Caș () is a type of semi-soft white
fresh cheese
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produced in
Romania
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. It is made by curdling
sheep
Sheep or domestic sheep (''Ovis aries'') are domesticated, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Although the term ''sheep'' can apply to other species in the genus ''Ovis'', in everyday usage it almost always refers to domesticated s ...
or
cow milk
Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals (including breastfed human infants) before they are able to digest solid food. Immune factors and immune-modulati ...
with
rennet
Rennet () is a complex set of enzymes produced in the stomachs of ruminant mammals. Chymosin, its key component, is a protease enzyme that curdles the casein in milk. In addition to chymosin, rennet contains other enzymes, such as pepsin and a ...
, and draining the whey. The resulting cheese is unsalted or lightly salted. If stored in brine, caș turns into
Telemea
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at cheese.com after 2–3 weeks.
Caș cheese is also used to make other types of cheese such as
Brânză de burduf and
Cașcaval.
The Romanian cheeses
References
Romanian cheeses
Sheep's-milk cheeses
Cow's-milk cheeses
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