Blue-Veined Cheese

German Cheese Cambozola Triple Cream 1 lb.

Cambozola Triple Cream - cow's milk blue-veined semi soft cheese, cut cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, Germany.

Cambozola is a mild and creamy blue cheese that is a combination of French Camembert and Italian Gorgonzola. It was developed in Germany during the 1970's.

It is made from the same blue mold used to make Gorgonzola. Cream is added to the milk, giving Cambozola a rich consistency. The rind of the cheese is similar to the Camembert rind. Cambozola is considerably milder than either Gorgonzola or Camembert.

Appropriate wines: Beaujolais.

Great for a German gourmet food gift.

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Italian Cheese Gorgonzola Dolce 1 lb.

Gorgonzola Dolce - cow's milk soft cheese, cut cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, Italy.

Dolce Gorgonzola is a younger, therefore milder, version of aged Gorgonzola. It has a soft, spreadable texture and slightly salty aftertaste. Its texture makes it perfect for spreading on bread and crackers. It is also excellent in risotto and polenta, mixed into vinaigrette, melted on pizza or used as a dip.

Try with berries, pears, peaches and plums.

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Italian Cheese Gorgonzola Piccante 1 lb.

Gorgonzola Piccante - cow's milk soft cheese, cut cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, Italy.

Cut Cheese. Gorgonzola "Piccante" is an aged version also referred to as naturale, stagionato or mountain Gorgonzola. It is firm and crumbly with a Dry, thick rind and sharp flavor. Gorgonzola Piccante is renowned for its lush consistency, penetrating aroma, and complex taste. By law and tradition, Piccante can be made in just two Italian regions - Piemonte and Lombardi. Aged at least 90 days, it is sharper than its younger counterpart, Gorgonzola Dolce.

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Spanish Cheese Cabrales 6 lb.

Cabrales (DO) - cow's milk soft blue cheese - 6 lb/2.8 kg, Spain.

Queso Cabrales is a natural cheese made in the artisan tradition by rural dairy farmers.
Cabrales is aged from two to six months in natural caves in the mountains nearby. In these caves, the relative humidity is 90% and the temperature varies between 45°F and 55°F.
These conditions favor the development of penicillin molds, yielding veins of blue-greenish color.

Unlike its cousins - Danish Bleu and French Camembert - the blue mold is not artificially injected, it occurs naturally. Cabrales is sharp and tangy. Like Gorgonzola and Roquefort, it... more »

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American Blue Saga Cheese 1 lb.

Danish Brie Style Saga Blue - cow's milk triple cream cheese with blue veins, cut cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, USA.

This well-regarded Danish blue cheese is soft, rich, and creamy. It's mild enough to be served to unadventurous guests, yet pungent enough to be interesting.

A Danish brie cheese that is classified as blue cheese. Made as a double cream cheese from cow's milk, Saga Bleu Cheese contains a delicate blue mold that may not appear typical of other varieties of blue cheese. Very soft textured with a mild tangy flavor, this blue cheese is made like a brie, soft and creamy. With an edible white-mold rind, Saga Blue Cheese pairs nicely with sweeter white wines such as a riesling or hearty red wines.

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English Cheese Blue Stilton 6 oz.

Blue Stilton - cow's milk soft blue veins cheese - 6 oz/170 gr, England.

This amazing Stilton cheese comes in an individual blue ceramic crock, which can be reused for many purposes far after the delectable cheese is gone. Inside each crock you'll find a wax disc sealing in the cheese, allowing it a fairly long expiration date. After prying up the wax seal, you will be rewarded with an incredible blue, with just the right amount of tang and salt, and a creamy, spreadable consistency.
Great for an English gourmet food gift.

Compliments: Goes perfectly with a crusty baguette and a tart apple.

Appropriate wine: Port.

Fat in Cheese: <50%

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English Cheese Cashel Blue 1 lb.

Cashel Blue - cow's milk semi soft cheese, cut cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, Ireland.

This cheese is made in a similar way to Roquefort although it is softer, moister and less salty. When young the cheese is firm and relatively moist with a fresh and slightly sharp flavor. With aging it develops a melt-in-the-mouth creaminess and a rounder, mellower flavor. Cashel Blue can be matured for up to six months. All milk used for the cheese is now pasteurized. The very best cheese is made from April to October when the cows are out to pasture, but Cashel Blue is still excellent throughout the year.

Great for an Irish gourmet food gift.

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English Cheese Shrophire Blue 1 lb.

Shrophire Blue - cow's milk cheese with blue veins, cut cheese – 1 lb/454 gr, England.

Shropshire Blue from the UK is the bright festive cousin of Stilton. Its distinctive orange color seems appropriate for the natural food lovers. It's essentially produced the same way as Stilton, except that annatto is added to the recipe making the interior orange. Shropshire Blue is even more luscious and creamy than Stilton.

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French Cheese Fourme D'Ambert Blue 1 lb.

Fourme D'Ambert Blue - cow's milk blue cheese, cut cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, France.

Fourme d'Ambert is one of France's oldest cheeses (dating from the Roman period). Today production is with pasteurized milk. The maturing process takes place in aerated, humid cellars. The maturing period lasts 2 to 3 months. In the Tours region of France the local cheese mongers allow the cheeses to mature by adding a little "mellow Vouvray wine".
Texture: The rind is dry and yellow and wrapped in a grey velvet. Inside, the pate is creamy, moist, with faint hints of blue mold.
Taste: This cheese still has the cave odor and has a lasting taste of wine and fruits, extremely pleasant.

Appropriate wine: Vouvray mellow.

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French Cheese La Roche 2.2 lb.

La Roche - cow's milk blue-veined cheese - 2.2 lb/1 kg, France.

La Roche is a smooth, creamy blue cheese and the latest addition to the family. Under its thin, La Roche produces a generously veined creamy paste.
Its delicate aroma and balanced flavor give it an unusual, authentic character. An irresistibly flavorful blue cheese, La Roche can be combined with a broad range of scrumptious ingredients.
It goes best with firm bread, walnuts, almonds, raisins and dried apricots or even fresh fruit are all worth trying.

Appropriate wines: Port-wine, Muscat, Banyuls, sweet wines.

• SKU: 120204
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