Gouda with Truffles Cheese

Description

Gouda with Truffles Cheese

About Gouda with Truffles

There are some cheeses that smell impressive before you’ve even taken a bite, and Gouda with Truffles is definitely one of them.

Take a creamy, buttery Dutch Gouda and add pieces of aromatic truffle and you get something rich, earthy and decidedly luxurious. The truffle runs right through the cheese, so every slice has those distinctive little dark flecks and that unmistakable aroma.

This isn’t an everyday sort of Gouda. It’s the cheese you bring out when you fancy something a little bit special.

And having stood in the dairy where ours is made with the smell of truffles filling the air, I can confirm that they certainly don’t hold back!

A Dutch Classic Gets a Luxurious Twist

Gouda takes its name from the Dutch city where cheeses from the surrounding farms were traditionally brought to market and traded. It’s one of the great Dutch cheese styles, known for its smooth texture and buttery, slightly sweet flavour.

Truffle Gouda is a much more modern creation, but the combination makes perfect sense. The gentle sweetness and creaminess of the cheese provide the perfect background for the earthy, mushroomy intensity of the truffle.

Pieces of truffle are mixed through the cheese during the make, meaning the flavour isn’t simply sitting on the outside — it’s right there throughout the paste.

And you really can smell this cheese before you taste it.

Gouda with Truffles – Jen’s Tasting Notes

How to Serve and Pair Gouda with Truffles

• Make sure you take it out of the fridge a good hour before you want to eat it so it can come up to room temperature.
• Classic pairings: I’d choose a lightly oaked Chardonnay. The buttery character of the wine works beautifully with the Gouda while still giving the truffle plenty of room to shine.
• Something a little different: Bubbles! Champagne or a good dry sparkling wine cuts through all that richness and makes the whole thing feel even more decadent.
• On the plate: Keep it simple. This is definitely not a cheese that needs six chutneys fighting for attention. A few plain crackers and perhaps some fresh pear are quite enough.
• In the kitchen: This makes an outrageously good addition to fondue. Warmth really releases that truffle aroma, so you don’t need very much to completely transform the dish. It’s also rather fabulous melted into scrambled eggs.

Jen’s note: We visited the dairy in Woerden where our Goudas are made and watched the whole process from start to finish. I absolutely loved it, but one thing I’ll never forget is the smell when we reached the truffle cheese. It filled the dairy. You could practically taste the truffles before you’d even found the cheese!

Buying Gouda with Truffles

• Brand or Producer: Treur Kaas
• Product name: Villa Truffo
• Milk: Cow
• Country: The Netherlands
• Region: Woerden
• Strength: Medium
• Vegetarian: No
• Suitable for pregnancy: Yes
• Allergens: MILK

Sizes and Prices

• 100g wedge, £4.75
• 500g wedge, £23.75
• Large size pieces or a whole wheel available to pre-order

Storage Advice

• Keep refrigerated
• Wrap in waxed paper or cling film
• Remove from the fridge before serving
• Consume within 10 to 14 days of opening

Delivery and Collection

• UK wide courier delivery
• Click and collect from our Pangbourne shop
• Free local delivery available for selected postcodes

Ingredients (Allergens are listed in capitals)

MILK, salt, starter cultures, rennet, Italian black truffle (1.6%)