Cheeses of Europe

The great protected names: Parmigiano Reggiano, Roquefort, Comte, Manchego, Feta, Stilton, Gouda and hundreds more. 355 cheeses on EveryCheese so far.

Cheese towns, markets and caves

Dishes of the region

Swiss cheese fondue Raclette Aligot Tartiflette Croque monsieur Gougères Quiche Lorraine French onion soup Welsh rarebit Cheese scones

Days

Maslenitsa, Butter Week Tyrini, Cheesefare Week Orthodox Easter, paskha and flaounes Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling St David's Day and Caerphilly St Patrick's Day and Irish farmhouse cheese Christmas and the Stilton board Alkmaar cheese market season opens

Countries

🇮🇹 Italy and 1 moreMozzarella A semi-soft Italian stretched-curd cheese made from cow or buffalo milk.Cow · Semi-soft · Milky and fresh

🇮🇹 ItalyBurrata A fresh Italian cheese with a solid mozzarella pouch filled with cream and stracciatella.Cow · Fresh · Milky and fresh

🇮🇹 Italy and 4 moreProvolone A semi-hard Italian stretched-curd cheese aged for at least four months.Cow · Semi-hard · Sharp and tangy-aged

🇮🇹 Italy and 4 moreCaciocavallo A stretched-curd cheese from southern Italy shaped like a teardrop and aged to develop a hard rind.Cow · Stretched curd · Nutty

🇮🇹 ItalyScamorza A stretched-curd cow's-milk cheese from southern Italy, often smoked and tied with string.Cow · Stretched curd

🇸🇰 Slovakia and 1 moreKorbáčikkorbáčik (Slovak), korbacz (Polish) A braided string cheese from the Orava region of Slovakia and Poland.Cow · Stretched curd · Salty

🇮🇹 Italy and 2 moreStracciatella A fresh Italian shredded curd cheese mixed with cream, made from cow or buffalo milk.Cow · Fresh · Milky and fresh

🇮🇹 ItalyRagusano A firm stretched-curd cow's-milk cheese from Sicily with protected status.Cow · Stretched curd

🇬🇷 GreeceMetsovoneΜετσοβόνε A semi-hard smoked pasta filata cheese from the Greek village of Metsovo.Cow · Semi-hard · Savoury and brothy 🇮🇹 ItalyProvola silana A semi-hard stretched-curd cheese from the Sila mountains of southern Italy.Cow · Semi-hard

🇮🇹 ItalyPallone di Gravina A firm pasta filata cow's milk cheese from southern Italy, aged for at least a year.Cow · Stretched curd · Nutty

🇮🇹 ItalyMoliternoMulitiernu A stretched-curd cheese from Basilicata, made with cow or sheep milk and aged into a firm wheel.Cow · Stretched curd 🇮🇹 ItalyProvatura A fresh pasta filata cheese from Lazio, shaped like an egg and made from cow or buffalo milk.Cow · Fresh · Milky and fresh

🇮🇹 ItalyStracciata A fresh, tattered cow's-milk pasta filata cheese from the Molise region of Italy.Cow · Stretched curd · Milky and fresh 🇬🇪 Georgia and 1 moreAbkhazian cheeseაფხაზური ყველი A stretched-curd cheese made from sheep or cow milk, kept by the Abkhaz diaspora in Turkey.Sheep · Stretched curd

🇮🇹 ItalyProvola A semi-hard stretched curd cheese from southern Italy, often smoked or aged.Cow · Semi-hard · Sweet and caramel

🇮🇹 Italy and 2 moreMozzarella A semi-soft Italian stretched-curd cheese made from cow or buffalo milk.Cow · Semi-soft · Milky and fresh

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Provola: Enzian44, CC BY 3.0, source
Scamorza: Yozh, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Korbáčik: Mariuszjbie, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Mozzarella: Popo le Chien, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Stracciatella: Florixc (original version) ; Off-shell (reprocessed version), CC0, source
Ragusano: Popaitaly, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Provolone: Lenore Edman, CC BY 2.0, source
Burrata: Popo le Chien, CC0, source
Metsovone: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Pallone di Gravina: Antucco at Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Stracciata: Desipere, Public domain, source
Mozzarella: Photograph by Greg O'Beirne, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Caciocavallo: Peachyeung316, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Moliterno: Mx. Granger, CC0, source