Brânză de burduf cheese

Brânză de burduf cheese

Brânză de burduf is a salty type of ewes’ milk cheese, with a strong flavour and slightly soft in texture. It is specific to south-eastern Transylvania in Romania

To obtain it, sweet caş is cut into small pieces, salted and then hand-mixed in a large wooden bowl. The mixture is then placed in a sheep’s stomach, or into a sheep’s skin that has been carefully cleaned and sawed on the edges, or in a tube made of pine bark.

The cheese can be consumed even if kept for a long time in a sheep’s stomach or in a sheep’s skin. If kept in pine bark, the cheese has a specific pine resin flavour.

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