Emmental vs Grevé
Emmental
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Switzerland
- Place
- Emmental
- Status
- AOP
Emmental is the Swiss cow's-milk cheese with large holes, from the Emmental valley in the canton of Bern. The holes are eyes, made by gas during aging. The Swiss cheese is protected.
Grevé
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Waxed or sealed
- Country
- Sweden
Grevé is a semi-hard cow's milk cheese from Sweden, made in a style with large round eyes. The paste is pale yellow, smooth, and flexible, and a waxed rind protects the wheel. The taste is mild, slightly sweet, and nutty, closer to a gentle alpine cheese than to a sharp aged one. It is a Swedish table cheese, not Emmentaler from Switzerland and not a Norwegian Jarlsberg, even though the open texture looks related. Swedes use it for both cold slices and cooking.