Sheep milk cheese especially when produced outside their country of origin. It takes between 2 weeks to 2–3 months up to two years for the cheeses to fully ripen. French sheep milk cheeses include Abbaye de Bellocq, , Berger de Rocastin, Brebicet, Le Claousou, Lévejac, Valdeblore, Roquefort, Ardi-gasna, Agour, Ossau-Iraty, Brocciu, Asco, Brin d'amour,Faisselle, Fleur de Maquis, A filetta, and Niolo. Greek sheep milk cheeses include Feta and Halloumi. Italian sheep milk cheeses include Pecorino Romano, Pecorino Sardo, Pecorino Siciliano, Pecorino Toscano and Ricotta. Israeli Sheep milk cheeses Tzfatit tari(fresh Tzfat cheese)and Tzfat cheese |Tzfatit Kasheh]] Aged Tzfat cheese Croatian sheep milk cheeses
Egyptian cheese or close to it; there was an old dry cheese; and there was a medium one in between." The first would have been unripened cheese made locally from sour milk, which may or may not have been salted. The old dry cheeses would have often been imported, and were cheeses ripened by rennet enzymes or bacteria. The nature of the "medium" cheese is less certain, and may have referred to preserved fresh cheeses, evaporated milk or cheese similar to Indian paneer, where the addition of vegetable juices makes the milk coagulate. Medieval Egyptian cheese mostly used buffalo or cows' milk,