Sweet,Nutty And Very Holey. (Emmental)

Member Name: belucky88

Product:	Emmental
Date:	14/03/01 (71 review reads)
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Advantages: Lovely sweet,nutty flavour,excellant with Wines and Fruit.

Disadvantages: none

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 healthiest cows to produce a medium sized Emmental weighing approximately 35kgs.


Emmental is produced in copper vats,after it has formed in a cheese mould it is then left in a salt bath for two days.
It then spends six to eight weeks fermenting in a warm cellar and its during this time that the holes are formed.
It stays in the cellar for two months to allow the taste to develop.

An interesting bit of information is that it is actually a live cheese,this means it has live bacteria that continues the ripening process,even when it is packed and placed in the shops Refrigerators.
Dont let that thought put you off though!!

The cheese is made up of 43% moisture,46% fat and 1.5% salt.
Thats quite a high fat content isnt it?

Emmental should be stored in your Fridge,but its best kept at room temperature for 30 minutes before serving to achieve the best Flavour and taste.

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