Russian cheese


Russian cheese is a Russian semi-hard, chymosin cheese produced from pasteurized cow's milk and aged for two months. The recipe was developed by in Uglich, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russian SFSR, in the 1960s.
There is a Сыр Российский brand which does not have exclusivity rights, and a large number of factories in Russia and other post-Soviet states produces the cheese.

Ingredients

It is produced from pasteurized milk with chymosin fermenter and a starter of mesophilic bacteria, as well as salt, calcium chloride, and the natural colorant annatto. The cheese is semi-hard with a fat content of 50 ±1.6%, yellow, and small holes can be seen when cut. It tastes slightly sour.