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Description: Emmental, Emmentaler, Emmenthal, or Emmenthaler is a Swiss cheese. It is sometimes known as Swiss cheese in North America, Australia and New Zealand, although Swiss cheese does not always imply Emmental. The cheese originally comes from the Emme valley in the ... more
Emmental ... canton of Bern. Unlike some other cheese varieties, the denomination "Emmental" was not protected ("Emmentaler Switzerland®" is, though). Hence, Emmental of other origin, especially from France and Bavaria, is widely available. Even Finland is an exporter of Emmental cheese.

Newest Review: ... unpasteurised /raw cow’s milk now mostly it is made with pasteurised milk Emmental is a yellow medium hard cheese that has ... more

 ... holes in it; the holes are made by one of the bacteria used to make this cheese producing carbon dioxide which makes bubbles. The longer the cheese matures the bigger the holes it usually matures over 3 or 4 months in the cheese cellar. I use this cheese when making a pasta dish ,or a gratin dish as the cheese melts easily and bubbles up becoming golden brown on the top of a dish. I have also used this cheese when making a fondue. Emmental is a mild flavoured cheese has a slightly nutty flavour In Tesco England 25...more

barbara107
Premium Review Emmental: Holy Cow! (603 words)
by barbara107 - written on 06/12/01 (Very useful, 165 readings)
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Swiss Emmental is imitated by many cheese producing countries, with varying degrees of success, but as with most things, the original stands head and shoulders above the rest, with its characteristic sweet and nutty flavour and fragrant aroma, obviously the most distinctive aspect being the many holes which are formed during fermentation. Emmental, like all cheese is a living material, even though it doesn’t quack or bark, and should be treated Kindly. Even in very hard cheese, there is some kind of biochemical reaction going on. If it’’s soft cheese, there are millions of microorganisms working away inside! The two main causes of ...

belucky88
Premium Review Sweet,Nutty And Very Holey. (298 words)
by belucky88 - written on 14/03/01 (Very useful, 70 readings)
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Emmental is one of Switzerland's oldest cheeses and one of their most important. It has a very distinctive sweet dry and nutty taste to it, put the combinations together and you get a very mild and mellow flavoured hard cheese. What makes this cheese most reconisable is the holes or the eyes as they are popularly called. They appear in nearly every slice. Emmental is normally covered in a dry hard rind which is golden yellow or Brown in colour,this does need to be removed before eating. This cheese is excellant when served with fruit,wines and cocktails. It takes around a 1000 litres of aromatic milk,from only the ...

Jpdm
Premium Review Emmental: "Hole" cheese (326 words)
by Jpdm - written on 20/03/01 (Very useful, 113 readings)
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I have to say that I didn't give much notice to this cheese, because of the fact that in the back of mind I had an idea that it was only for diets, healthy eating etc. However, since I tasted it and I started buying it in a regular basis, I have to say that it seems much more enjoyable to me in contrast to what may seem to people at first glance... It is a yellow cheese produced in the central cantons of Switzerland. It is a traditional, unpasteurised, hard cheese made from cow's milk. Its hard thin rind is covered by paper with the name of the producer on it. Allegedly, it is considered by a lot of people as an non-interesting ...

 

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