Celery and Stilton
Crisp celery with Stilton cheese; classic pairing from cheese course.
Crisp celery with Stilton cheese; classic pairing from cheese course.
The British Camembert sandwich is a negotiation with a cheese that flows: ripe bloomy-rind paste, a firm loaf to wall it in, and a stripe of chutney or cranberry cutting the rind.
Caerphilly cheese (crumbly, mild, slightly sour) on bread; Welsh cheese.
Sliced Brie with grapes on white bread; mild cheese with fruit.
Brie with grapes; cheese board as sandwich.
Brie and cranberry works on a deliberate clash: cool, fatty, bloomy-rinded cheese against a sharp, sweet, tannic sauce, the two staying distinct in every bite.
Brie laid on a hot rasher and caught in the narrow window where the wedge slumps to a coating before its butterfat splits. The British gastropub cheese-first reading.
Beetroot with cheese; sweet-savory combination.