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Fifty Best Cheese |
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Cheese has been enjoyed for hundreds of years, but only recently has there been a resurgence, enhanced by new artisanal cheese producers from all over the world.
Here are the fifty best cheese classics and newcomers, listed alphabetically from 9 different countries.
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Gruyère
Fribourg, Switzerland
Swiss name-controlled
This is Swiss! Representing the host of great cooked-curd alpine cheeses, Gruyère is probably one of the most famous cheeses in the world. It deserves every scrap of its fame. Gruyères, both the select and the standard, exhibit a lovely pliable texture coupled with the flavor intensity of a drier cheese. It tastes nutty, fruity, buttery, with a unique piquancy from propionic acid. The more well aged examples will have tiny crunchy bits in the sea of toothsome paste; these are proteins slowly crystallizing over time.
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Stanser Schafkäse
Bern, Switzerland
Aged by Beeler
Another not to be missed sheep cheese, this Stanser owes its awesomely rich, nutty sheep taste to the caves of Maître fromager Affineur Rolf Beeler. Rolf is a master of the washed rind style, rare for this type of cheese. It's nice to see the usually mellow ewe's milk balanced by a decidedly decayed undertone.
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Sat. August 14, 2010 11:21 PM - by: shan
who is the biggest rival of nolan cheddar cheese in the US?
Sat. June 26, 2010 8:09 PM - by: mwatkins
I had my first taste of Piave cheese on the recommendation of the owner of Romma Market in Pasadena N. Lake Ave. I was blown away.....I went back the next day and purchased 4 pounds. My wife and I are planning a trip to Italy just for the purpose of exploring cheese and wine. If you're ever in the Pasadena area, please visit this wonderful delightful market.
Fri. June 25, 2010 5:44 AM - by: Halaric
Comte AOC, is fantastic.
Sun. June 6, 2010 9:16 AM - by: Thomas
My all-time favorite cheese is Valio Mustaleima (Valio Blacklabel).. it's a very mature emmental. Very smelly and it "cries" a lot, the taste is mouth-watering. I've also heard that Finland has EU's healthiest milk, yum! http://jaakaappi.fi/static/images/tuotekuvat/6408430031276-i.jpg
Sat. May 29, 2010 8:02 PM - by: kelly U.S.A
Smoked Gouda is so far my best tasting cheese
Fri. March 26, 2010 6:24 PM - by: Connor Ireland
Red hawk should be on this list.
Sat. February 6, 2010 8:48 PM - by: aslam
Thanks
Tue. December 22, 2009 3:53 PM - by: Ken Carpenter
You must list La Sauvagine, a fantastic washed rind cow's milk cheese from Quebec. It might be my favourite cheese of all.
Thu. September 10, 2009 12:00 PM - by: elodie
What about Reblochon from France?? One of the best i LOVE it !
Thu. June 18, 2009 12:00 PM - by: Jeffrey Vandenberghe
Did you know that monks in Belgium not only made fantastic beers but excellent cheeses. This country has over 250 different cheeses. Worth looking into I suggest. Jeffrey