Cravanzina is a mixed-milk cheese, made from a combination of pasteurized cow’s and sheep’s milk. A delicate and lovely little round from the Italian Piedmonts; in the “paglia” family of cheeses, so named because they are aged on beds of straw (paglia = straw). Covered with a bloomy rind, the voluptuous paste is mild, creamy, […]
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La Tur
La Tur is an Italian bloomy rind cheese. Pasteurized goat, sheep and cow milk combination cheese. Being an unholy mix of different animal milk, naturally it smells quite foul—but not at all by goat cheese standards. The rind is soft and buttery; it is similar to Boucheron cheese, in that the rind is soft and […]
Robiola Bosina
Robiola Bosina: this one is from Bosina, Italy. This cheese is also called robiola a due latti as it is a cow’s milk and sheep’s milk combination. The type of cheese is called bloomy rind, like e.g. brie and camembert. The milk combination works pretty well—it’s not overwhelmingly sour sheep’s milk flavor. Soft cheese with […]
Stracchino
Stracchino is a type of Italian cow’s-milk cheese, typical of Lombardy. It is eaten very young, has a soft, creamy texture and normally a mild and delicate flavour. It is normally square in form. It’s generally eaten as a dessert cheese but in many areas of Italy, it’s used as a filling.(too lazy, copies wikipedia…)The […]
Sharp Provolone
Sharp provolone. This is reallly sharp and smells kind of strong too. It’s good but I’m still trying to find something to pair it with. Maybe some wine?
New York Cheddar
New York cheddar. Smokey cheddar flavor. I dont know what else to say not really that sharp— tasty n’ good.
Chaumes
Chaumes- smooth and creamy. Tastes more or less like Brie but the texture is more rubbery. They say its supposed to smell like old socks but I didn’t really get that, maybe because I eat so much cheese. Nifty fact: “chaumes” means “stubble” in French.
Longhorn Colby Cheddar
Longhorn Colby Cheddar – semisoft fragrant half-round. It wasn’t quite smoky flavor but it had a very unique fragrance—almost herbal. Sorry the picture sucks, from now I have my new phone so the pics are all hdr.
Rambol Fumé
Rambol Fumé (Smoked Rambol): creamy, smokey flavor. Supposedly it’s gruyère-like but I don’t see it. My advice: keep it on the cheese board. It’s spreadable so get your crackers out of the cupboard—preferably something with peppercorns because smokey goes well with spicy. Fondue would also be permissible with vegetables (e.g. peppers).
Gruyère
Hard cheese, sweet but slightly salty. Mild flavor somewhere in between a “Swiss cheese” and Parmesan. From my research, Gruyère is ideal for baking so I made a quiche, into which I also threw the Fontinella and some ham so that was really tasty. And the cheese is really stringy. But, alas you can use […]