blog – Incredibrie Cheesy

Galet D’Albatre – Goats Cheese

October 17, 2016April 12, 2020 Izzy Watson

Origin: Normandy, France Price: £4.65 per pebble What is it? A goats cheese that is mild and extremely fluffy with a sour edge What is in a name? The cheesemonger that furnished us with this beautiful, delicious cheese gave it a half-translated name of ‘le pebble normande’. ‘Albatre’ does exist in English (a pale, soft stone), presumably alluding to the surprisingly light and fluffy centre of this cheese. Guess he thinks the English aren’t as cultured as the French…so we’re going to call it Goaty McGoatface. cheese review The Cheese’s…

Baked Camembert (Redcurrants, Rosemary & Garlic) with Focaccia

April 12, 2016April 12, 2020 Izzy Watson

SERVES 4 people COOKING TIME 35mins/1h40 mins DIFFICULTY easy/medium ‘This is so gooey and delicious, I cam-em-bear it!’ –cheese fanatic, Elle Spittlehouse, 2016. If you give this recipe a go be sure to tweet us a photo to @incredibrie using the hashtag #brielliantrecipes

Baked Camembert (Chilli Apple & Prosciutto)

April 2, 2016April 12, 2020 Ellen Moyse

SERVES 4 people COOKING TIME 40 mins DIFFICULTY easy If you give this recipe a go, tweet a photo to @incredibrie using the hashtag #brielliantrecipes

Baked Camembert (Fig, Walnut & Honey)

March 23, 2016April 12, 2020 Ellen Moyse

SERVES 1 cheese lover (or 4 normal people) COOKING TIME 40 mins DIFFICULTY easy recipe If you give this recipe a go, tweet a photo to @incredibrie using the hashtag #brielliantrecipes

Wensleydale

February 12, 2016April 12, 2020 Ellen Moyse

We’ve gathered our favourite Wensleydales from the factory. They all come from North Yorkshire! Hawes to be precise, down some rainy country lanes, which is the only place allowed to call their cheese Wensleydale. Special Reserve Yorkshire Wensleydale We paid: £1.14 per 100g Brief description: A mature Wensleydale Smell: ‘It smells like a milky baby’ – Isobel Watson, 2016. I don’t know what babies she’s been smelling, but it doesn’t smell very mature (it’s been ageing for just over a month – Elle suggested ‘month-old milk’ for the brief description…). It’s not…

Munster

December 31, 2015April 12, 2020 Ellen Moyse

Origin: Munster We Paid: £1.50 per 100g. 2.04€ per 100g Quick Description: Christmas time, mistletoe and wein! During this fabulously festive period we present you with a (faguely) festive fromage – Munster, a gooey Alsatian cheese that stinks to high heavens. (If you’ll never get to heaven in a baked bean tin then you certainly won’t make it on this cheese because the smell would knock you out before you got there). Smell: It smells of feta when it’s gone off, wet socks and mouldy carpets. This ‘smell’ category has to come…

Dutch Farmhouse Cheese

December 11, 2015April 12, 2020 Ellen Moyse

Origin: Nederland We paid: Nothing, it was a birthday present. Someone else paid €2.20 per 100g – only around £1.58 with the excellent (as long as you’re British) exchange rate at the moment. Brief description: A medium-hard cheese with an oily rind, both creamy and grainy texture and a strong classic flavour. WHAT THE DEVIL IS IT?: NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW. It’s an oily cheese, claiming to be ‘FARMHOUSE MULDER PIQUANT’. After a few rounds of ‘This isn’t spicy though’, ‘why does it say piquant if there’s no chilli?’ we…

Black Cheddar

November 3, 2015April 12, 2020 Ellen Moyse

The night, dark corners, Izzy’s soul and… charcoal cheddar? Origin: Good ole motherland We paid: £2.12 per 100g The spookiest holiday of them all is upon us…Christmas!!! (Joking). In celebration, we made like Meg & Mog and flew our broomsticks to Chapel Allerton near Leeds to find some weird cheese. Please welcome to the stage English Cheddar mixed with charcoal (yes, actual charcoal). ‘Why?’ we hear you cry! Sorry fans, we have no idea. Freaky flavour: If Izzy was the North, and Ellen was the South Pacific then like Moses this…

Gruyère

September 29, 2015April 12, 2020 Ellen Moyse

Origin: Switzerland We paid: 2.43e per 100g Quick Description: A rubbery cheese often served melted. First sniff: This one only smells a little bit like old fridge which, compared to some stinky blues, is quite an achievement! Izzy even declared the smell as ‘appetising’, so it’s off to a good start as it certainly smells like something we want to eat. Strength: On a scale of one to the strength of the Incredible Hulk, we are putting this cheese on par with Neville Longbottom – although mild, it’s surprisingly powerful…

Burrata

August 11, 2015April 12, 2020 Ellen Moyse

Origin: Southern Italy We paid: 1.96e per 100g (Disclaimer: It turns out Burrata goes off really REALLY quickly. If you include all the times you buy the cheese and let it go off before getting round to tasting it, then the price can rocket!) Texture: Although we expected a creamy cheese, the first thing that hit us both was the intense clotted cream-like texture. So much so, that an excerpt from Ellen’s notes reads ‘it’s almost like eating cream’ whilst Izzy wrote ‘liquidy, oozy and creamy’. After much meticulous research, it…