Cheese brings along with it not only just great taste and flavor but also the eternal dilemma of how to eat cheese. While to most of us this may not be a question that needs an answer, the die-hard cheese lovers may really want to know all about it.
How to eat cheese depends on what kind of cheese you are eating. With so many varieties of cheese available and used throughout the world, this becomes an important aspect. Some of the most popular and well known cheese varieties are Brie, Brinza, Camembert, Chaource, Feta, Riccota and so on. Each has its own distinct flavor, its own set of dedicated lovers and its own ways of using it.

Brie – The best way to eat baked cheese:
Brie has a hard outer rind but a soft, semi-molten core. Brie is usually cut into bite-sizes and can be eaten as such. However, baked brie offers a much greater taste and flavor. You can have plain baked brie or go for the more exotic options like baked brie with cranberries or baked brie with roasted garlic. Brie en croute is another great French recipe, where you can enjoy the pleasure of baked brie wrapped in a puff pastry.

Brinza – Use them on pizza or as bread spread:
Brinza is a popular cheese of the Eastern European markets. This sheep milk cheese is slightly salty. While it is spreadable when young, older cheese is crumbly. Hence, eat this cheese at a tender stage to enjoy the best taste. You can use the cheese on bread as bread spread, or use them on pizza. It also tastes great when added to salads.

Camembert – For the lovers of uncooked cheese:
Camembert, made of cow’s milk offers a rich creamy and buttery flavor. The subtle flavor and texture that camembert has does not let it withstand high heat. Therefore, this is the best option of uncooked cheese. Just dice them and enjoy them with bread, wine, meat, in salads or even as toppings on crackers.
Chaource – As starters:
This cheese offers a rich, creamy and fruity flavor and smells somewhat like mushrooms. At each stage of its maturation, it offers a different texture – smooth when young, creamy when slightly matured and nutty and slightly salty when fully matured. However, each texture offers a unique flavor and hence, this cheese is edible at all times. This goes best with champagne and white wine and also is a great appetizer.

Cheese Platter:
If so many different options confuse you, then you always have the option of a cheese platter. Make a platter out of the blue vein cheese, the soft cheese, the hard cheese, the vintage cheese and serve them with grapes, cranberries, crackers and wine. There can be no match to this awesome medley of rich creaminess.

Thus, cheese in its different forms and varieties offer you an extensive range. Perhaps the only two things that are common among all of them are, the way of serving them - cheese, no matter what type it is, should always be served when at room temperature – and the exclusive, exhilarating taste that each type brings in its own way.

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