Grevé vs Herrgårdsost
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.
Herrgårdsost
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Waxed or sealed
- Country
- Sweden
Herrgårdsost is a semi-hard Swedish cheese made from cow's milk. The name means manor house cheese, and the style grew up in the dairies of Swedish estates. The paste is smooth and supple, pale yellow, and marked by small round holes. A wax coat covers the outside of the wheel. The taste is mild, nutty, and slightly sweet, which makes it a daily table cheese in Sweden rather than a rare wheel kept for a feast.