Mondseer is a cheese predominantly made from the milk of which animal?

Coming from the town of Mondsee, Mondseer is an Austrian cheese made from cow’s milk. Also known as 'Schachtelkase', the cheese has been produced since the early 19th century and contains an authentic rural flavour of the region. Usually, it is made using pasteurised cow´s milk, but there has been production of Mondseer made from goat’s milk as well.

Texturally smooth with narrow eyes (holes), the cheese is typically piquant and slightly acidic due to the infusion of salt water and red cultures. The taste of the cheese is close to Munster or Limburger despite its relative hardness. Each round of rich, buttery and creamy Mondseer weighs around twenty to thirty pounds. It is a very popular cheese in Austrian cuisine specially used in cheese salads, cheese platters and au gratin dishes.

According to legend, during the Napoleonic Wars , French soldiers tried to make Munster cheese on a manor near Hüttenstein Castle. The result is said to have been the so-called "Mondseer". The production is mentioned for the first time in 1830 by Prince Carl Philipp von Wrede, a Bavarian field marshall and an ally of Napoleonic France.