Cheese of the World

French Cheese Chaumes 1 lb.

Chaumes - cow's milk semi soft stinky cheese - cut to order - 1 lb/454 gr, France.

Based upon traditional Trappist-style cheeses, this has proven to be one of the most popular of the modern French cheese varieties. This soft rind is bright tangerine-orange and the interior is smooth, supple and quite rubbery. Although it looks as though it is about to run, the cheese is actually fairly dense and feels wonderfully rich and creamy on the tongue.

Food compliments: Goes well on a mixed wheat roll or crusty french bread.

• SKU: 120116
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French Cheese Langres Chalancey 6.5 oz.

Langres Chalancey - soft cow's milk cheese - 6.5 oz/180 gr, France.

As the name indicates, this cheese originates from the high plains of Langres, in Champagne. The Langres is a farmhouse and unpasteurized, washed-rind cheese. The shape is unusual, a cone or cylinder with a hollow in the top. To form the hollow, the curd is turned only twice during draining. The brightly colored rind is the result of continual washing, orange bacteria grow on the surface as well as some white flora or yeast. During the maturing period which takes 5 to 6 weeks, the cheeses are placed in humid cellars. The cheeses are regularly rubbed with brine, either b... more »

• SKU: 127059
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French Cheese Le Brin 5.3 oz.

Le Brin - cow's milk soft cheese with bloomy rind - 5.3 oz/150 gr, France.

This exquisite and attractive cheese offers a gentle, subtle flavor and a satiny texture that melts in the mouth. Its natural, edible thin rind has a beautiful orange hue beneath a fluffy white coating. Le Brin is perfect to serve at any time of day. It makes a quick snack, slips easily into a gourmet sandwich and can also be used in salads. Le Brin goes well with dried apricots, apple slices sprinkled with cinnamon, pistachios and peanuts.

Compliments: Goes well with nuts, fruits or in a sandwich.

Appropriate wines: Sancerre, white Burgundy, Sauvignon.

• SKU: 120235
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French Cheese Rocbleu 1.1-1.4 lb.

Rocbleu - Rochebaron style - soft cow's milk blue cheese - 1.1-1.4 lb/500-635 gr, France.

It is a soft creamy blue cheese made with cow's milk (roquefort and bleu cheese combined). It comes from the mountains but it is not an old cheese. It was created a few years ago for the pleasure of people who like blue cheese and sweet cow's milk. The rind is colored with vegetable ash. Try to melt it and use it in different recipes.

Appropriate wines: Light Muscator powerful Chardonnay.

• SKU: 120201
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French Goat Cheese Buchette Jacquin 5.4 oz.

Buchette Jacquin Plain - pasteurized goat's milk soft cheese - 5.4 oz/150 gr, France.

These wonderful fresh goat logs are perfect for any occasion. Imported directly from France they arrive fresh and full of flavor. Each comes packaged in its own protective plastic shell. This protective shell preserves the atmosphere and halts the product's development, therefore guaranteeing a constant level of quality and freshness.

Compliments: Pair fresh goat cheese with raisins or prunes.
Top fresh goat cheese with salt and pepper and drizzle with olive oil.
Top lightly toasted bread with fresh goat cheese, drizzle wit... more »

• SKU: 120314
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French Goat Cheese Chevre d'Or 5.3 oz.

Chevre d'Or - goat's milk aged cheese - 5.3 oz/150 gr, France.

Chevre d'Or is a living cheese. It is not wrapped and can thus ripen slowly, gaining in character, when kept in the fridge at 4°-6° C. After three weeks it becomes dry and crumbly and is excellent served with aperitifs.
The best time to serve is at the end of the meal, white wine when the cheese is young or red wine when it has matured. With fresh bread, it is ideal for snacks or wine and cheese parties. The characteristic goat taste increases steadily when the cheese is kept at 4°-6° C.

Appropriate wines: Red or white Sancerre, Morgon, Gaillac.

