Grevé vs Jarlsberg cheese
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.
Jarlsberg cheese
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Waxed or sealed
- Country
- Norway
Jarlsberg cheese is a semi-hard cheese from Norway. It is made from cow's milk and belongs to the alpine family of pressed cheeses with round eyes. The paste is pale yellow, smooth, and flexible, with a mild nutty taste and a sweet finish. A yellow wax coat usually covers the rind. Wheels and pre-cut blocks are both common in shops at home and abroad.