Got a Red Dragon Cheddar with whole grain mustard along with a Mayan cocoa and coffee fontal cheese.
The cheddar is super good! It’s pretty soft almost to the point of falling apart and has a nice subtle tang from the mustard that builds up the more you eat. If anyone has pairing recommendations for this, I’m open to try! Had it with a ritz cracker, but I imagine some sort of nut would go well with it too! I might try making some of this into a grilled cheese as well, it feels like it’ll melt well for it and add an extra depth to an otherwise simple food.
The fontal cheese surprised me, I was kind of iffy on it when buying it. The cheese itself is nice, buttery and super soft, almost like a room temp string cheese. The rind has the cocoa, espresso, and spices rubbed in. Eating a slice all at once you don’t notice much, but when I ate just the rind the spice definitely kicked in! Call me crazy if you like, but I’ve heard of people eating espresso rubbed cheeses with chocolate before. Now I don’t have any chocolate but I wanted to have some fun with it, and I love coffee/chocolate with biscoff cookies, which I do have. So I decided to give that a try and honestly, it was super good! The buttery cheese didn’t fight with the strong flavor of the cookie itself, and the rind just added a little extra oomph to it.
Overall, I’d recommend these cheeses, and the cheddar is something I definitely see myself getting on the regular!
by Tilda9754