Mixed Milk Gourmet Cheese

Gjetost is the cheese that is traditional in a Norwegian breakfast and this sweet red-orange gourmet cheese does have a presence. Gjetost is made from the whey, milk and goat's milk that is heated very slowly until the water has evaporated and the milk sugar forms a kind of brown caramelized paste. At this stage milk or cream may be added to change the fat content of the finished product. Produced... read more

Halloumi is the cheese which you will find broiled in a Cypriot, Greek or Middle Eastern mesa. Instead of melting on heating, Halloumi cheese simply hardens. Our Mt Vikos Halloumi is from Pafos on Cyprus and is made from fresh sheep's and goat's milk. The cheese is made in small batches. The curds are hand-filled into individual molds and turned by hand. After an initial cooking, each cheese is ha... read more

Barrel-aged feta is made from fresh milk of free-ranging sheep and goats. This feta cheese is made during months when grasses are green for a sweet flavor in the traditional manner by a small family dairy in central Greece. The Greek feta is molded into large round forms, which is then stacked into 120-pound barrels. The cheese ages in these wooden barrels for 4 months allowing the cheese to becom... read more

La Tur is another lovely creation of mixed milk cheeses of the cheese manufacturer Caseificio dell'Alta Langa from the Piedmont region in Italy. La Tur is a small 8-oz. triple cream cheese that almost looks like a pastry in its own little paper cup. This gourmet cheese is made from a mixture of cow's, goat's and sheep's milk, has a mousse interior and a mushroomy aroma. The cheese has a straw col... read more

Snofrisk is a perfectly white Norwegian spreadable cheese made from 80% goat's milk with 20% cow's milk cream. The flavor of this cheese is fresh, mild and soft with a slight tangy after taste. This lovely cheese spread received a Silver Award in the 2010 World Cheese Awards. It is easy to spread and would do great in a cheese cake and is delicious just on a piece of rustic bread or cracker. We ... read more

Kunik is a unique and voluptuous triple cream cheese only made on a small farm, Nettle Meadow Farm, nestled in the southeast corner of the Adirondacks, in Thurman, New York. It is a small white mold-ripened wheel made from goat's milk and Jersey cow cream. This particular blend makes Kunik very rich, very flavorful. There is very little goat milk flavor and a lot of richness, a wonderful combinati... read more

Valdeon is a cheese with a blue veined paste, made all year round with a mixture of cow's or goat's milk. It has a rough, irregular rind in dark grey shades with little red and bluish marks. The paste has a soft texture and pale yellow color and is full of small cavities where a white and greenish blue mold is concentrated. Its flavor is salty, pronounced, piquant and long lasting. Valdeon is grea... read more

Robiola Bosina is produced according to an old recipe using modern equipment. Bosina is a small town in the center of the Alta Langa, where this cheese of the same name is produced by hand. Robiola Bosina is made with a mixture of cow's and sheep's milk and is a typical Piedmontese cheese with a rich fragrance of the countryside. The flavor is delicate and harmonious which is best experienced when... read more

Cabrales is a Spanish blue gourmet cheese of great character. It is handmade on farms in the Picos de Europa Mountains of Northern Spain and matured in caves which are aired by cold, damp, and salty winds blowing up from the Bay of Biscay. Traditionally this gourmet cheese is made with a mixture of cow, sheep and goat milk; the locals say that cow's milk acidifies the cheese, goat's milk gives it ... read more

Caciotta al Tartufo is a black truffle infused cheese made with pasteurized cow's and sheep milk in the region of Umbria. The small wheels weigh about 1.5-2 pounds. This semi-soft gourmet cheese is aged about one month. The paste is mild and gentle in flavor and texture; an original delicacy that provides an interesting balance between the truffle flavor and the flavor of the cow's/sheep's milk co... read more