Yarrawa by Pecora Dairy was Australia's first raw sheep's milk cheese. It is named after the indigenous word for Robertson's unique cool climate rainforest. Eight years in the making, Yarrawa is in a league of its own and has earned its mantle as Australia's most expensive cheese.
Pule cheese is the most expensive cheese in the world because it is produced exclusively at Serbia's Zasavica Special Nature Reserve. This rare cheese is made from the milk of Balkan donkeys which are endangered and native to Serbia and Montenegro.
The most popular form of cheese in Australia is cheddar. Aside from the flavour listed on the label, the other simple way to distinguish between different cheddar cheeses is to check the form they're sold in.
The world's rarest and most expensive cheese, known as Pule, is made out of the milk of Balkan donkeys.
2. White Stilton Gold: $420/pound. White Stilton cheese is actually the cousin to the famous blue cheese from Britain but is extra creamy and deliciously tangy.
If you've read anything about stinky cheese, you may know that a particular French cheese from Burgundy, Epoisse de Bourgogne, usually gets top marks for being the smelliest cheese in the world. Aged for six weeks in brine and brandy, it's so pungent that it's banned on French public transport.
What are the best cheeses in the world? According to Taste Atlas, at the top of the list of the world's most popular cheeses, you find Parmigiano Reggiano and Gorgonzola piccante, followed closely by Burrata, Grana padano and Oaxaca cheese (from Mexico, also known as quesillo) in the top five.
In 2018, archeologists from Cairo University and the University of Catania reported the discovery of the oldest known cheese from Egypt. Discovered in the Saqqara necropolis, it is around 3200 years old. Earlier, remains identified as cheese were found in the funeral meal in an Egyptian tomb dating around 2900 BC.
Bitto Storico can be aged up to 18 years – and no, that is NOT a typo. I did say 18 years. Ten year aged Bitto Storico is the oldest you'll most likely find available for purchase in Valtellina.
Milawa Gold. Ripened in the old butter factory at Milawa this can be the strongest and smelliest cheese in Australia, but also one of our finest.
Real cheeses, like those from Reny Picot, have an ingredients list consisting of milk, salt, and enzymes. That's it. Reny Picot cheeses are 100% real cheese.
So stinky that it was banned on the metro (or so goes the urban legend). Read on to discover France's most famous (or is it infamous?) soft washed rind cheese, Epoisses de Bourgogne.
Fresh cheeses, like cream cheese, ricotta, Neufchatel, farmer's, goat — anything white, soft and spreadable along those lines — don't have fermentation, mold or preservatives to help keep them fresh, so you'll need to enjoy them more quickly than their aged brethren.
The oldest (edible) cheese in the world was a 40-year old cheddar from Wisconsin made by cheesemaker Ed Zahn.
"Harder, aged cheeses will last the longest in the fridge out of any cheese," said Freier. "Most can last four to six months in your fridge, if you store it correctly.
Known as the “King of Cheeses”, Parmesan, or Parmigiano Reggiano was first produced by Benedictine and Cistercian monks a thousand years ago. Over the centuries, it has acquired global prominence and is now a hugely popular choice for food-lovers the world over.
Why pule is the world's most expensive cheese. The most coveted cheese on the market is produced from donkey milk and is valued at about US$1,320 per kilogram. It's hard to believe that the humble donkey is the source of the world's most expensive cheese.