cheese porn

Boss Mouse cheese platter I created for a photo shoot yesterday

lil' tower of cheesa

Montasio stack from the top: Peppercorn, herbs de Provence and Rosemary

Neal's Yard Dairy

One of the best cheese shops in the whole world is Neal's Yard Dairy in Covent Garden, which was literally across the street from our hotel

A display of British cheddar cheese - my most favorite

I loved the embossing on the rind of this wheel

wheel smooching

they totally had the blues

Enormous wheels of cheddar

stacked 5 deep

cheese cave clean out this week

I'm a pepper too

Big & baby wheels of pepper jack, with my home grown pickles peppers

the kettle

My new 1950 stainless steel, 200 gallon cheese kettle. 

herby

Montasio cheese with herbs de Provence

a heap of cheese

Semi-annual cheese cave clean out 

baked ricotta

Ricotta cheese mixed with eggs and spices, baked into a savory pate - delizioso

in the dairy this week

Kalamata olives ready to be chopped and added to the curd

Montasio with Kalamata olives

Mt. Holiday brie with herbs de Provence

mini burrata

A caterer friend of mine asked if I could make some miniature burrata cheese.  Burrata is fresh mozzarella cheese wrapped around a mixture of ricotta and heavy cream.  You usually see it in a larger format, but she was looking for little ones.  They came out really cute, kind of like a won ton or dumpling.

new cheese flavas

To make an herb crusted brie, you have to roll the fresh cheese in herbs before the white mold rind begins to form

I tried it here with a batch of Mt. Holiday

Montasio with Kalamata olives 

two wheelin'

baby got Swiss

Montasio with chive

nothin' says party...

like Boss Mouse Havarti

Boss Parm

shredded gold

delizioso formaggio

12 pound half wheel of Montasio with herbs d'Provence

the choir awaits

cheese waits for no man

Night time, snow bound cheese making.  It never stops.

you know you likada mozz

fresh mozzarella

Cook's House

The cheese board at The Cook's House restaurant.  The first four golden beauties on the left are mine.

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