![]() It’s layer of vegetable ash adds beauty, flavor and texture to an otherwise good chevre and makes this an outstanding cheese to share with family and friends. Featuring a thin line of vegetable ash through its center, this visually striking cheese is just as appealing in flavor as it is to the eyes. Ben said this cheese has, “A great aftertaste.” When Humboldt Fog is tasted with the ash and rind, the cheese has more sweetness and its tanginess is balanced-out. Without the ash layer, the cheese tastes like a good chevre–mildly tangy. The ash layers do, however, affect Humboldt Fog’s taste. The ash on the edge of the cheese is not as smooth as the cheese’s interior, but the ash does not interfere with the cheese’s overall texture. Humboldt Fog has a creamy smooth texture yet it is chalky like a chevre. Both Ben and Jacob said its scent reminded them of aged cow’s milk cheeses, but Humboldt Fog’s scent was comparatively sweeter. This cheese’s scent was hard to pinpoint. A line of dark ash runs through the core of this luscious cheese, representing the morning fog in Humboldt County. There is a thin layer of greyish-blue vegetable ash that runs horizontally through the cheese and another ash layer that separates the cheese from its rind. Its center is parched white and turns slightly darker towards the rind. It is produced by Cypress Grove Chevre in California. Cypress Grove Humboldt Fog 200g 24 00 Ingredients: Pasteurized cultured goat milk, salt, enzymes, vegetable ash. ![]() This is a chevre-style, semi-soft cheese. Humboldt Fog launched in 1992 after the company’s founder Mary Keehn, literally dreamt up a cheese says Cypress Grove’s senior marketing manager Haley Nessler, borrowing from the classic traditions of French cheesemakers while adding a generous amount of American irreverence and ingenuity. This is the unwrapped wheel, and the only visible aspect is the Penicillium candidum coating the outside layer with the vegetable ash peaking through. Cypress Grove Chèvre was one of the pioneers of goat milk cheeses. Tastes good with: Honey, prosciutto, tart apples, marcona almonds.Humboldt Fog is an aged goat cheese from the U.S. Total Items 14 (Older Stats) TOP REGIONS (LAST 30 DAYS) (data not available). Humboldt Fog was the cheese that put Cypress Grove on that map in 1992. ![]() Pairs well with: Sauvignon Blanc, Demi-Sec Sparkling Wine, Pinot Grigio, Vouvray, Rose, Sweet Sherry, Zinfandel, Pinot Noir, Wheat Beer, IPA, Porter, Pale Ale, Stout Look: Bloomy white mold-ripened rind, white paste with thin gray-colored ash layer in center Gold, 2004 London International Cheese Competitionįirst Place, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2015 American Cheese Society Awards Top 100 Designs Worldwide, Metropolitan Home Magazine, 2003īest Cheese & Dairy Product, 2002 IFFCS (New York) Built almost like a layer cake, it’s creamy, cakey, and gooey with a distinct ribbon of edible vegetable ash in the center. ![]() One taste of the subtle tang of goat’s milk combined with the distinctive layer of vegetable ash and you will see why this cheese was the first American cheese exported to France (that is pretty amazing) and why it is still winning awards years after it’s inception. A California original, Cypress Grove Humboldt Fog was one of the first cheeses to popularize goat’s milk among American cheese-eaters. Named for the thick fog that rolls in along the northern California coast and into Humboldt County, California, this was the first cheese Cypress Grove founder Mary Keehn perfected after learning the true art of cheesemaking from the masters in France. Cypress Grove Humboldt Fog is an iconic American cheese. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |