Join Tom on an 11-day cheese discovery of Switzerland! Meet expert local cheese makers, learn about their production processes and enjoy cheese degustations throughout the spectacular cheese producing regions of Gruyère, Emmental and Toggenburg.
Travel date: 2021 – details to follow
This recipe is a traditional dish from canton Glarus in Switzerland. The original Zigerhörnli use Schabziger available in our online shop and at selected retailers. Try it out, it’s a rustic, simple yet delicious dish suitable for the whole family.
400 g eggshell / short pasta
1 tbsp of chicken broth powder
For the sauce
2 tbsp butter
50 g onions, diced thinly
300 ml light cream / cream
50 g Swiss Emmentaler or Gruyère, finely grated
150 g Schabziger, finely grated
Nutmeg
Freshly ground pepper
2 bunch chives, finely cut
Roasted onions
1 tbsp butter butter
4 medium sized onions, cut into thin strips
1 pinch of sugar
Recipe translated from https://geska.ch/portfolio-items/zigerhoernli
Many people know the Girolle cheese shaper from making beautiful flower shaped cheese portions with the Tête de Moine cheese. Do you know that there are other Swiss cheese that you can use this clever device with?
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This is your chance to secure a Swiss icon with a cheesy twist: During the entire month of January we’re giving away 10 unique Swiss cheese pocket knifes.
For each $10 worth of products you spend online during January we’re giving you 1 entry into the draw of these knives. All you have to do is purchase your cheese with us and you’re automatically entered.
Good luck!
Terms & Conditions: For each $10 of goods spent in The Red Cow online shop (postage excluded, refunds and discounts excluded) the user will receive one entry into the draw to win 1 of 10 Swiss cheese pocket knives. Sales between 4th January and 31 January 2018 (AEST) will be counted. Only applicable to stocked items (backorder items are excluded). Accumulated entries over multiple purchases are possible based on the user’s email address. Winners will be informed via email by end of February 2018. Prizes will be sent to winner’s registered billing address of the first purchase during the promotion period.
Our friends from Seiler in Sarnen in Switzerland gave us this excellent recipe I thought I’d share with you. Try it out!
Ingredients
Method
Put all ingredients (except butter and cheese) in one bowl. Add salt and pepper. Heat the butter in a frying pan, around 24cm diameter* Stir fry the mix of potatoes and vegetables on medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes until golden-yellow. Put half of the potato-mix back into the bowl and build the other half into a cake. Distribute the cheese slices evenly on the cake and put the rest of the potatoes on top of the cheese. Bake on both sides for another 5 to 10 minutes until you get a nice crust. Arrange on a plate and enjoy!
*the size of the pan is important as the ‘cake’ should be more high than flat.
Ham: check, Seafood: check, Pavlova: check. But have you thought about cheese for your Christmas function?
We’re obviously biased – but – think about how much time you need to prepare a fabulous looking cheese platter? Right, almost none! Plus everyone loves cheese, so it’s an easy crowd pleaser. Below are some of our tips on how to create an amazing cheese platter:
We’d love to hear your thoughts and see your platters, feel free to email them to us!
The Gruyère AOP Alpage is produced in two different areas within the Gruyère region in Switzerland. One in is situated in the Fribourg alps and the other in the Jura mountains. Both productions are unique in the case that they produce high up in the alps where cows can only graze during the summer months. This high altitude grass is lush and bursting with a great variety of herbs and flowers leading to superior milk.
Once the approximately 30kg wheels are made, they are then carefully cared for during the entire maturation. The Gruyère AOP Alpage is definitely a true delight on any cheese board. Discover our 12-months matured, Gruyère AOP Alpage at a retailer near you now. (Note: not all listed retailers may carry this item. Any retailer can purchase it through our distributor, Cheese Culture though).
French Festival 2017 – South Yarra
It’s already our fourth year participating at the picturesque French Festival ‘Paris to Provence’ in the Como House & Garden in South Yarra, Melbourne. This year the 3-day event takes place from Friday, 24 to Sunday 26 November 2017. New this year is that the festival added an interesting side-element called ‘Coco at Como: Mademoiselle’s Life Story’. Aside from this, the festival will be host again to countless market stalls with the most beautiful, French influenced products. Find anything from French Sweets and pastries to – well cheese of course – to non-food items such as jewellery, French Tourism ideas and much more. Also you will find work shops, a kids garden, a Cannes film fest zone and many other things sure to please everyone.
The Red Cow will be offering a range of our artisan Swiss cheeses including our raw milk Sélection Beeler Vacherin Fribourgeois and Willi Schmid’s Jersey Blue along with many others we will surprise you on the day.Plus, this year we will also have a limited stock of Walma’s wonderful Swiss Landjäger (a traditional, semidried Swiss style sausage).
Tickets are available through the festival’s website or on the day at the entrance.
$5 off any of our products at the festival
Would you like a little help during your French Festival shopping? Then download our $5 voucher redeemable during the 2017 French Festival in South Yarra. Simply go through the check-out process and print out the voucher you receive in your email. Voilà $5 are yours. See you in South Yarra!
Happy Gruyère AOP Alpage shopping and happy French Festival!
tom.
Owner of The Red Cow.
Tomorrow is international Raw Milk Cheese Appreciation Day and we’ve got quite a line up for you around the country where you can taste amazing #rawmilkcheese tomorrow:
VICTORIA
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES
QUEENSLAND
Have you ever wondered exactly why raw milk cheese is so important? Have you ever asked yourself why so many of the world’s most famous cheeses (Comté, Swiss Gruyère, Parmigiano-Reggiano, to name a few) are legally required to be made from raw milk?
Raw Milk Cheese Appreciation Day is your chance to find out what makes these cheeses truly extraordinary. The Oldways Cheese Coalition and the Guilde Internationale des Fromagers are teaming up on Saturday, April 16, 2016, for a worldwide celebration of raw-milk cheese.
The Red Cow is certainly part of this day as we’re Australia’s premier importer of artisan raw milk cheese. Our Sélection Rolf Beeler range including top sellers like the Gruyeère, Toggenburger or Vacherin Fribourgeois are all made from untreated milk so are other cheese we import such as the Milchzapfen, Tête de Moine or Bachtelstein.
So treat yourself with one of these fabulous cheeses from your favourite retailer or from our hand crafted Alpine Express Cheese Box and celebrate the day with us!
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