Hook's Gorgonzola

Product Features

A 2nd place winner in the World Cheese Championship 2010.   A stronger, tangy blue veined cheese aged about a year, with an acidic aftertaste. - 1 lb.

• Appearance:Creamy ivory with blue/gray veining
• Texture:Creamy, firm
• Variety:Aged a year
• Milk Type:Cow
• Pair with:Pinot Noir, Merlot, Zinfandel, desert wines such as Port or Late Harvest Riesling
• Serving suggestions:Try tossing Gorgonzola with hot pasta for a quick sauce or add it to risotto or mashed potatoes for a special flavor.

At Hook's Cheese Company, Inc. we age our cheese in curing caves at just the right temperature and humidity for a slow curing process that allows our cheeses to age to perfection. Every few months each batch is taste tested to insure that only the cheeses of the highest quality are saved to age. This is evident in our aged cheddars, such as the Two Year, Three Year, Four Year, Five Year, Six Year, Seven Year, and especially in our highly acclaimed Ten Year Sharp Cheddar, which won an American Cheese Society first place in 2006! The only Ten Year Cheddar to win this award!

In 1997 we also began producing Blue Cheese. The cave to cure the blue is kept at a higher temperature and a very high humidity to allow the blue mold to develop. We invite you to try it and see if you don't agree that this is also a cheese connoisseur's delight! In 2001 we started making Gorgonzola. In 2004 we developed two new blue-veined cheeses. Tilston Point is a drier, washed-rind blue, and Blue Paradise is a double-cream blue. We also made a whole milk cheese called Sweet Constantine based on a Parmesan recipe.

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