the cheese blog

Niva Syr

I was wondering through the Tesco department store in Prague (the one on Národní) and figured I’d check out the cheese selection. Niva Syr (this is a link to one of the makers) is a popular type of Blue Cheese in the Czech Republic. It’s a cow’s milk cheese. This particular version was quite light on the veining and had a significant amount of eyes in the snow white paste. The texture was creamy and slightly crumbly. The taste was quite excellent. It was slightly salty and had a good amount of sharpness from the mold, but nothing overpowering. It was just a very nice cheese and when I visited the Tesco again, I was quite tempted to purchase some more!