Sheeps cheese

Sheep milk tastes...sheepy, but it's also good to know that sheep milk has nearly twice the solids (fat and protein) of cow or goat milk. Regardless of a sheep cheese's texture, you can feel the fat in these guys. Opulent and often tangy, sheep cheeses range from subtle and approachable, with an undercurrent of sweetness, to tart and briny, to caramelly and butterscotchy, to piquant and intensely gamey. Here are 10 sheep cheeses to look out for on your next trip to the counter.

Sheep’s milk is ultra-rich and delicious, and sheep’s milk cheese is…well, you just HAVE to try it for yourself! It's by far my favorite kind of milk.

Many people think they’ve never had sheep’s-milk cheese before only to discover that they’re already big fans of it. Spain’s famed Manchego must be made with sheep’s milk, as must Rome’s delightfully salty and tangy Pecorino Romano. We cook with them regularly, but they’re just a small sampling of what you can find. We’re focusing our attention on other exceptional cheeses around the world and in the United States.

The fresh, creamy Meredith Dairy Marinated Sheep & Goat Cheese comes to Murray’s all the way from Australia.

Ask any Slovak and they will tell you that bryndzové halušky is the national dish. Potato ‘dumplings’ are smothered in a sheep cheese, rather like soft feta, and topped with a good dose of bacon (don’t forget the drippings!). The word ‘dumpling’ covers a multitude of meanings. As a child, a dumpling meant a puffy(...)

Sheep are mostly valued for their wool and meat in the United States -- but what about their milk? More and more farmers throughout the country are experimenting with what to make with sheep milk, from creamy yogurt to delicious cheese. “Sheep milk is easy to digest, very similar

Dunk fall vegetables in ooey-gooey cheese dip for delicious results

Goat and sheep cheese are both great alternatives to cow cheese, but the two types of cheeses are easily mixed up.

As a class, pecorinos are relatively simple cheeses to make. Many recipes have changed little since Roman times.

This Fried Manchego Cheese with Lavender Honey is an easy appetizer recipe that's sweet, salty and seriously addictive! Creamy manchego cheese gets lightly fried, then drizzled with a sweet and herbal homemade lavender honey.