Graviera

Graviera (Greek: γραβιέρα, pronounced "ghrahv-YAIR-ah") is a cheese from Greece mainly produced on the Greek island of Crete. It is not to be confused with the Swiss cheese gruyère, which is a related cheese that in some languages has a name similar to Graviera.

Graviera is Greece’s second most popular after feta. Made in wheels, the rind of the hard cheese is marked with the characteristic crisscross pattern of its draining cloth. There are various types of Graviera produced in Greece. Graviera of Crete is made from sheep’s milk and ripened for at least five months. It’s slightly sweet, with a pleasant burnt caramel flavor, whereas the graviera of Naxos is mostly made of cow's milk (80-100%).

Greek cuisine

Appetizers	Greek salad Mezes Bakaliaros Dakos Fava Garides Saganaki Gavros Kroketes Horta Kalamarakia Kolokythakia Kolokythopita Kolokythoanthoi Melitzanes Melitzanosalata Octopus Patatosalata Pita Pitsa Manitaria Saganaki Skordalia Snails Spanakopita Taramosalata Tyropita Tzatziki

Cheeses	Anthotyros Feta Graviera Kasseri Kefalotyri Kefalograviera Formaela Myzithra Manouri Metsovone Metsovela Xynotyro Xynomizithra Halloumi

Dishes	Aginares a la Polita Astakos Arakas me aginares Avgolemono Astakomacaronada Baked lamb with potatoes Bamies Briám Fakes Fasolada Fasolakia Gemista Giouvetsi Gigandes plaki Gyros Hilopites Kotosoupa Keftedakia Kokoretsi Lachanorizo Loukaniko Macaronada Magiritsa Mousakas Manestra Mydia Paidakia Pastitsio Pork with celery Psarosoupa Revithia Soutzoukakia Smyrneika Souvlaki Souvla Spanakorizo Spetsofai Stifado Strapatsada Xiphias

Desserts	Akanés Amygdalotá Bougatsa Cake Copenhagen (dessert) Diples Finikia Galaktoboureko Galatopita Glika tou koutaliou Granita Karydopita Koulourakia Kourabiedes Loukoumades Soutzouki Loukoumi Melomakarona Milopita Moustalevria Moustokouloura Profiterole Rizogalo Trigona Panoramatos Tsoureki Vasilopita

Drinks	Greek wine Beer Frappé coffee Diktamo Kitron Metaxa Mavrodafni Ouzo Retsina Mastichato Soumada Tsipouro Tsikoudia Tentura Kumquat

Greek cheeses

List of Greek Protected Designations of Origin cheeses

Anthotyros Feta Graviera Halloumi Kasseri Kefalograviera Kefalotyri Manouri Metsovone Mizithra Xynomizithra Xynotyro