Percentage of Fat: 50%

• SKU: 121501
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French Goat Cheese Cones w/Truffles 5.3 oz.

Cones with Truffles - goat's milk soft cheese - 5.3 oz/151 gr, France.

Instead of having herbs on it, the cheese is made with truffles. Goes well on crackers.

• SKU: 125008
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French Goat Cheese Le Chevrot 7 oz.

Le Chevrot - goat's milk aged cheese - 7 oz/200 gr, France.

Le Chevrot is a living French cheese. It is not wrapped and can thus ripen slowly, gaining in character, when kept in the fridge at 4°-6° C. After three weeks it becomes dry and crumbly and is excellent served with aperitifs. The best time to serve is at the end of the meal, white wines when the cheese is young or red wine when it has matured. The characteristic goat taste increases steadily when the cheese is kept at 4°-6° C.

Appropriate wines: Red or white Sancerre, Morgon, Gaillac, matured red Burgundy.

Percentage of Fat: 50%

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Italian Cheese Cacciocavallo Silano DOP 1 lb.

Caciocavallo Silano - cow's milk hard cheese DOP - 1 lb/454 gr, Italy.

We cut each Cacciocavallo into quarters, making four 1 pound cuts. Please call if you would like to order an uncut.

This elite Italian DOP cheese is firm and stringy, made from cow milk. The traditional technique involves hanging the molds astride horizontal rods, which leaves characteristic grooves on the cheese's rind. It delivers a smooth, mild salty taste, and is excellent for pasta dishes.
This specialty hails from the Southern Italian provinces of Abbruzo, Calabria, Campania and Sicilia.
Caciocavallo is a traditional pasta filata ... more »

• SKU: 121364
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Italian Cheese Mascarpone 8.8 oz.

Mascarpone - cow's milk soft cheese - 8.8 oz/250 gr, Italy.

The name of this cheese apparently derives from mascarpa, a by-product extracted from the whey left over from making Stracchino. A more colorful entomology of the name's origin is the Spanish expression "mas que bueno" ("more than good").
Compliments: This spreadable cheese goes well as a topping for fruit.
Percentage of Fat: More Than 70% of Fat.

Great for a Mascarpone cheese gift.

• SKU: 121370
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Spanish Cheese San Simon 1 lb.

San Simon - cow's milk smoked hard cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, Spain.

Surrounded in the west and north by the Atlantic Ocean and mountains from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, Galicia has always been a remote region of Spain. This isolation fostered an ancient cheese culture. Here the Galacia cows graze on the lush green pastures and bear milk that its people have been making into cheese for generations in the town of Villalba.

San Simon is aged 2-4 weeks, lightly pressed and then gently smoked for 2 weeks after leaving the mold. Inside its red, polished brown rind, San Simon has a creamy, buttery, smoky flavor that ranges ... more »

• SKU: 121131
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Spanish Sheep Cheese Manchego Mini "El Trigal" 2.2-2.4 lb.

Manchego Mini "El Trigal" - aged sheep's milk semi soft cheese - 2.2-2.4 lb/1-1.1 kg, Spain.

El Trigal is produced by the Corcuera Family, which was the first in all of Castilla La Mancha to make and commercialize Manchego cheese. The best cheese is produced when the milk is the richest, which is between August and December.
This Spanish cheese Manchego is extremely buttery and aged to perfection at either 3 months, 6 months (semi-curado) or 1 year (anejo).
Appropriate Wines: Rioja Alta, Penedes, young cabernet. You can also try with a beer.

• SKU: 121154
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French Cheese Brie 'Mon Sire' 1 lb.

French Brie 'Mon Sire' - cow's milk soft cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, France.

A classic French cheese, this delectable Brie is creamy, smooth and superbly rich. It is covered with its traditional moldy, bloomy rind emanating a pungent aroma. A staple for your cheese board, a sandwich favorite.

Pair with a full bodied red wine.

• SKU: 120013
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French Cheese Doux de Montagne 1 lb.

