France’s Brie cheese. Normandy’s Camembert. Italy’s traditional mozzarella. Let’s see. What other cheese legends? Oh yes, Australia’s blue-veined cheese, of course.
For more than 70 years, Australian cheese makers have been producing this blue veined cheese that comes in over 22 styles.
Though part of the same family, and thus essentially the same, Australian blue cheese are quite unique one intense characteristic to another. If to pick two words that best describe all these blue varieties, those would be “sharp,” as in sharp flavor and “strong,” as in strong aroma. Many people just call them stinky, and they’re not far from the truth. Australian veined cheese come carrying an array of odors and smelly features. All deliciously tasting, nevertheless, that is if you’re into stinky cheese. [Read more…]