh sour-milk cheese with caraway seeds, traditionally eaten at Midsummer, round shape symbolizing the sun.

🇹🇷Bursa, Turkey

Mihaliç peyniri

Mihalic peyniri (Kelle peyniri), the hard sheep's-milk cheese of Bursa with protected-origin status, is a named cheese distinct from the two carried Turkish cheeses.

🇫🇷France

Mimolette

Mimolette is a named French cheese associated with France, recognized for its own rind, aging, and milk character.

🇬🇪Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia

Mint Curd Rolls in Cheese

Გებჟალია

Sheets of stretched cheese rolled around a mint-and-chilli curd, sliced and served swimming in seasoned milk.

🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Miquelon Goat Cheese

Tomme de Chèvre

Artisanal goat cheese from Miquelon's Saveurs Fermières, made with Alpine goat milk and aged with maritime influence; a proud local product featured at the Élysée 'Fabriqué en France' exhibition.