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So Many Cheeses, So Little Time!

Nerina de Villiers

Nov 8, 2019
4 min

So Many Cheeses, So Little Time!

Biting into a delicious, tasty, rich piece of cheese or throwing your favorite grated cheese onto a succulent pizza; or crumbling feta into the most beautiful salad that you have ever seen. Cheeses come in many different shapes and sizes tastes and textures; and, let's be honest, it feels like there is just not enough time to taste all of them, even though we really, really want to, because cheese is life! There are thousands of varieties of cheese, ranging from mild to matur

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Cheese and Fruit and what works where?

Nerina de Villiers

Oct 12, 2019
2 min

Cheese and Fruit and what works where?

We all know that monkey puzzles were the easiest type of tests in school, but now you are adulting and pairing cheese with fruit is not the easiest monkey puzzle to fill in! No worries, we have you covered! Pairing fruit with cheese can be quite difficult as not all cheeses goes well with all fruits, there is a blend of tastes that goes well together and then there are those pairings that tastes terrible! But it can also turn out to be the most delicious snack you’ve ever tas

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Waxing Perfection

Nerina de Villiers

May 14, 2019
2 min

Waxing Perfection

Have you ever looked at your Gourmet Greek Cheese and wondered, how on earth did they wax this round of cheese? Well, wonder no more because we have all the answers you need regarding our waxed cheese friend. We spent some time in our Cheesery, carefully watching one of our cheese makers, Bonga, waxing the cheese. It might seem like a simple and easy job, but in reality, it is an art form and apparently a bit of a workout according to our head cheese-maker, Filia! The smaller

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Chef's 5 Steps to Perfectly Grilled Halloumi.

WHAT IS GOURMET GREEK YOGHURT?

Dec 21, 2018
1 min

WHAT IS GOURMET GREEK YOGHURT?

Strain, Strain and Strain some more. The options in the yoghurt aisle are increasing every month – fat free, low fat, full cream, soya, Greek… what does it all mean? What is the difference between Greek yoghurt and the other varieties? Greek yoghurt is concentrated yoghurt that has had the whey strained out. It means we use 2lt -3lt of milk to get 1lt of Gourmet Greek Yoghurt. How is Gourmet Greek yoghurt made? The process for making regular and Greek yogurt starts off the sa

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What makes milk GREAT milk?

Nov 19, 2018
2 min

What makes milk GREAT milk?

Following on from part 1 of our blog about our beloved jersey cows and our neighbours that farm them, we would like to explore what really makes milk GREAT milk… There is increased awareness around the environment and the lifestyle that animals are exposed to. Most of us would agree that these environmental health and longevity hazards are not limited to physical, chemical or biological factors but also includes emotional stress. We are pleased to say that our cows live a ver

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