Semi-hard, semi-soft and soft types of cheeseSometimes it is difficult to classify a type of cheese as distinctly semi-hard or semi-soft, and as semi-soft or soft, as some types occur in intermediate forms. The Tilsiter types are typical representatives of the former intermediate forms, as are also Blue or Blue-veined types of cheese, while Brie types may represent the latter.The following brief descriptions refer to methods of production of:• Blue (veined) cheese, representative of semi-hard and semi-soft types of cheese with inside mould formation by Penicillium roqueforti.• Camembert cheese, representative of semi-soft/soft types of cheese with outside surface mould formation by Pencillium camemberti and Penicillium candidum.• Cottage cheese and Quarg as representatives of soft fresh cheese. Semi-hard and semi-soft cheese Blue veined cheese The prototype of blue veined cheese is Roquefort, which originates from the community of Roquefort in the Aveyron Departement in France.Roquefort cheese is produced from sheep milk; if any other kind of milk is used in the production of a similar type of cheese, it must not be called Roquefort cheese. Blue veined cheese is the generic name for cheeses which develop an interior blue-green mould.To imitate the characteristic flavour of Roquefort cheese as closely as possible, cheese milk from cows should be partially homogenised, i.e. standardised by mixing skimmilk with homogenised cream of about 20% fat. The reason is that fat which has been exposed to homogenisation is more sensitive to the influence of the lipolytic enzymes emanating from the inoculated Penicillium roqueforti mould.
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