Canned Cheese

Blue cheese, wine, fruit and twinning

Introduction

Wondering how to pair wine and cheese? This article explores blue cheese, and how to create a delicious picnic that will delight your senses!

Fill your picnic basket - Blue Cheese

I just bought a picnic basket and I plan to fill my picnic basket with a few new simple wine, cheese and fruit. But with so many options, what should I choose? Cheddar and Chardonnay? Switzerland and Shiraz? I began a mission to demystify wine and cheese and the first was all that was most readily available in the fridge - blue cheese.

Originally, I bought this crumbly cheese add flavor to a simple salad instant, and now my spirit awakens to the possibilities! A romantic picnic basket filled with picnic goodies - wine, cheese and fruit - perfectly matched to intensify the flavor and enjoyment of the senses!

Fill your picnic basket - What is Blue Cheese?

Blue cheese is a white cheese with blue veins created from Penicillium mold spores. The blue mold gives the cheese pungent, spicy and peppery flavor1. Blue cheese was stored in caves where they have naturally developed mold. Today most blue cheeses are injected with either the mold or the mold is mixed right in with the curds.

Depending on type of milk used (cow, sheep or goat), cheese develops its own flavor profile3. Cheese connoisseurs can describe the differences between these kinds of milk in a variety of ways, but I think it's best to just try it! I propose to fill your picnic basket with the three most popular varieties of blue cheese - Gorgonzola, Roquefort, Stilton and.

Gorgonzola is an Italian cheese made from cow milk4. Gorgonzola Piccante has a little more bite and is creamy yellow, with the mold radiating from the center of the cheese. However, Gorgonzola Dolce is a more pale and white is creamy and not as under blue veins. The two versions are delicious, to choose the flavor you want to fill your picnic basket by the depth of color.

Roquefort in southern France and comes from sheep's milk. Soft but crumbly and moist with an intense flavor complex, the cheese should be firm and moist, but not sweating. It has no crust; outside is edible and slightly salty. It is worthwhile to fill your picnic basket with this cheese, although it tends to be more expensive.

Stilton - Stilton is the King of English cheeses. Velvety, with a pale ivory color and marbled with blue-green veins, there is no error, its rich aroma. Make sure the cheese does not dry or cracked before placing it in your picnic basket.

You fill Picnic Basket - wine and fruit pairings with blue cheese:

When I started this journey, I filled my picnic basket with crumbled blue cheese with Shiraz, and I immediately noticed the taste of wine is dominated by the cheese. It was like my tongue was coated with the boldness of the cheese and wine passed over without entering my taste buds. Apparently there is something to this wine and cheese pairing stuff ...

Since blue cheese has such a strong flavor, you need a wine in your picnic basket that can compete. In general, a strong sweet wine such as Port, can perfectly combine with blue cheese. From Port is a dessert wine, blue cheese of the family can be served as dessert with unique fruit and nuts.

Figure 1

Gorgonzola - Italy, cow's milk, the texture soft and crumbly, wine - Marsala, fruit - dates,

Roquefort - France, sheep milk, the texture semi-hard wine - Sauternes, fruit - figs

Stilton - England, milk cow, semi-soft texture, the wine - Port of fruit - pears, honey sprinkled pecans

Prepare and pack my picnic basket:

Armed with my increased knowledge on the blue cheese, I made a picnic basket for a romantic night by fir.