In this blog post, learn about the different types of cheeses and which ones are great to put on a cheese tray. Impress your guests with some new variety. Also learn about Rada Cutlery’s Cheese Knife, Party Spreader, and Cheeseball Quick Mixes.
Cheese 101, An Introduction
Chef Blake, a guest chef in the Rada Test Kitchen, has a great video where our lesson in cheeses comes from. Scroll down to the bottom of this post for the video.
In the meantime, however, here’s the lowdown on the different kinds of cheese:
Fresh
These are soft and easy cheeses to work with.
- Goat Cheese
- Mozzarella
- Feta
- Ricotta
- Cream Cheese
Semi-Soft
These types of cheeses are great to melt down and make great fondues.
- Gouda
- Port Salute
- Fontina
- Provolone
Semi-Hard/Firm
- Cheddar
- Swiss
- Greer
Washed Rind & Bloomy Rind
Washed rind cheeses are brined in salt water. They are soft on the inside, which can make them good to work with as well. Bloomy rinds, on the other hand, have a mold that grows on the outside to preserve it.
- Tellegio (washed)
- Limberger (washed)
- Munster (washed)
- Brie & Camaber (bloomy)
Blue
Blue vein cheeses are injected with a mold and aged.
- Maytag
- Gorgonzola
- Stilton
- Roquefort
Watch Chef Blake’s Video (further below at the bottom of the post) for his suggestions and to learn a little bit more about where each type of cheese comes from.
Making a Cheese Tray
Now that you know about all the different kinds of cheeses, here’s how to build a good cheese tray.
Chef Blake made his cheese tray using a little cheese from each category. He used fresh mozzarella, Danish blue cheese, a five-year aged yellow cheddar, parmessan cheese, and some goat’s cheese.
Try using the Rada Cutlery Cheese Knife to prepare your cheese into slices. The Rada Cheese Knife’s special serrated blade cuts into any kind of cheese, hard or soft, while the cutouts help the cheese to release.
Order your own Rada Cheese Knife from the online Rada Kitchen Store!
Other unique features include an angled handle to provide extra leverage, a ridge to split the cheese when cutting and a forked end for easy serving.
To make your cheese tray unique, try following Chef’s Blake instruction. He finely chopped up dates to add to the Parmesan cheese. He also rolled some blue cheese in black pepper.
Items to use for cheese accompaniments could include everything from crackers and nuts to dried apricots, grapes, and black walnuts.
Easy & Flavorful Cheeseballs
If you’re interested in just serving cheeseballs, it’s easy to go to the grocery store and pick one up. But it’s also easy to try a Rada Quick Mix Cheeseball.
Rada Quick Mix Cheeseballs are easy, because all you need is some cream cheese and the seasoning and topping pack that you can purchase from your local Rada fundraiser, your local Rada reseller, or the Rada Kitchen Store.
We’ll also bet that our cheeseballs pack a lot more flavor than any store-bought appetizer!
Rada Quick Mix Cheeseballs come in three flavors:
Once you’ve picked your favorite, also pick up the Rada Cutlery Party Spreader. This is a must have kitchen utensil to spread cheese onto crackers.
Cheese Classification Video – Overview of Various Cheeses
Follow Chef Blake’s guidance about looking for the right kind of cheese for you and his personal recommendations. Also, at the end watch a cheese tray being made from start to finish and the different cutting techniques he uses with the Rada Cheese Knife.
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