Cheese Tools Flashcards
The tools of the trade.
A Girolle is used for what? How does it work?
One can place an entire wheel of cheese on a girolle and a vertical blade attached to a handle with a crank. One can create thin shavins of cheese for service with this technique.
What is an offset cheese knife used for?
Cutting soft cheese like brie.
What is a raclette machine and how is it used?
A machine or other device, electrical or coal for heat source, that provides an even source of low heat to melt raclette for scraping and serving.
What is a cheese trier or cheese iron?
It is a device that is plunged into a wheel of cheese to extract a sample plug of the interior, in order to evaluate its readiness for market. The person grading the cheese would examine aroma, texture and appearance.
Can you name a few of the specific tools to break a wheel of Parmigiana Reggiano?
Scoring knife, stiletto, wedge…
What are the two types of wires used commercially?
Hand wire, platform wire.
What kind of knife might one use to cut a large semi-firm or hard cheese that has been tempered at room temp for a short time?
A double-handled knife, of course!
What kind of cut would you make on a Taleggio block of cheese?
Tile, to maintain proper rind to paste ratio!
Manchego, Iberico or Zamorano would be cut in what manner?
This would be the tomme cut method, sort of like you would approach a round birthday cake.
The millstone technique of cutting a large-format wheel is used for cheeses like…?
Comté or Gruyère
Truckle cutting is done on what kind of cheese or cheese shap?
Large (tall) drums of cheddar!
If you wanted to offer a customer a sample of a semi-firm cheese, you could use a knife or a BLANK, if you wanted a really thin slice!
A planer. The same device that makes shaved cheese for the top of salads, etc.
