Cheese lifestyle, reviews and recommendations
If, when you see a tartiflette recipe recommending a scant 500g of Reblochon cheese, you laugh hollowly while switching back to scroll cheese lifestyle articles on gratemycheese.com, then this might be the recipe for you. Tartiflette is a French dish… Continue reading "Very Cheesy Tartiflette"
In recent weeks Tesco has added an impressive number of new cheeses to their deli counter; not only that, but the general tastiness of said new entries is high. Not since the first milk-laden battalions of Friesans made their densely-uddered… Continue reading "Tesco Serendipitous Deli Board"
Few things brighten my day more than the unexpected appearance of a large hamper of cheese on my doorstep, its cheeses plucked fresh from their bovine trees and delivered direct to my porch by the storks of the overnight courier… Continue reading "Snowdonia Cheese Company Hamper"
Caerphilly A victim of Cheddar’s popularity, Caerphilly nearly went extinct during World War 2. Modern Caerphilly is a crumbly white cow’s milk cheese. CheddarCheddar is by far the most popular British cheese, accounting for over half of the British cheese… Continue reading "An Introduction to British Cheeses"
A trip to the cheese counter at the deli is always a delight. You can almost bank on finding a new and interesting cheese to sample. So it was with my next 3 planned reviews. You might pay a premium… Continue reading "Stihians Cornish Yarg (Lynher Dairies)"
This cheese has a somewhat mythical reputation among the writers at gratemycheese. It is held as a kind of gold standard of artisanal cheddar, a cheese to compare all other cheese to when determining greatness. Other writers (Phil and Louis)… Continue reading "Cheddar (Black Bomber – Snowdonia Cheese Company Extra Mature)"
There are many strong traditions when it comes to French cheesemaking, and very few French cheeses are held in higher regard than Comte. As the second type of cheese to receive AOC designation and protection, there are a strict set… Continue reading "Comte (Marks and Spencer)"
Lincolnshire Poacher is a hard, Cheddar-like English cheese. The texture is firm, brittle and crumbly, the colour golden-yellow, and the rind complex and variegated. It is an unpasteurised cow’s milk cheese. The packaging warns against consumption by those with weakened… Continue reading "Lincolnshire Poacher (Marks & Spencer)"
Despite what the name may suggest to those such as me who are uneducated in the French Language, this is not in fact a French version of a popular carbonated beverage, but is instead a particularly delightful variety of cheese… Continue reading "Doux de Montagne (Marks and Spencer)"
Most cheeses make you choose. The silken caress of a Somerset Brie across the tongue; the throaty roar of an extra mature Cheddar; the foetid, reeking rankness of a Stinking Bishop – you must pick one at a time, embrace… Continue reading "Tesco Finest Chaource"