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Cheese Profiles

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Soft blue Beauvale-style cheese with pear walnuts and crackers - Beauvale | KnowTheCheese

What Is Beauvale Cheese? Is It a Softer Stilton, or a Different Blue?

Beauvale is Cropwell Bishop's soft blue, made with pasteurised cow's milk and matured seven…

Illustration of a cut wedge of blue-veined cheese with foil along one edge - Beenleigh Blue | KnowTheCheese

What Is Beenleigh Blue Cheese? Taste, Season, and How to Serve It

Beenleigh Blue is a pasteurized sheep's-milk blue from Totnes, Devon. See how season, age,…

Rindless white block of cheese with cut cubes and black olives on a white plate - Beyaz Peynir | KnowTheCheese

What Is Beyaz Peynir? The Turkish White Cheese That Is Really a Whole Range

Beyaz peynir is Turkish for white cheese, from fresh curd to the Ezine PDO…

Loaf-shaped block of pale yellow semi-hard cheese with two slices - Bergader Bianco | KnowTheCheese

What Is Bianco Cheese? How Bergader's Bavarian Deli Block Melts

Bergader Bianco is a mild Bavarian cow's milk cheese sold at the deli counter.…

Black-waxed Cheddar truckle with a wedge cut away, an apple and a dark drink behind - Black Bomber Cheddar | KnowTheCheese

What Is Black Bomber Cheddar? Snowdonia's Creamy Extra Mature in Black Wax

Black Bomber is Snowdonia's extra mature Cheddar in black wax. See how sellers describe…

Round orange blue cheese with one wedge cut away showing fine blue-gray veins - Blacksticks Blue | KnowTheCheese

What Is Blacksticks Blue? A Mild Orange Blue Made in Lancashire

Blacksticks Blue is a mild, creamy Lancashire blue with an orange annatto-colored paste: how…

Bleu d'Auvergne-style blue cheese wedge with pear and walnuts - Bleu d'Auvergne cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Bleu d'Auvergne? How Is the Auvergne Blue Made and Served?

Bleu d'Auvergne is a soft AOP blue made from cow's milk in Auvergne. See…

Soft ivory blue-veined cheese with a cut slice beside it - Blue Castello | KnowTheCheese

What Is Blue Castello? Its Names, Taste, Storage, and Pregnancy Scope

Blue Castello is Castello's soft Danish blue, sold as Creamy Blue or Double Crème…

Blue cheese wedge with blue-green veining, pear, walnuts, honey, and dark bread - Blue cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Blue Cheese? Choosing a Style, Cooking and Safe Storage

Choose blue cheese by texture and flavour, compare nutrition on a clear serving basis,…

Flat cylindrical cheese wheel with a wedge cut away showing a paste with small round holes - Boerenkaas | KnowTheCheese

What Is Boerenkaas? Dutch Raw-Milk Farm Cheese Explained

Boerenkaas is a protected Dutch farm cheese made from raw milk, at least half…

Boursin-style garlic-herb cheese with crackers, cucumber, radish, and a spread knife - Boursin cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Boursin Cheese? How to Use It Cold as Spread or Warm as Sauce

Boursin is a garlic-and-herb fresh cheese from Normandy. Learn how it tastes, spreads, cooks,…

Pale ivory and darker ochre cheese wedges with bread and hazelnuts - Bra cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Bra Cheese? Should You Buy Tenero or Duro?

Bra is an Italian PDO cheese sold as Tenero (45 days minimum) or Duro…

Rindless ivory Breakfast Cheese wheel with a wedge removed beside seeded toast, blackberry jam, and olives - Breakfast Cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Breakfast Cheese? Why This Fresh Brie Has No Bloomy Rind

Breakfast Cheese is Marin French's fresh brie, sold as Petite Breakfast: why it has…

Pale block of Brick cheese with slices and pickles - Brick Cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Brick Cheese? Should You Buy It Young or Aged?

Brick is a Wisconsin cow's milk cheese first made in 1877. Young Brick is…

Brie wheel with creamy wedge, baguette, apple, and almonds - Brie cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Brie Cheese? Rinds, Baking, and Camembert Differences

Learn how Brie tastes, whether to eat the rind, how to serve and store…

Brillat-Savarin-style triple-cream cheese with bloomy rind, figs, berries, honey, and brioche - Brillat-Savarin cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Brillat-Savarin Cheese? IGP, Ripeness, and Storage

Brillat-Savarin is a French PGI soft cheese enriched with cream. Learn the current specification,…

Brown Brunost block with thin curled slices and a cheese slicer - Brunost | KnowTheCheese

What Is Brunost Cheese? Why Whey Gives It a Caramel Flavor

Brunost is Norway's brown whey cheese. See how whey turns brown, how Gjetost differs,…

Bucheron-style goat cheese log and slices with bloomy rind, figs, walnuts, and honey - Bucheron cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Bucheron Cheese? Why the Label Changes the Answer

Bucheron labels can describe different soft-ripened logs. Compare current milk, origin, ripeness, storage, serving,…

White goat cheese log on a small wooden plate with herb sprigs and pepper - Bûchette à la Sarriette | KnowTheCheese

What Is Bûchette à la Sarriette? What Savory and Thermized Milk Add

Bûchette à la Sarriette is a small Provençal goat cheese topped with savory and…

Buffalo mozzarella balls in whey with basil, tomato, and olive oil - Buffalo mozzarella cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Buffalo Mozzarella? DOP Labels, Pizza, and Storage

Learn what buffalo mozzarella is, what the Mozzarella di Bufala Campana DOP label guarantees,…

Fresh white cylindrical cheese with a wedge cut away on a stone counter - Burgos Cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Burgos Cheese? Which Sheep-Milk PGI Tier Should You Buy?

Burgos cheese is a Spanish fresh cheese made from pasteurized cow and sheep milk…

Wedge of Butterkase with folded slices, dark bread and a glass of beer - Butterkase Cheese | KnowTheCheese

What Is Butterkäse, and Why Is It Called Butter Cheese?

Butterkase is a young, mild cow's milk cheese from Germany and Austria, also made…

Wedge of ivory blue-veined cheese with a natural rind on a plain plate - Buttermilk Blue Affinee | KnowTheCheese

What Is Buttermilk Blue Affinée? Is It Worth More Than the Original?

Buttermilk Blue Affinée is Roth's 6+ month Wisconsin blue. See how it differs from…

Wedge of ivory blue cheese with blue-gray pockets - Buttermilk Blue | KnowTheCheese

What Is Buttermilk Blue Cheese? Does It Actually Contain Any Buttermilk?

Buttermilk Blue is Roth's Wisconsin blue cheese, cellar-aged 2+ months. See what the ingredient…