Pule cheese

Pule
Country of origin Serbia
Town Sremska Mitrovica, at the Zasavica Special Nature Reserve [1]
Source of milk Donkeys

Pule cheese, or just pule, is a cheese made from the milk of Balkan donkeys from Serbia.

A distinctive dairy product of Serbian cuisine, pule is reportedly the "world's most expensive cheese", fetching 1,000 Euros per kilogram.[2][3][4] In September 2013, the cheese was valued by a news source at $600 USD per pound.[1] It is so expensive because of its rarity: there are only about 100 jennies in the landrace of Balkan donkeys that are milked for pule-making, each jenny must be hand-milked thrice daily, it takes 25 litres (6.6 gallons) of milk to create one kilogram (2.2 pounds) of cheese,[1] and the cheese is then smoked.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Cozzolino, Laura (September 3, 2013). "5 Most Expensive Cheeses in the World". Epoch Times. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Most expensive cheese: Donkey cheese sets world record". World Record Academy. November 12, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  3. Busbee, Jay (December 10, 2012). "Novak Djokovic is buying the world's entire supply of donkey cheese". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  4. Dolak, Kevin (December 10, 2012). "Tennis Star Buys Supply of Rare Cheese". ABC new3s. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/8/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.