feta vs chevre

[Guest guest]

Feta cheese can be made from cow, goat or sheep milk and is cured in a

brine. It has a distinctive sharp and salty flavor and is hard/crumbly.

 

Chevre, on the other hand, is a soft, creamy cheese made from goat or

sheep milk (but not cow). It has a distinctive tangy/tart/earthy

flavor but not salty like feta.

 

So, feta and chevre can be goat cheese, so it is best to be specific

on the type of cheese to use in a recipe.

 

For the Greek Spinach pie, I would suggest using feta and not the

chevre. And yes, chevre, can be pretty expensive.

 

Feta cheese is great sprinkled on top of many things. I love it on top

of lentils, salads or as one of the sides in a Greek mezza (a

smorgasbord of falafel, cucumbers, tomatoes, tzatziki and feta cheese).

Dig that feta out and start sprinkling away....and make that spinach pie.

 

yay! something new for you to try!

 

I love feta, but have read to stay away from soft and non-pastuerized

cheeses. However, the particular brand of feta that I like I read the

package and it is made from pastuerized milk, so I think I'm safe.

 

Denise

 

, " Julie Braswell " <abnjb@c...>

wrote:

>

> so feta cheese is the same as goat cheese? I looked in the grocer

and a small pack of goat cheese was 6.50 and a large 10.00! I almost

peed on myself! lol!! I have Feta cheese in the fridge. Bought it

b/c it was buy 1 get 1 free. I have not known what to cook with it.

> thanks,

> Julie

[Guest guest]

Now that's something I have never thought about (non-pasteurized cheese) I just

assumed it all was. I will look from now on.

thanks,

Julie

 

Feta cheese can be made from cow, goat or sheep milk and is cured in a

brine. It has a distinctive sharp and salty flavor and is hard/crumbly.

 

Chevre, on the other hand, is a soft, creamy cheese made from goat or

sheep milk (but not cow). It has a distinctive tangy/tart/earthy

flavor but not salty like feta.

 

So, feta and chevre can be goat cheese, so it is best to be specific

on the type of cheese to use in a recipe.

 

For the Greek Spinach pie, I would suggest using feta and not the

chevre. And yes, chevre, can be pretty expensive.

 

Feta cheese is great sprinkled on top of many things. I love it on top

of lentils, salads or as one of the sides in a Greek mezza (a

smorgasbord of falafel, cucumbers, tomatoes, tzatziki and feta cheese).

Dig that feta out and start sprinkling away....and make that spinach pie.

 

yay! something new for you to try!

 

I love feta, but have read to stay away from soft and non-pastuerized

cheeses. However, the particular brand of feta that I like I read the

package and it is made from pastuerized milk, so I think I'm safe.

 

Denise

 

, " Julie Braswell " <abnjb@c...>

wrote:

>

> so feta cheese is the same as goat cheese? I looked in the grocer

and a small pack of goat cheese was 6.50 and a large 10.00! I almost

peed on myself! lol!! I have Feta cheese in the fridge. Bought it

b/c it was buy 1 get 1 free. I have not known what to cook with it.

> thanks,

> Julie