Pule cheese: How is the most expensive cheese in the world made?

Pule cheese is the most expensive cheese in the world. It is made from donkey milk. Apart from some high-end restaurants, it is very rare and generally not commercially available. Pule cheese is for those curious about lesser-known fermented foods and those who enjoy exploring and finding unique experiences. This cheese is produced by hand-milking a herd of just 100 Balkan donkeys. 

How is pule cheese made and why is it so expensive? 

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The Zasavica donkey sanctuary seeks to support the preservation of this animal by selling the pule cheese at $1700 a kilogram. This is just one of the reasons why pule cheese is so expensive. Pule cheese is made from the Balkan donkeys’ milk and is made in Serbia. It is thin and crumbly like feta. The processing of one kilogram of white and crumbly smoked pule cheese takes nearly 25 liters of donkey’s milk. Since there are no donkey-matching milking machines, all the milking is done by hand. The process is repeated three times a day. The donkeys milked for Pule cheese live on the Zasavica Special Nature Reserve farm whose owner, Slobodan Simić, is the world's only producer of this type of cheese.

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It is noted that donkey's milk is almost 60% more nutritional than goat's and cow's milk. It is a rich source of nutrients, making it one of the best foods to eat when you suffer from any acute or chronic illness to promote recovery. Donkey milk has a high amount of vitamin C, which acts as an antioxidant and may protect body organs and tissues from being affected. Donkey’s milk contains anti-allergens that can shield you from the repeated attacks of allergic diseases such as asthma, dermatitis, and bronchitis. Pule cheese is an interesting product and has a lot of health benefits.

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