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Yes Red Leicester another nice one. Most are nice though of course - hey, they are cheese! It goes without saying.

 

Red Leicester

 

Red Leicester is a traditional, creamery, hard cheese made from cow's milk. It has a round shape. The bright, orange-red rind has fine, powdery moulds. A good Red Leicester has a firm body and a close, flaky texture. The flavor is delicately sweet. This cheese can be eaten young, but it should ideally be left to mature for six to nine months.

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Hello Cheesefans. Time for Cheeseman's Cheese of the Week. This week, how about a Welsh cheese. Nice one too.

 

Caerphilly

 

Traditional, farmhouse, unpasteurized, vegetarian cheese made from cow's milk. It usually has a wheel-shape with ivory-white rind dusted with fine flour. As the cheeses are aged in a moist cellar, the white and gray moulds become thicker and more leathery. This cheese is known as "the crumblies". These cheeses originate from South and West Wales. It was first made in Caerphilly in about 1830. When young, Caerphilly has a fresh taste, the texture is moist yet supple. With maturity the edges become creamy and the flavor becomes more rounded.

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Time for this weeks Cheeseman's Cheese Of The Week!

 

This week, over to Denmark

 

Maribo

 

Traditional, creamery, semi-hard cheese made from cow's milk. The shape can be round or block. The natural rind has a pale yellow color. The cheese has its name after the town on the island of Lolland. The cheese resembles Gouda and has a firm, dry interior with numerous irregular holes. It is usually coated in yellow wax and is sometimes flavored with caraway seeds. It ripens in four months and has a fat content of between 30 and 45 per cent. To make Maribo, cheesemakers use pasteurized milk and liquid rennet for curdling. The cut curd is heated at a temperature of 100 degrees F. The whey is drawn off, salting occurs and then the curd is pressed in molds and cured for 3-5 weeks. The strength of the taste varies with the amount of curing time (longer curing time = stronger flavor).

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Wonderful! Always good to see cheese.

 

Anyway it is time for Cheesemans Cheese Of The Week and this week it is a trip over to Ireland.

 

Croghan

 

Semi-soft, vegetarian, goat milk cheese of round shape. The smooth, brine-washed leathery rind is brown-pink to terracotta in color and has some mould. This cheese is made by Luc and Anne Van Kampen and the production is loosely based on Gouda. The flavor of the cheese suggests grass and hay, while the finish is aromatic without being pungent. It is made only from spring to autumn and the period of maturing is from four to 12 weeks.

 

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Hard to find good cheese on Shikoku, but there's a new store in Aeon Kochi with an interesting selection of cheese, plus coffee, wine, S.E Asian stuff and other international stuff. We picked up a nice creamy goat cheese and a good Emmenthal. I think the store may have been called 'Klava' --or something like that. Cheese is on the rise in Japan. \:\)

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Indeed (to both thursday and ger).

 

Lets hope cheese is on the rise... it can only go one way!

 

Anyway, time for the Golden Week edition of Cheesemans Cheese of the Week. This time over to that cheesy country Holland. I really like this one nice strong taste.

 

Leyden

 

Traditional, farmhouse, hard cheese made from cow's milk. It is a boulder-shaped cheese with brushed, natural rind which is either rubbed with annatto or "painted" with red plastic. The curd is colored with annatto and mixed with cumin seeds before being pressed and washed in brine. The cumin provides an aromatic flavor that contrasts well with the creamy, nutty character of the cheese. The cheese is quite similar to Gouda but is more drier. It is named after the Dutch city of Leiden. Leyden is made by heating milk to 82 - 86 degrees F, then curdling with liquid rennet. The curd is cut into small pieces and heated to 95 - 98 degrees F. The spices are added and then the cheeses are drained of remaining whey then pressed. Leyden is cured in cellars or curing rooms. Sometimes this cheese is called Komijnekaas.

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This week, let's go to Norway. I really like this one. Got holes too. \:\)

 

Jarlsberg:

 

Jarlsberg is a traditional, creamery, hard, Norwegian cheese. The world's most famous "Baby Swiss", Jarlsberg has the consistency texture and hole formation of Swiss Emmental but its flavor is more nut-like and sweeter. The paste is golden yellow with holes of various sizes. A full wheel of Jarlsberg weighs about 20 lbs., one tenth the weight of a wheel of Emmental. Jarlsberg can be used as a table cheese, dessert cheese or sandwich cheese. Serve it with wine, beer or aquavit. Great deal of this cheese is exported all over the world, especially to the U.S.A.

 

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