How much do you know about cheese?
Let's look at some tips on selecting, storing, serving cheese and learn how we can use it for everyday occasions.
Cheese is most versatile ingredient that adds taste, texture and wonderful culinary memories.
To know more information on how to store cheese and how to serve it, click below:
Tasmanian Heritage offers beautiful soft white cheeses, blue and eye cheeses.
Soft White cheese Soft white cheese varieties are also known as soft ripened cheese or surface ripened cheese. velvety white surface and creamy golden interior. The taste is creamy and smooth, varying from a very buttery to a pronounced mushroomy taste. A fully matured cheese is creamy in texture and develops wonderful flavours. The characteristic white mould on the outside of the cheese is edible and adds to the flavour of the cheese.
Blue cheese Blue cheese, or blue vein cheese, is instantly recognisable due to the marbling of blue mould through the cheese. The cheese can display streaks and pockets of green, grey, black or blue mould. With its distinctive aroma and curious blue-rippled appearance, blue cheese can seem mysterious to those more used to standard cheddar. However the complex tangy tastes of blue cheese find favour with those adventurous enough to investigate!
Eye cheese Also known as pressed cheese or round eye cheese, the eye cheeses are characterised by their holes, or ‘eyes’. The size, shape and amount of eyes throughout the cheese varies depending on the cheesemaking method. Swiss style - Swiss cheese is characterised by the large round eyes dotted throughout the cheese. The eyes should be smooth, round and glossy, and the cheese has a sweet, nutty flavour.
