Age doesn't matter, unless you're a cheese
Cheese tastes best in its country of origin and good cheese starts with the freshest milk, it's the fine milk quality in Australia that makes our cheese so delicious.
How can Life be bad when there is cheese?
I love cheese. How can life be bad when there is the anticipation of lunch -- crusty bread, a handful of fat black olives and a creamy rich, buttery brie with its smooth, downy rind and that faint after-taste of earthy mushroom?Think of that tangy, salty feta, crumbly and rindless, adding its sharpness to the salad and the pure bite of pecorino romano that's melting so beautifully over the pasta.
Or the Tasmanian Heritage Traditional Camembert, organic Kervella goat cheese from Gidgegannup, the lemony taste of Manouri, the sweet Kasseri, velvety Gippsland Blue, King River Gold with its pink rind, the incredibly nutty Pyengana Cheddar, and the creamy Seal Bay Cheese, an extravagant, triple cream cheese made from fresh King Island milk, enriched with pure cream. (Goodbye waist)
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Five Fabulous Cheese Dishes for Special Occasions
Baked Figs with Gorgonzola
Fresh figs, prosciutto and Gorgonzola. Divine!1 point
Pan-fried Haloumi with Vine Ripened Tomato and Green Olive Salsa
Haloumi, sliced into half centimetre thickness, wi more...1 point
Prosciutto Crostini with Dried Cherries and Goat Cheese
Simple but stunning!1 point
Rocket, Pear and Parmesan Salad with a Lemon Dressing
Tart tasty and pleasing to the palate0 points
Shaved Brussel Sprouts with Walnuts, Lemon and Pecorino
Fantastic combination of flavours0 points
Where do you buy cheese?
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I don't think that mass-produced cheese is really cheese at all. Fortunately for finickyness there are some excellent smaller groceries. I'm fortunate to have plenty of Italian, Greek and Spanish shops close to hand and a fresh food market, the largest in the southern hemisphere, is but a short bus ride away.
For more serious cheese-shopping expeditions, I can drive down into the valley of Gippsland or hop on the ferry across to Tasmania.
You could strike it lucky and find a good cheese counter in one of the large multinational supermarkets, but so far I haven't come across any.
Wonderful Cheese at the Queen Vic Market
Birchs Bay Blonde
Birchs Bay Blonde, from Grandvewe Cheesery , is a pressed fresh curd with lingering piquant aromas of truffle and mushroom. The slightly molten interior will eventually reveal a chalky centre..You can enjoy Birchs Bay Blonde from an age of 2 to 5 weeks, as the cheese continues to mature and the robust taste increases, try this with a lovely loaf of dark rye and some quince paste.
Grandvewe Sheep Farm Cheesery, a family run business, sits in the lush Huon Valley of Tasmania and produces seven different types of sheep cheeses, nine types of cows milk cheeses and sheep yoghurts. You can pick up surprisingly good sheep icecreams as well..
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Down in the Valley
Choosing, Pairing and Enjoying Cheese
Cheese & Wine: A Guide to Selecting, Pairing, and Enjoying
Amazon Price: $8.39 (as of 02/13/2012)
A tour of 70 international cheeses and the history of cheeses, essentially how to learn more about cheese!
Cheese development and maturation, advice on wine pairings, ideas on putting together successful cheese platters. Cheese lovers will savour the range of textures, flavours, and colours and the mouth-watering colour photos. I could rip out a page and eat it!
Eggplant with 2 cheeses, basil and tomato
You'll need a smidge of salt and some olive oil for greasing the baking dish. For the pasta sauce, I prefer Basilco to maintain the flavour of the basil. For a more tomato flavour, use Napolitana sauce.
Ingredients
- 2 large eggplants cut into thick rounds
- bottle of pasta sauce
- 2-3 fresh tomatoes
- arge handful of torn basil leaves
- 1/3 cup (25g) grated parmesan or (more to your choice
- 3/4 cup (35g) grated low-fat mozzarella
- 2 large handfuls of roughly chopped flat-leaf parsley
Instructions
What you do
1. Preheat oven. Put the eggplant rounds on paper towels, sprinkle with salt and stand for 5 minutes. Rinse and pat dry with paper towel.
2. In a non-stick frying pan, cook eggplant in batches over medium-high heat for 2 minutes on each side.
3. Spread pasta sauce over a large baking dish. Lay eggplant over sauce. Top each round of eggplant with a couple of slices of tomato and some torn basil. Sprinkle with combined cheeses.
4. Bake for 20 minutes or until cheese is golden and eggplant is soft.
Sprinkle with parsley, serve with a bowl of grated parmesan and crusty bread.
Fancy some Sicilian eggplant?
Five Best Toasted Cheese Sandwiches
Put some life into the toasted cheese sandwich!
- Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwiches with Olive Pate
Use a a young semi-soft cheese to get that golden melted effect, but it's the Olive Pate that adds the zing to this classic toasted cheese sanger. Use just a small smear spread over one slice of the bread before you add the cheese. - Grilled Cheese Sandwiches with Apple and Membrillo
Throwing together a grilled cheese sandwich is easy enough but, when you add apple and that delicious quince, you have a cordon bleu dish fit for a Queen. Here's how to make membrillo Put some thin slices of green apple over the cheese and grill the sandwiches, then spread a layer of membrillo paste over the top piece of bread before serving. - Grilled Three-Cheese Sandwiches
For the three cheeses, use some nutty-sweet gouda, then some asiago or emmental (commonly called mountain cheeses) and cover those cheese slices with some very tasty, finely grated, tart peccorino or a sharp vintage cheddar. - Grilled Cheddar, Bacon, and Avocado Sandwiches
First cook your bacon slices to crispy, and leave to dry on a paper towel. Arrange the sliced cheddar and some very fine strips of avocado on the bread, top with the bacon. Yum! - Grilled Cheese with Zucchini and Carrot
Fool the kids into eating finely grated zucchini and carrot which you have put between 2 slices of sharp aged cheese such as romano or a a bitey cheddar. When the cheese melts, the vegetable slices can't be seen and the carrot taste blends so well. Serve with a spicy tomato dipping sauce.
Fancy some Grilled Cheese?
Grilled Cheese Please!: 50 Scrumptiously Cheesy Recipes
Amazon Price: $4.21 (as of 02/13/2012)
Scrumptious variations on grilled cheese sandwiches and how to make yours the very best
Come on over to my kitchen
What's your take on Cheese?
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Say Cheese!
You can be creamy, mild or sharp ... even vintage
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scss
Jan 26, 2012 @ 8:51 pm | delete
- found some new ideas again here - coming back for more later again!
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mobilebillingandpayments
Jan 24, 2012 @ 11:58 pm | delete
- The biggest fan of cheese right here!!!
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Helene-Malmsio
Jan 7, 2012 @ 8:55 am | delete
- cheese, cheese and more cheese... and I'm in paradise.
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