Best Thessalian Sheep's Milk Cheese Types
This is a delicious hard table cheese produced exclusively from sheep milk or a mixture of sheep milk and no more than 30% goat milk. This cheese has been made for over a century in the mountainous Agrafon area of the Karditsa prefecture, and it contains the aroma and flavor of mountain herbs.
Graviera Agrafon cheese is ripened for around three months. During the maturing process, microflora develops on its surface which contributes to the ripening process and the characteristic scent of the cheese. It is a hard, round cheese, usually available in varying sizes from 2 to 3 kilos.
Manouri is a silky smooth fresh whey cheese made exclusively in the areas of Central and Western Macedonia and in Thessalia. It is a particular type of unsalted myzithra cheese known from the Byzantine period. Manouri produced in the province of Mplatsi in Macedonia is considered to be one of the best and it is made by adding milk and cream to the whey of sheep's or goat's milk, or a mixture of the both derived from hard cheese production, usually from making feta cheese.
Although it is quite soft, it is firm enough to be sliced. Its flavor is similar to feta, but this cheese is less salty and more creamy. It is described as having a milky, slightly sour aroma. This cheese, cylindrical in shape, is also known as Manoypi.
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The name of this cheese is derived from the words galo (milk) and tyri (cheese). This 'milky' cheese is a curd cheese made from milk and yogurt.
It is produced in Epirus and Thessaly in central Greece, and is made from sheep or goat milk, or a mixture of the two. Nowadays, it is mostly produced in August from the thick, fatty summer milk of sheep and goats reared traditionally in the region.
Traditionally produced in the Greek regions of Thessaly and Western and Central Macedonia, Batzos is a hard to semi-hard, brined, rindless cheese made from fresh or pasteurized sheep's or goat's milk or a combination of the two. The flavor of this square shaped cheese ranges from salty and sour to slightly spicy.
Compared to other similar cheeses, Batzos has a low fat content of about 20%, which makes it suitable for low-calorie diets. It is usually enjoyed fresh as a table cheese but can also be used as an ingredient in a number of typical Greek salad dishes.
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