Brined cheese, also sometimes referred to as pickled cheese for some varieties, is cheese that is matured in brine in an airtight or semi-permeable container. This process gives the cheese good stability, inhibiting bacterial growth even in warmer climates. Brined cheeses may be soft or hard, varying in moisture content and in colour and flavour according to the type of milk used. However, all are rindless and generally taste clean, salty and acidic when fresh, developing some piquancy when aged; most are white. Brine is used in the production of other cheeses, notably

washed-rind cheese Washed-rind or smear-ripened cheeses are cheeses which are periodically treated with brine or mold-bearing agents. This encourages the growth of certain bacteria on their surface which give them distinctive flavors. There are hard and soft wash ...

s, but they are not considered brined cheeses as they are not matured in brine.

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Brined cheese is widely produced and eaten in the Middle East and Mediterranean areas. Brined cheeses include: *

Akkawi Akkawi cheese ( ar, جبنة عكاوي, jubna ʿakkāwī, also Akawi, Akawieh and Ackawi) is a white brine cheese named after the city of Akka (Acre, present-day Israel). Etymology Akkawi cheese is named after the port city of Akka ( ar, عك� ...

(Levant) * Balkánský sýr (Czechia and Slovakis) * Bryndza (Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, Russia) *

Chechil Chechil ( hy, չեչիլ) or chechili ( ka, ჩეჩილი) is an Armenian brined string cheese,Petrosian., I. and Underwood., D. (2006). ''Armenian Food: Fact, Fiction and Folklore''. Yerkir Publishing, Bloomington, Indiana, USA. popular in ...

(Armenia) * Cherni Vit (Bulgaria) *

Domiati Domiati cheese, also referred to as white cheese ( arz, جبنة بيضا ' ), is a soft white salty cheese made primarily in Egypt, but also in Sudan and other Middle Eastern countries. Typically made from buffalo milk, cow milk, or a m ...

(Egypt) *

Feta Feta ( el, φέτα, ) is a Greek brined white cheese made from sheep's milk or from a mixture of sheep and goat's milk. It is soft, with small or no holes, a compact touch, few cuts, and no skin. Crumbly with a slightly grainy texture, it ...

(Greece) *

Halloumi Halloumi or haloumi (, el, χαλούμι, haloúmi; tr, hellim}) is a traditional Cypriot cheese made from a mixture of goat's and sheep's milk, and sometimes also cow's milk. Its texture is described as squeaky. It has a high melting poi ...

(Cyprus) * Hâlûmi (Egypt) * Lighvan (Iran) * Nablusi (Palestine) *

Sirene Sirene ( sq, djathë i bardhë; bg, сирене ; mk, сирење; sr, сир, italics=no/) also known as "white brine sirene" ( bg, бяло саламурено сирене, links=no) is a type of brined cheese made in the Balkans (So ...

(Bulgaria) * Sulguni (Georgia) *

Telemea Telemea () is the name of a Romanian cheese traditionally made of sheep's milk.About Telemea
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(Romania) * Beyaz (Turkey) * Tzfat (Israel)

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