Cheeses - different kinds
INGREDIENTS
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What Are Hard Cheeses?
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Soft Cheeses
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Brie is a style of soft ripened cheese with a pungent flavor.
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Soft cheeses fall into two categories: fresh cheeses and ripened cheeses. Fresh cheeses include ricotta, feta, cream cheese and mozzarella. Fresh cheese is not supposed to age and curds are barely pressed. Fresh cheeses have a high moisture content -
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Semi-soft
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Gouda, a semi-soft cheese, is aged dipped in wax, which keeps the moisture inside before it is cut.
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Semi-soft cheeses, such as Havarti, Gouda, Fontina and Monterey Jack, are defined by a high moisture content, between 54 to 63 percent. This gives them a very low melting temperature, around 55 degrees. They are often dipped in wax before aging, whic
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Semi-Hard Cheeses
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Cheddar cheese has the pleasent flavor and firm texture typical of a semi-hard cheese.
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Semi-hard, or semi-firm, cheeses, such as cheddar, Gruyere and Jarlsberg, are the most popular style of table cheese because of their easy-to-slice texture and generally mild flavor and odor. They are pressed into molds before aging to compact the ch
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Hard Cheeses
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Parmesean Reggiano is often used as a grated cheese, but can also be served in wedges or shavings.
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Hard cheeses include Parmesan, Pecorino, aged Gouda and aged asiago. They are brined in salt baths for up to 20 days and then pressed in large molds and aged for several months up to seven years. This gives hard cheeses a very strong, compacted, salt
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