Dishes made with sheep milk
15 dishes from around the world that list sheep milk as a main ingredient.
FetaVegetarianφέτα
🇬🇷 GreeceGreek white cheese aged in brine, made from sheep and goat milk
Cheese or dairy food
Halloumi
🇨🇾 CyprusA firm, brined cheese from Cyprus that can be grilled or fried without melting
Cheese or dairy food
Kaymak
🇹🇷 Turkey and 5 moreThick, creamy dairy spread made from slowly simmered milk
Sauce, pickle or ferment, Breakfast, Snacks
Strained yogurt
🇬🇷 Greece and 5 moreYogurt thickened by straining out most of its whey
Sauce, pickle or ferment, Breakfast, Snacks
ManchegoVegetarianqueso manchego
🇪🇸 SpainFirm sheep’s milk cheese from La Mancha, aged from two months to two years
Cheese or dairy food
Bryndza
🇸🇰 Slovakia and 4 moreTangy, crumbly sheep cheese from Central and Eastern Europe
Cheese or dairy food
Cabrales cheese
🇪🇸 SpainBlue cheese from Asturias aged in mountain caves
Cheese or dairy food
OscypekVegetarian
🇵🇱 PolandSmoked sheep’s milk cheese from Poland’s Tatra Mountains
Cheese or dairy food
KasseriVegetarianκασέρι
🇬🇷 Greece and 2 moreA semi-hard Greek cheese made from sheep’s milk, stretched and aged for months
Cheese or dairy food
Idiazabal cheeseVegetarianIdiazabal gazta
🇪🇸 SpainAged sheep’s milk cheese with a firm texture from Spain’s Basque Country
Cheese or dairy food
Serra da Estrela cheeseVegetarian
🇵🇹 PortugalSoft to semi-hard sheep’s milk cheese from Portugal’s Serra da Estrela mountains
Cheese or dairy food
Parenica
🇸🇰 SlovakiaSteamed, coiled cheese from Slovakia, often smoked and made from sheep or cow milk
Cheese or dairy food
Shanklish
🇸🇾 Syria and 1 moreAged cheese balls from cow or sheep milk, often coated in herbs or spices
Cheese or dairy food, Breakfast, Snacks
Beyaz peynir
🇹🇷 TurkeyA brined white cheese from Turkey, made from sheep, cow or goat milk
Cheese or dairy food, Breakfast, Lunch
MatóVegetarian
🇪🇸 Spain and 1 moreCatalan fresh cheese, usually served as a dessert with honey
Cheese or dairy food
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Kasseri: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Halloumi: Rainer Zenz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Feta: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Manchego: cyclonebill, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Cabrales cheese: PDPhoto.org, Public domain, source
- Oscypek: Pawel Swiegoda ( Paberu ), CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Idiazabal cheese: Xavigivax, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kaymak: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Serra da Estrela cheese: Adriao, Public domain, source
- Strained yogurt: Takeaway, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Parenica: Stanislav Doronenko, Public domain, source
- Bryndza: Kagor, GFDL, source
- Shanklish: Charles Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Mató: Eabayar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Beyaz peynir: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source