Gruyère vs Vorarlberger Bergkäse
Gruyère
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Switzerland
- Place
- Fribourg
- Status
- AOP
Gruyère is a hard cow's-milk cheese from western Switzerland, centered on the canton of Fribourg and a defined neighboring zone. A true Swiss Gruyère has few holes, or none.
Vorarlberger Bergkäse
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Austria
- Place
- Vorarlberg
Vorarlberger Bergkäse is a firm mountain cheese from Vorarlberg in Austria. It is made from raw cow's milk, and the wheels are large, with a natural brown rind. The paste is pale to light yellow, supple when younger, and harder or more crumbly after a long age. A few small eyes are normal. The taste runs from nutty and mild to spicy and herbal, and cooks use it on a board, for melting, and for grating.