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Saturday 30 May 2009

Why Are They So Mean To Me?


Goats get a bad wrap in my opinion. When you care for goats correctly, they are social and loyal and produce sweet, creamy milk with no gamey taints and this sets the platform for great cheese. Sèvre & Belle from the French Atlantic coast love their goats and are rewarded with 'Le Chevrot' being a marvellously yeasty soft goats style. The cheese has that distinct 'brainy' creamy yellow rind that is typical of geotricum moulds, which slowly softens the rind without making it go runny. Perfect dessert or aperitif.



Available from Simon Johnson stores in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth
http://www.simonjohnson.com/store/stores.aspx

Wednesday 20 May 2009

Cheesemaking Demonstration (Part 2)

I had the pleasure of doing a cheesemaking demonstration on national TV at the beginning of the week on Channel 9's 'Mornings With Kerri-Anne'.

This post hasn't received copyright approval so I will leave it up as long as I am permitted

Cheesemaking Demonstration of TV (Part 1)

I had the pleasure of doing a cheesemaking demonstration on national TV at the beginning of the week on Channel 9's 'Mornings With Kerri-Anne'.

This post hasn't received copyright approval so I will leave it up as long as I am permitted by Channel 9.

Saturday 9 May 2009

Stracchino like Mama made

This soft cooking cheese is actually the base curd for Talleggio and Gorgonzolla, so if you buy the same brand of all three Italian styles of cheese, they should fundamentally taste the same. While not a common cheese in Australia Stracchino when melted will make any pasta rich and creamy. Binnorie Dairy in the Hunter Valley has recently introduced Stracchino to its mix of cheeses.





Available at Everleigh Markets, Sydney and Newcastle Farmers Markets

Recipe suggestions can be found at http://www.australianregionalfoodguide.com.au/index.html


NOTE: The author is the maker of this cheese.