Featured Cheese - October 2019

All of Cooperstown Cheese Company’s cheeses are made from high quality, raw milk. Jersey Girl is a washed curd cheese which makes it stay creamy but also allows for big, yet mellow, flavors. The yellowish color is naturally-occurring as Jersey cow milk is a pale yellow which deepens when the cows are on pasture. The rind is natural and edible, but a bit more chewy than the interior. Bright and earthy, this cheese is wonderful on its own...

Tomme Saint Georges’ paste is moist and creamy. Its flavor profile reminds us of a sauce or bisque made from sweet cream, chives, and leeks. You might pick up on some breadiness. Consider pairing it with bolder wines and beers along with prosciutto, honey or dried fruit.

Pleasant Ridge is made in the style of traditional Alpine mountain cheeses, like Beaufort or Gruyère, but in a much smaller format (approx. 7 pounds). Aged over a year, flavor crystals have developed and add dimension to its creamy texture. The paste is almost amber in color and the flavors are rich and fruity, almost like blackberries. Sweet grass notes integrate beautifully with rich, slightly salty, fruity notes that linger pleasantly.

Considered an alpine raclette style cheese, Reading is a semi-soft washed rind cheese made from raw cow’s milk and aged between 3-5 months. Creamy in texture with a unique nutty and grassy flavor, Reading can stand on its own on any cheese board but really shines when it’s melted. Extremely versatile, try it on burgers, mac and cheese, melted onto crusty French bread...

BiancoSardo’s texture is drier, similar to an aged Parmigiano Reggiano, crumbly with heaps of flavor crystals (tyrosine). It’s considered to be an 'old world' cheese. The flavor is savory and sweet from the sheep's milk, slightly herbal and earthy closer to the rind, and tangy, while offering a balanced amount of salinity. Though sharp and full flavored, BiancoSardo’s flavor profile and surprisingly creamy mouthfeel will please many palates.