Oštiepok (
Slovak; plural: ''oštiepky'') is a traditional smoked
sheep milk
Sheep milk is the milk of domestic sheep. It is commonly used to make cultured dairy products, such as cheese. Some of the most popular sheep cheeses include feta (Greece), pecorino romano (Italy), Roquefort (France) and Manchego (Spain).
...
cheese made in
Slovakia
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...
. Oštiepok is a protected trade name under the
EU's
protected geographical indication
Three European Union schemes of geographical indications and Traditional food, traditional specialties, known as protected designation of origin (PDO), protected geographical indication (PGI), and traditional speciality guaranteed (TSG), promote ...
.
A similar cheese is made by
Gorals
The Gorals (; Goral ethnolect: ''Górole''; ; Cieszyn Silesian dialect, Cieszyn Silesian: ''Gorole''), also anglicized as the Highlanders, are an ethnographic group with historical ties to the Vlachs. The Goral people are primarily found in thei ...
under the name
Oscypek. The cheeses differ in ingredients' ratios,
cheesemaking process and the characteristics of the final products.
See also
*
Žinčica – drink made of sheep's milk whey
*
Parenica – traditional Slovak cheese
*
Slovak cuisine
Slovak cuisine varies slightly from region to region across Slovakia. It was influenced by the traditional cuisines, cuisine of its neighbours and it influenced them as well. The origins of traditional Slovak cuisine can be traced to times when ...
*
List of smoked foods
This is a list of smoked foods. Smoking (cooking), Smoking is the process of seasoning, flavoring, cooking, or food preservation, preserving food by exposing it to smoke from burning or smoldering material, most often wood. Foods have been smoke ...
*
List of stretch-curd cheeses
This is a list of stretch-curd cheeses, comprising cheeses prepared using the '' pasta filata'' technique. The cheeses manufactured from this technique undergo a plasticising and kneading treatment of the fresh curd in hot water, which gives the ...
References
Cow's-milk cheeses
Sheep's-milk cheeses
Smoked cheeses
Stretched-curd cheeses
Slovak cheeses
{{Slovakia-cuisine-stub