Ingredient Substitutes

Substitutes for cheese

77 cards, each listed with its best swap. Open one for the amount and every option, stamped.

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77 cards

A
- Akkawi cheesebest swap: Low-moisture mozzarella (block, not fresh)
- Anthotyrobest swap: Whole-milk ricotta, drained
- Areesh cheesebest swap: Cottage cheese, drained and mashed
- Asiago cheesebest swap: Parmesan cheese
- Ayibbest swap: Dry-curd cottage cheese or pot cheese
B
- Beaufort cheesebest swap: Comte
- Bergkaesebest swap: Gruyere
- Beyaz peynirbest swap: Bulgarian feta
- Bread cheesebest swap: Halloumi
- Brunostbest swap: Cajeta (goat's milk caramel)
- Bryndzabest swap: Feta mashed with sour cream
- Burrata cheesebest swap: Fresh mozzarella
- Butterkase cheesebest swap: Havarti
C
- Cabrales cheesebest swap: Gorgonzola piccante (the aged, firm kind, not dolce)
- Caciocavallobest swap: Provolone (dolce for young, piccante for aged)
- Camembertbest swap: Brie
- Cantal cheesebest swap: Mild or medium young cheddar
- Cheese crispsbest swap: Homemade parmesan crisps
- Cojitabest swap: Feta cheese
- Cokelekbest swap: Dry-curd cottage cheese or farmer cheese
D
- Danish blue cheesebest swap: Gorgonzola dolce
- Domiati cheesebest swap: Mild cow's milk feta, rinsed and soaked
E
- Emmental cheesebest swap: Gruyère
F
- Fromage fraisbest swap: Fromage blanc
G
- Galotyribest swap: Labneh with a little feta
- Goat cheesebest swap: Feta cheese
- Gorgonzolabest swap: Blue cheese
- Grana Padanobest swap: Parmigiano-Reggiano
- Gravierabest swap: Gruyere
- Gruyere cheesebest swap: Swiss cheese
I
- Idiazabal cheesebest swap: Manchego (semicurado)
J
- Jbenbest swap: Queso fresco or farmer cheese
- Jibneh arabiehbest swap: Fresh or low-moisture mozzarella
K
- Kasar cheesebest swap: Kashkaval or kasseri
- Kashkaval cheesebest swap: Kasseri
- Kasseri cheesebest swap: Young provolone (provolone dolce)
- Kesong putibest swap: Queso fresco
- Kopanistibest swap: Feta with a little blue cheese
L
- Ladotyribest swap: Kefalotyri
- Limburger cheesebest swap: Taleggio
- Lor cheesebest swap: Ricotta, well drained and salted
M
- Metsovonebest swap: Smoked provolone
- Minas cheesebest swap: Parmesan and low-moisture mozzarella (half and half)
- Muensterbest swap: Monterey Jack
N
- Nabulsi cheesebest swap: Halloumi
O
- Obatzdabest swap: Very ripe Brie
P
- Parmesan cheese rindbest swap: Parmesan cheese
- Pecorino cheesebest swap: Parmesan
- Pepper Jackbest swap: Monterey Jack
- Petit suissebest swap: Fromage frais or fromage blanc with a little cream
- Provola cheesebest swap: Provolone
- Provolonebest swap: Mozzarella cheese
Q
- Queijo coalhobest swap: Halloumi
- Queso costeñobest swap: Feta cheese
- Queso de bolabest swap: Edam cheese
- Queso fresco cheesebest swap: Feta cheese
- Queso pariabest swap: Monterey Jack, young
R
- Ricotta salatabest swap: Feta (drained, rinsed and patted dry)
- Romano cheesebest swap: Parmesan
- Roquefortbest swap: Gorgonzola piccante (the aged, firmer one)
- Rumi cheesebest swap: Pecorino Romano
S
- Sao Jorge cheesebest swap: Aged Gouda (two years or more)
- Serra da Estrela cheesebest swap: Torta del Casar or Queso de la Serena
- Shanklishbest swap: Feta mashed with olive oil and rolled in za'atar
- Sirene cheesebest swap: Greek feta
- Smoked mozzarellabest swap: Regular mozzarella
- Stiltonbest swap: Gorgonzola
- Stracciatella cheesebest swap: Burrata, torn open
- Sulguni cheesebest swap: Low-moisture mozzarella plus feta
- Swiss cheesebest swap: Gruyère
T
- Taleggio cheesebest swap: Brie cheese
- Tilsit cheesebest swap: Raclette
- Tulum cheesebest swap: Sheep's-milk feta, drained and dried
- Turkish string cheesebest swap: Oaxaca cheese (quesillo)
V
- Vasterbotten cheesebest swap: Aged Gruyere + Parmesan (3:1)
W
- Wensleydale cheesebest swap: Crumbly Lancashire
Y
- Yeast cheesebest swap: Nutritional yeast

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