Sélection Beeler Vacherin Fribourgeois

Description

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Rolf Beeler selected washed rind cheese made from unpasteurised raw cow’s milk

This cheese is a washed rind cheese made from cows milk. It is produced exclusively in the alpine region and villages of the canton Fribourg which gives it part of its name. The other part stems from the latin word “vaccarinus” which means “little cow shepherd”. This raw milk cheese has a distinct, tangy, slightly bitter taste with a very creamy, buttery finish.

The milk for the cheese is sourced from Fribourgeois breed of cows that graze on the Alpine grass and wild flowers all the way through the late spring and summer. As early autumn arrives, the cows are brought down to graze on grass and summer hay. No other fodder is given to the cows except the Alpine meadows.

The Vacherin Fribourgeois has an unpalatable natural and brushed washed rind with a slightly stinky aroma, but it does not overpower the lovely smell of the cheese.

Rolf Beeler’s Vacherin is made by a talented cheese maker who went back to recipes from the 1950s in order to replicate the old ways this traditional cheese was made. To this day he still cuts the curds for by hand, then lifting them from the copper cauldron in a piece of cheesecloth. Treatment then takes place in the cheese maker’s old tufa (a variety of limestone) cellar where it is matured for 7 months.

How we wrap your cheese

Freshness of your cheese is important to us. That’s why – unless noted differently in the description – we package all of our cheese in vacuum bags to help minimize travel impacts. However, we understand that some of you prefer cheese being wrapped in cheese wrap. This option is available to you for a small fee (it takes more time to package the cheese this way, that’s why we charge you a little bit more). Unless specifically noted in the description, all cheese will generally have a best before date of at least 14 days, vacuum packed cheese generally about 2 months. Please note that with cheese this is often only a guidance date and does not necessarily mean the cheese will be of lesser quality beyond that date. In fact many soft(er) cheeses are best kept close to or until after that date for maximum ripeness.

How the cheese gets to you

All Alpine Express cheese are shipped in environmentally friendlier, insulated cardboard boxes. The cheese is bolstered with recycled packing paper & kept cold with food grade ice gel pack(s). It is shipped the fastest possible service, usually Australia Post Express. See Australia Post’s Express Delivery Estimator (origin is ‘Brisbane Metro’). From time to time we may choose a different shipping provider depending on speed of service, costs and other factors.

Unless noted otherwise, all cheese boxes are sent on Mondays with an order cut-off time at 9am (Sydney time) that day. You will get a tracking number to follow your parcel’s progress.

Do you have any other questions? Check our FAQs for additional information or write to us via our contact form.