Pule cheese

Pule cheese or magareći sir, is a Serbian cheese made from 60% Balkan donkey milk and 40% goat's milk.^[1][2] The cheese is produced in Zasavica Nature Reserve.

Pule
Country of origin	Serbia
Town	Sremska Mitrovica, at the Zasavica Special Nature Reserve
Source of milk	Donkeys and goats

Pule is reportedly the "world's most expensive cheese", fetching US$1300 per kilogram.^[3][4][5] It is so expensive because of its difficulty to produce, and its rarity: there are only about 100 jennies in the landrace of Balkan donkeys that are milked for Pule-making and it takes 25 litres (6+1⁄2 US gal) of milk to create one kilogram (2 lb 3 oz) of cheese.^[3][6]

The taste of Pule cheese is reputed to be similar to that of manchego, a combination of nutty and earthy flavours, accompanied by a crumbly texture.^[6]

In 2012, tabloids including The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail reported that Novak Djokovic had purchased the entire world's supply of pule cheese for his restaurants, but a manager at Zasavica denied these claims, stating that Djokovic's restaurant had simply been given a sample of pule cheese.^[7]

See also

• List of cheeses
• List of smoked foods
• Food portal