Swiss Mountain hide

Name: Swiss Mountain hide
SKU: 8135
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From: $18.36

This style is for those who like a distinctive cheese that is both pungent and aromatic. Its striking bouquet is savoury, with suggestions of truffles, porcini mushrooms and toasted almonds.

Raw Swiss Brown Cow’s Milk

Made in Switzerland

Matured 4 months

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Single piece prices

Note: extra cost is added for cutting into portions.
0.2kg – $18.36
0.5kg – $42.36
1kg – $70.60
2kg – $134.14

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A cow’s milk cheese from the mountainous St.Gallen canton in north-eastern Switzerland. To assist with its maturation it is regularly smeared with a brine solution. The rind is an autumnal russet in colour while the body is a delicate buttery gold with occasional small holes.

This style is for those who like a distinctive cheese that is both pungent and aromatic. Its striking bouquet is savoury, with suggestions of truffles, porcini mushrooms and toasted almonds.

Although classed as a semi-hard cheese the texture is creamy and flexible. Despite the rather strong bouquet, the palate is surprisingly restrained. There are flavours of sweet cream, winey spiciness, almonds, and a subtle acidity that leads to a rich, lingering finish.

Serve with an Amontillado sherry, an oaked chardonnay, a McLaren Vale shiraz, or a Coonawarra cabernet sauvignon. It can be enjoyed as a simple snack sliced onto buttered wholemeal bread; as a cheese platter component served with walnuts in shell, crisp apples and dried muscatels, and it is delicious as a late night supper dish, grilled gold and bubbling on toast.

‘Swiss Mountain’ cheese can be enjoyed as a simple snack sliced onto buttered wholemeal bread; as a cheese platter component served with walnuts in shell, crisp apples and dried muscatels, and it is delicious as a late night supper dish, grilled gold and bubbling on toast.