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Jarlsberg
Description:
Jarlsberg is a traditional, creamery, hard, Norwegian cheese. The world's most famous "Baby Swiss", Jarlsberg has the consistency texture and hole formation of Swiss Emmental but its flavor is more nut-like and sweeter. A full wheel of Jarlsberg weighs about 20 lbs., one tenth the weight of a wheel of Emmental. Jarlsberg can be used as a table cheese, dessert cheese or sandwich cheese. Serve it with wine, beer or aquavit.
Price: $8.99 per lb.
Gruyere
Description:
A Swiss household favorite, Gruyere is named after the village Gruyere in French-speaking Switzerland. The natural, rusty brown rind is hard, dry and often pitted with tiny holes. Slightly grainy, the cheese has a wonderful complexity of flavors - at first fruity, later becomes more earthy and nutty. At Cheese Traders, we receive Gruyere in 200 lbs wheels which are displayed in front of our cheese case.
Price: $15.99 per lb.
Comte
Description:
Comté is a traditional, hard cheese with similar characteristics to Switzerland's Gruyère. Produced from the milk of cows that have been fed from the rich pastures of the Jura mountains, no additives are mixed with the milk. Comté is very creamy and has a piquant, yet sweet flavor. The quality can be judged by the size and shape and condition of holes ('eyes'). Comté requires a long maturing period. During this period of affinage its rind becomes a golden yellow to brown and hardens.
Price: $17.49 per lb.
Appenzeller
Description:
Appenzeller cheese is a hard cow's-milk cheese produced in the Appenzell region of northeast Switzerland. A herbal brine, sometimes incorporating wine or cider, is applied to the wheels of cheese while they cure, which flavors and preserves the cheese while promoting the formation of a rind. The cheese is straw-colored and has a strong smell and a nutty or fruity flavor, which can range from mild to tangy, depending on how long it is aged.
Price: $19.49 per lb.
