Syro-Izhka is a craft cheese dairy in Sarny in Rivne Polissia, which opened in the summer of 2023 on Romana Demenka Street. Its founder Iryna learned cheesemaking in 2022; the cheeses are made from farm milk using certified starters, without preservatives.
What they make
The core assortment consists of fresh and soft cheeses: mozzarella, stracciatella, burrata, ricotta, robiola, feta, suluguni, and Adyghe cheese. The Adyghe cheese is also made with cranberries and poppy seeds; cranberries are a traditional berry of the Polissian bogs around Sarny. Stracciatella—torn fibers of fresh mozzarella in cream—is also used as a filling for burrata: it is wrapped in a thin pouch made of mozzarella. Robiola is a soft cheese from the Italian Piedmont with a thin rind that ripens in just a few days. There are cheeses with white mold, soft cheeses with herbs and additives, cheese with lavender, and cheese with pesto.
A special place is held by brunost, a Norwegian caramel cheese obtained by boiling down whey for a long time until the milk sugar caramelizes. It has a sweet-and-salty taste and a dense, toffee-like texture. Cheese platters and sets are assembled from several varieties, and some of the cheeses are made to order.
Photo: Sarny.News.
