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2015 Certified Cheese Professionals
Domain 6-Cheese Types and Categories
Certified Cheese ProfessionalsDomain 6-Cheese Types and Categories
Certified Cheese ProfessionalsDomain 6-Cheese Types and Categories
2015 Certified Cheese Professionals Domain 6-Cheese Types and Categories
Classification of Cheese: By Texture
-soft (“tub” cheeses, chevre, ricotta)
-semi-soft (bloomy rind, washed rind, roquefort)
-semi-firm (havarti, young gouda, young cheddar, stilton)
-firm (cheddar, manchego, ossau iraty, gruyere)
-hard (“grana” family, aged gouda, sbrinz)
Certified Cheese Professionals Domain 6-Cheese Types and Categories
Classification of Cheese: By Style-Max MacCalman, Mastering Cheese, used as reference
Fresh-Cheese that have not been aged(“tub cheeses” fromage blanc, Mascarpone, quark, creme fraiche)
Bloomy/Soft Ripened-Cheeses that ripen from the outside in (brie, bucheron, Camembert, Bent River Camembert, Mt. Tam, triple crème family )
Washed Rind-cheeses that are surfaced-ripened by washing the cheese through the aging process(Epoisses, Winnemere, Chimay, Pont L’Eveque, Taleggio, Fontina Val D’Aosta, Appenzellar )
Semi-Soft-cheeses that have a smooth, creamy interior with generally no rind (high in moisture)(colby jack, commodity cheddars, fontina)
Certified Cheese Professionals Domain 6-Cheese Types and Categories
Classification of Cheese: By Style Cont’d
Natural- “allowed to form on its own, without any special treatments” (Stilton, Bayley Hazen Blue, Piedmont, Orb Weaver)Uncooked pressed- curds have not been heated (Cheddar, Cantal, Tomme de Savoie, Saint Nectaire)Cooked pressed –curds have been heated (Parmesan, Gruyere, Comte, Tarentaise)Blue-cheeses that have a distinctive blue/green veining(roquefort, Buttermilk Blue, gorgonzola, stilton)pasta filata-cheeses that are cooked and kneaded (mozzarella, provolone, scamorza)Processed-cheese by-products made from a combination of natural cheese and added ingredients
(American slices)
2015 Certified Cheese Professionals Domain 6-Cheese Types and Categories
Classification of Cheese: By Milk Type/Breed
Examples of Cow Breeds
Holstein Jersey
Montbeliard
Milking Shorthorn
Dutch Belt
Brown Swiss
Ayreshire
Examples of Sheep Breeds
Lacaune East Frisian Manchega
British Milk Sheep Awassi
Examples of Goat Breeds
Saanen Togenburg
Nubian
Alpine
Nigerian Dwarf
2015 Certified Cheese Professionals Domain 6-Cheese Types and Categories
Classification of Cheese: by pasteurization type
Pasteurized
Thermalized
Unpasteurized
Raw
2015 Certified Cheese Professionals Domain 6-Cheese Types and Categories
Classification of Cheese: by sensory attributes
Sight Smell Taste Touch
Wrinkly mushroom Sharp Springy
bumpy fruity buttery Crumbly
Smooth musty salty Runnyoily nutty grassy Rough
Runny yeasty nutty
crumbly floral medicinal
White hay brothy
yellow yeasty
veined barnyard
garlicky
What did you like about it?When dealing with customers…A lot of times using sensory words can jog their memory of a cheese they enjoyed
2015 Certified Cheese Professionals
A cheese can fit into many categories at the same time…
2015 Certified Cheese Professionals
A cheese can fit into many categories at the same time…
Certified Cheese ProfessionalsDomain 6-Cheese Types and Categories
EU/UK/CANADIAN- milk types, profile, place of origin
What is PDO/CNAOL? http://www.fromages-aop.com/pdo-cnaol-2/?lang=en
European Commission. “Geographical Indications and Traditional Specialities.” http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/schemes/index_en.htm
La Confederation Generale des Producteurs de Lait de Brebis et des Industriels de Roquefort Institut National des Appellations d’Origine. Roquefort http://www.inao.gouv.fr/public/produits/showTexte.php?ID_TEXTE_CONSOLIDE=791
Stilton Cheesemaker’s Association. http://www.stiltoncheese.com
Institut National de l’origine et de la qualite. http://www.inao.gouv.fr/publivc/home.php?pageFromIndex=produits/index.php~mnu=145
Certified Cheese ProfessionalsDomain 6-Cheese Types and Categories
Review Questions!1. Stilton fits all of the following categories except…
A. PDO status
B. Unpasteurized
C. Blue
D. Natural rind
Certified Cheese ProfessionalsDomain 6-Cheese Types and Categories
1. Stilton fits all of the following categories except…
A. PDO status
B. Unpasteurized
C. Blue
D. Natural rind
2015 Certified Cheese ProfessionalsDomain 6-Cheese Types and Categories
2. PDO stands for…
A. Proper Designation of Origin
B. Protected Domestic Origin
C. Proper Designation of Organization
D. Protected Designation of Origin
2015 Certified Cheese ProfessionalsDomain 6-Cheese Types and Categories
2. PDO stands for…
A. Proper Designation of Origin
B. Protected Domestic Origin
C. Proper Designation of Organization
D. Protected Designation of Origin
Certified Cheese ProfessionalsDomain 6-Cheese Types and Categories
3. Which of these cheeses is in the cooked-pressed category?
A. ComteB. GruyereC. Montgomery’s CheddarD. Gouda
Certified Cheese ProfessionalsDomain 6-Cheese Types and Categories
3. Which of these cheeses is in the cooked-pressed category?
A. ComteB. GruyereC. Montgomery’s CheddarD. Gouda
2015 Certified Cheese ProfessionalsDomain 6-Cheese Types and Categories
4. What type of cow is this?
A. JerseyB. MontbeliardeC. Milking ShorthornD. Brown SwissE. Lacaune
2015 Certified Cheese ProfessionalsDomain 6-Cheese Types and Categories
4. What type of cow is this?
A. JerseyB. MontbeliardeC. Milking ShorthornD. Brown SwissE. Lacaune
2015 Certified Cheese ProfessionalsDomain 6-Cheese Types and Categories
5. Which of these cheeses have PDO status?A. Pont L’EvequeB. Gorgonzola PicanteC. Asiago D’AllevoD. PiaveE. Comte
2015 Certified Cheese ProfessionalsDomain 6-Cheese Types and Categories
5. Which of these cheeses have PDO status?A. Pont L’EvequeB. Gorgonzola PicanteC. Asiago D’AllevoD. PiaveE. Comte
