Jarlsberg

Have the mice been in my fridge? No they haven?t, but if you take one look at my cheese you would swear that they had taken a nibble here and there. (My mum used to tease my sister and I when we were younger about little mice nibbling the cheese) Joking apart the cheese I am talking about is Jarlsberg cheese. This particular cheese is Norway's major cheese export. The price at the moment in Tesco is £7.49/kg. Most major supermarkets sell it. I have always loved Jarlesberg cheese in fact I like most cheeses except the smelly ones like Danish blue. When I buy it, it comes in a clear cellophane wrapper or sometimes it comes in white ...

Many cheeses come and go from the inside of my fridge, many will make a return visit, others will never darken my doors again. To say that cheddar is a constant would be true, though the make has never been because I just can't find one that tips the balance in it's favour and makes me want to stick with it. Goats cheese, yes good, danish blue or stilton depending on whether I have any port in the house at the time. So many cheeses so little space. Norwegian Jarlsberg, however, is a true friend and constant visitor to Mr Tummy. (I apologise now for that sentence!) Jarlsberg cheese is made from pasteurised cows milk and was first produced in ...

Jarlsberg cheese named after the Norwegian county where it was first made,maybe doesn`t have the popularity of Emmental,but it is a versatile all purpose cows milk cheese. It can be used in cooking,as well as being a welcome addition to any cheeseboard,sandwich or salad. It is very similar in appearance to Emmental,a golden waxy rind,with a nutty,mild ,rich,mellow,slightly sweet and shiny golden interior filled with irregular holes. Jarlsberg was the creation of a Norwegian dairy farmer,Andres Larsen Bakke,way back in the 1850`s,and is now one of Norway's largest exports. It is a very firm favourite of mine,especially for cooking ...