CHEESES! Flashcards
Brick
The semisoft ripened variety is made from cow’s milk. It has a mild to moderately sharp flavor after aging 2 to 4 months. The body and texture is semisoft to medium firm, elastic, and has numerous small mechanical openings. Brick cheese is a creamy yellow.
Blue
This blue-vein mold ripened variety is usually made from cow’s milk. It has a tangy peppery flavor after aging 2 to 6 months. The body and texture is semisoft, pasty, and sometimes crumbly. Blue cheese has a white interior and is marbled or streaked with blue veins of mold.
Brie
This soft ripened variety is usually made from cow’s milk. It has mild to pungent flavor after aging 4 to 8 weeks. The body and texture is soft and smooth when ripened. Brie cheese has a creamy yellow interior with an edible thin, brown and white crust.
Cheddar(mild)
This firm ripened variety is made from cow’s milk. It has a mild to slightly developed characteristic nut-like Cheddar flavor after aging usually for 2 to 3 months. The body and texture is firm and smooth with some mechanical openings. Cheddar cheese is white to medium-yellow orange.
Cheddar(sharp)
This firm ripened variety is made from cow’s milk. It has a sharp typically nut-like Cheddar flavor after aging usually 8 to 12 months. The body and texture is smooth and waxy with some mechanical openings. Cheddar cheese is white to medium-yellow orange.
Colby
This firm ripened variety is made from cow’s milk. It has a mild to mellow flavor after aging 1 to 3 months. The body and texture is softer and more open than Cheddar cheese. It is characterized by numerous irregularly shaped openings. Colby cheese is white to medium-yellow orange.
Cream
This soft unripened variety is made from cream from cow’s milk. It has a mild, acid flavor and is not aged. The body and texture is soft and smooth. Cream cheese is white to light cream.
Gouda
This firm ripened variety is made from whole or partly skimmed cow’s milk. It has a mellow, nut-like flavor after aging 2 to 6 months. The body and texture is semisoft to firm, smooth, and has small irregularly shaped or round holes. Gouda has a creamy yellow or medium-yellow orange interior, and may or may not have a red wax coating. It has a cannonball or oval shape.
Monterey(jack)
This firm ripened variety is made from cow’s milk. It has a mild to mellow flavor after aging 1 to 3 months. The body and texture is soft to semisoft and has small openings evenly dispersed throughout the cheese. Monterey is white to light cream.
Mozzarella
This firm, unripened variety is made from whole or partly skimmed cow’s milk. It has a mild delicate flavor and is not aged. The body and texture is slightly firm and is plastic. Mozzarella is creamy white.
Munster
This semisoft, ripened variety is made from cow’s milk. It has a mild to mellow flavor after aging 1 to 8 weeks. The body and texture is semisoft and has small openings throughout the cheese. Munster has a creamy white interior with a yellow tan surface.
Provolone
This firm ripened variety is made from cow’s milk. It has a mellow to sharp flavor with smoky and salty overtones after aging 2 to 12 months or longer. The body and texture is firm and smooth. Provolone has a light creamy interior with a light brown or golden yellow surface.
Ricotta
This soft,unripened variety is made from whole or partly skimmed cow’s milk,or whey from cow’s milk with whole or skim milk added. It has a sweet, nut-like flavor is not aged. The body and texture is soft and may have a grainy consistency. Ricotta is white.
Swiss
This firm ripened variety is made from cow’s milk. It has a sweet, nut-like flavor after aging 3 to 9 months. The body an texture is firm and smooth with medium to large round eyes distributed throughout the cheese. Swiss is light yellow.
