Apr 2020 Featured Cheeses | Cheese of the Month Club

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Gorgonzola Piccante

Fromage d'Affinois

Beemster Classic

Plymouth Red, White & Blue

Sweet Grass Thomasville Tomme

Tulip Tree Nettle

Featured Cheeses	Original Gourmet Cheese Club
	3 cheeses per month	3 cheeses per month
Gorgonzola Piccante
Fromage d'Affinois
Beemster Classic
Plymouth Red, White & Blue
Sweet Grass Thomasville Tomme
Tulip Tree Nettle

Gorgonzola Piccante

Country: Italy
Cheese Texture/Type: Semi-soft; Blue
Cheese Milk Type: Cow
Cheese Age: 80 days

A traditional creamery cheese, Gorgonzola imparts a sharp, spicy flavor, the blue-green ripples providing an excellent contrast to the rich, creamy cheese. The taste ranges from mild to sharp, depending on age.

Fromage d'Affinois

Country: France
Cheese Texture/Type: Soft; Bloomy Rind
Cheese Milk Type: Cow
Cheese Age: 30 days

A bloomy rind cheese with lots of flavor, Fromage d’Affinois is mild and buttery. Often confused with brie, its texture is similar to a creamy cheesecake. It is made using a process known as ultra filtration. This imparts a taste like a triple-crème, although the fat content is closer to a double-crème. Enjoy it with grapes, pears, strawberries or crusty French bread. Accompany it with a tasty zinfandel, a sauvignon blanc or a viognier.

Beemster Classic

Country: Netherlands
Cheese Texture/Type: Firm
Cheese Milk Type: Cow
Cheese Age: 18 months

Aged 18 months, this cheese looks and feels similar to parmesan but it is more closely related to gouda in taste and feel, offering a smooth, creamy texture followed by a sharp, salty flavor due to its extensive aging.

Plymouth Red, White & Blue

Country: United States
Cheese Texture/Type: Semi-soft; Blue
Cheese Milk Type: Cow
Cheese Age: 3-4 months

Red, White & Blue is a semi-soft blue cheese made from raw cow’s milk and aged three to four months prior to release. Blue cheese styles include dolce (sweet) or piquant, and this blue falls into the latter camp, a refreshing surprise and deliciously spicy delight. It is both luxuriously creamy and clean on the palate. As soon as the paste touches one’s tongue, it almost seems to evaporate, yet the layers of flavor linger longingly after.

Sweet Grass Thomasville Tomme

Country: United States
Cheese Texture/Type: Semi-soft
Cheese Milk Type: Cow
Cheese Age: 2-3 months

Sweet Grass Dairy produces six core cheeses and we are fortunate to offer the Thomasville Tomme as one of this month’s selections. Their version of a French Pyrenées Mountains farmhouse Tomme is a semi-soft, grass-based, raw cows’ milk cheese that is aged for 60 to 90 days. Reflective of its southern Georgia terroir, this cheese shows subtle earthy and grassy notes, as well as a creamy texture on the palate.

Tulip Tree Nettle

Country: United States
Cheese Texture/Type: Semi-soft; Fresh
Cheese Milk Type: Cow
Cheese Age: 2 weeks

Tulip Tree’s Nettle, a 2016 American Cheese Society Winner, is a delicate, crumbly, and bovre-style fresh cheese similar in style to a chèvre but made with pasteurized cows’ milk using microbial rennet that is vegetarian-friendly. The cheese is covered in fresh mint, sage, and nettle leaves, which makes for a savory, yet clean, bright, and lactic flavor profile. It is an ideal cheese to bring along on a picnic because it is so versatile.

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Featured Cheese - April 2020