Best cheese for a cheese board
A board needs more than one cheese. Start with a soft bloomy cheese, a pressed cow's-milk cheese, and a blue.
Three roles
Use one soft cheese, one firm pressed cheese, and one strong cheese. Three cheeses with the same texture taste flat together.
Room temperature
These cheeses are for eating as they are. A processed slice is for melting. A grilling cheese is for a hot pan.
The cheeses
- BrieSoft bloomy cow's milk. The soft cheese on the board.
- CheddarHard pressed cow's milk. The firm slice.
- GoudaSemi-hard pressed cow's milk. A milder wedge next to cheddar.
- ManchegoSemi-hard pressed sheep's milk. A firm sheep cheese that is not a blue.
- RoquefortSheep's-milk blue. The strong cheese. Give it its own knife.
- StiltonCow's-milk blue from Britain. It is for a board.
A poor fit
Questions
- What cheeses should go on a cheese board?
- One soft bloomy cheese, one firm pressed cheese, and one blue. Brie, cheddar, and Roquefort or Stilton cover the three roles.
- Can you put American cheese on a board?
- American cheese is a processed melting cheese. Leave it off the board.