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Description: Västerbotten cheese (Västerbottensost) is a cheese from the Västerbotten region of Sweden. It is a hard cow's milk ... more
Vasterbotten ... cheese with tiny eyes or holes and a firm and granular texture. As in cheddar cheese, the curd is heated, cut, and stirred before the cheese is moulded and aged. Strong in flavour, its taste is described as somewhat like Parmesan cheese, salty, but with more bitter notes. It is light yellow in colour and has a fat content of 31%. Some Swedish people consider it the king of cheese and demand for it has often outstripped the limited supply.

Newest Review: ... and the cheese was altered because of it. And what a delicious mistake it was! Vasterbotten cheese is a cheese from the Vasterbotten region of Sweden. Considered the "celebration" cheese of Sweden, it is a hard cheese, aged for a year or more. It has tiny eyes or holes and a firm and granular texture. As in cheddar cheese, the curd is heated, cut, and stirred before the cheese is ... more

 ... molded and aged. Strong in flavour, its taste is described as somewhat like Parmesan cheese but with more bitter notes. It is a salty, strong tasting cheese, with a slightly granular texture and a vaguely sour taste element. It is light yellow in colou...more

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sweetpea01
Premium Review Vasterbotten: Vaster what?! (548 words)
by - written on 29/07/09 (Very useful, 36 readings)
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Im a huge fan of Sweden and was on Gothenburg back in April this year and the year before I was in Stromstad for a few days and one thing I love to eat is Vasterbotten cheese! A great Swedish cheese which is in limited supply and is hard to get in the UK but if you manage to find it, try it and savour the taste! It's made in a small dairy in Burträsk in northern Sweden, and it's very strictly regulated. It's been made in the same way since 1872, when it's rumored that a dairy maid named Ulrika Eleonora Lindström made a mistake. She was constantly interrupted in her work, and the fancy version states that it was due to a handsome farm boy who came to see her. ...  Read the complete review

 

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