Doux de Montagne - cow's milk semi soft cheese - cut to order - 1 lb/454 gr, France.

Matured for 6 months to give a smooth, slightly dry texture and a distinctive sweet, mellow flavour.

This French cheese is ripened in the tradition of the Monts du Velay mountainous region and is recognized by its cottage loaf form.
It is made from cow's milk from the region. Its lightly acid taste and fresh savour while its young tends to tone down with aging and becomes more creamy and fruity tasting. Its ochre paste is firm yet creamy. It releases a buttery savour in the mouth which gives the Doux de Montagne its true originalit... more »

• SKU: 120157
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French Cheese Fougerus 8.8 oz.

Fougerus - small - cow's milk sharp soft cheese - 8.8 oz/250 gr, France.

From the family of Brie cheeses, this one is most closely related to a Coulommiers, although slightly larger and aged with a fern leaf. Its origins are artisan based having been made directly on farms for single-family consumption. The fern was used both for decoration and to impart a woodsy, earthy scent to the cheese. The cheese is now produced on a much larger scale. Thicker than a Brie de Nangis, it tends to ripen slowly, often with a section of the interior left firm. The flavor is sweet and milky, typical of Brie but with more depth. Forest scents come throug... more »

• SKU: 121612
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French Cheese Gourmandise w/Kirsch 4.4-4.5 lb.

Gourmandise with Kirsch - cow's milk soft cheese - 4.4-4.5 lb/2-2.04 kg, France.

This pasteurized processed cheese spread is a creamy cheese with a mild cherry flavor made with Kirsch, a clear brandy distilled from cherries and their pits.

Compliments: This spreadable cheese is perfect for making fondue, cherries jubilee, and black forest cake.

• SKU: 120146
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French Cheese Merlemont Reblochon 7 oz

Merlemont Reblochon - cow's milk soft cheese - 7 oz/230 gr, France.

Cow's milk French cheese from the Franche-Comte region. This cheese is similar in style to a reblochon. It is a soft cheese with a natural rind.

Appropriate wines: Light or fruity red wines.

Percentage of Fat: 55%

• SKU: 120131
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French Cheese Munster Welsche Haxaire 8 oz.

Munster Welsche Haxaire - sharp cow's milk soft cheese - 8 oz/220 gr, France.

Soft cheese with washed rind. Made from pasteurized cow's milk.

The chief characteristics of this cheese are firstly the pungent smell and secondly the soft, smooth paste with the consistency of melting chocolate. The rind is brick-red and the paste is fine textured and golden, slightly sticky, sweet and with the flavor of rich milk as long as the cheese has been properly matured. Locally, the Munster cheese is eaten with cumin or potatoes boiled with their skins on. Cumin-flavored munster may be bought ready-made.

Appropriate wines: Gewurtzstraminer, Tokay, Pinot Gris.

Percentage of Fat: 50%

• SKU: 121505
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French Cheese Roucoulons 8.8 oz.

Roucoulons - cow's milk soft cheese with flowered crust - 8.8 oz/250 gr, France.

Bloomy rind with considerable reddish mottling. Straw-colored interior, mild flavor with slight mushroom aroma. This is the perfect cheese for people that appreciate the creaminess and the mildness of the French cheeses. The heart is the symbol of its tenderness.

Compliments: This cheese goes well with desserts, fruits and with crackers. Roucoulons can also be enjoyed melted into soups.

Appropriate wines: Red Burgundy, Gamay and Black Pinot.

• SKU: 120189
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French Cheese Tomme de Savoie 1 lb.

Tomme de Savoie - semi hard cow's milk cheese - cut to order - 1 lb/454 gr, France.

An ancient mountain French cheese from the Savoie, made in winter when the herdsmen have returned from the summer pastures. Don't be put off by the appearance of the rind. Inside, the pale yellow cheese with its few small holes will be firm, yet supple with a gentle flavor hintting at meadow flowers, milk and walnuts.

• SKU: 120258
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