Dairy Products

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 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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French Goat Cheese Coeur du Berry w/Ash 6.6 oz.

Coeur du Berry with Ash - fresh goat's milk cheese - 6.6 oz/185 gr, France.

This heart-shaped cheese is always a favorite around Valentine’s Day. In close relation with Selles-sur-Cher, the cheese is covered with ash which gives it a smoky flavor. It matures for 2 weeks before it is ready for sale.

Percentage of Fat: 45%

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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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French Goat Cheese Le Petit Massais 7 oz.

Le Petit Massais - Fromage De Chevre - goat's milk fresh cheese - 7 oz/200 gr, France.

This French cheese made in Poitou-Charentes.

Percentage of Fat: 45%

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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 Caciotta al Tartufo w/Truffles 1 lb.

Caciotta al Tartufo - semi soft cheese with truffles pieces - 1 lb/454 gr, Italy.

This semi-soft cheese with black truffles is made from a blend of cow's and sheep's milk, and aged about one month.
The paste is mild and gentle and the flavor of truffles is an original delicacy to match with sharp wines.

Appropriate wines: Strong Merlot from Napa or Tokay from Hungria.

Percentage of Fat: 50%

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Italian Goat Cheese Capra Valtellina 1 lb.

Capra Valtellina wheel - goat's milk hard cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, Italy.

High in the mountains dividing Italy from Switzerland lie shepherds who have been herding goats and making cheese for centuries. Most of the goat's milk is available throughout the spring, but cheese is produced in small quantities throughout the year. Capra Valtellina is a 4-6 month aged cheese which is flavorful and complex.

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Italian Sheep Cheese Fiore Sardo 1 lb.

Fiore Sardo wheel - sheep's milk hard cheese - cut to order - 1 lb/454 gr, Italy.

Sheep are very important to Sardinia, the island north of Sicily off the Italian coast. The landscape there is dotted with sheep everywhere you look. The sheep found on Sardinia are from ancient stock and live in the wild. Fiore Sardo is a straw-colored cheese with a brown rind. The Italian word Fiore means Flower. Thus this cheese is named the "Flower of Sardinia." A bit more forceful than Pecorino Toscano, a famous sheep's milk cheese from Tuscany, this Sardinian pecorino has a slightly salty flavor and a long finish. The Pecorino cheese is hard and gra... more »

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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 »

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Spanish Goat Cheese Garrotxa 1 lb.

Garrotxa - goat's milk hard cheese - 1 lb/454 gr, Spain.

This goat’s milk cheese was once produced solely in the Garrotxa area of Catalonia. This is the area of the Pyrenees region of Spain that is furthest to the East, lying right on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

Spanish Garrotxa cheese has a white interior with a very creamy texture that is surrounded by a natural mold rind. It has an unusual but mild flavor with a light acidity and a hint of hazelnuts. It melts very smoothly, but we like to eat it out of hand. It is sure to become a new Spanish favorite.
Apropriate wines: Garrotxa is delicious with youn... more »

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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.

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Casanova Dark Chocolate 1 lb.

Casanova - Praline with puffed rice in Dark Chocolate - 1 lb/454 gr by Leonidas, Belgium.

Fresh chocolate is what Leonidas Chocolate is famous for. Only fresh butter, dairy cream and the best ingredients from all over the world are used to make Leonidas chocolate pralines.
Leonidas use only cocoa butter - not vegetable fats - for both the coating and the filling of its chocolates.

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English Cheese Red Dragon w/Mustard Seed and Ale 1 lb.

Red Dragon - cow's milk cheese with mustard seed and ale, rindless, wrapped in wax - cut to order - 1 lb/0.45 kg, Wales.

Also known as Y-Fenni, this smooth, firm tasty cheddar cheese is made with Welsh brown ale and mustard seeds. Red Dragon is a buttery and spicy cheese with plenty of bite, but is not too hot. Not only do the mustard seeds give Red Dragon its marvelous flavor, but also its texture. The brown ale makes the cheese moist and tangy.

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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 originali... more »

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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.

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French Cheese Gourmandise w/Walnuts 4.4-4.5 lb.

Gourmandise with Walnuts - cow's milk soft cheese - 4.4-4.5 lb/2-2.2 kg, France.

This is a tasty cow's milk spredable cheese that is flavored with layers of walnut. It is less sweet than might be expected.

Compliments: This cheese is great on sweetbreads and perfect with red dessert wines. We also like it for breakfast on home-made raisin walnut bread. It is nice when eaten with pears and other winter fruits, or accompanied by blue cheeses.

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French Cheese Munster Welsche Haxaire 8 oz.

Munster Welsche Haxaire - sharp cow's milk soft stinky 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 Goat Cheese Rounds in Oil w/Herbs 4.2 oz.

Goat Rounds in Oil with Herbs de Provence - goat's milk soft cheese - 4.2 oz/120 gr, France.

The oil and herbs give this goat cheese something extra that makes it even more delicious.

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