This afternoon I tasted with the mother of my girlfriend a few very nice cheeses bought at Halles de Rive and Manor. The first one I'd like to discuss is an all time favorite bought at Manor: A Swiss
tomme cheese filled with truffle oil and pine nuts. The combination between the creamy tender cheese, the truffle flavour and the grill taste of the pine nuts is simply perfect. At Manor you can find of this and other brands of tomme many sorts of flavours like for example basil or cumin.
At Halles de Rive we find the
fromagerie Bruand, famous for it's wide range of rare cheeses. We tasted today a goat cheese from the French Languedoc region: the
fromage Cathare. Complete with a the Cathare cross on top of the cheese, it will look very nice on a cheese board after dinner. The cheese has a very refined but a not too strong taste. Note that the cheese is made of raw milk.
The last cheese I will discuss here comes from the German part of Switzerland: it is called the
Belper Knolle and even has it's own
website. As you can see it's a small boll with herbs around it. You can use this cheese instead of parmesan and grate it (or slice very thin, for example with a Dutch cheese slicer) on your pasta, carpaccio or bresaola. It has a peculiar taste with a quite strong accent of garlic.
Manor food court, Rue Cornavin 6 , 1201 Genève
Fromagerie Bruand, Halles de Rive, Boulevard Helvetique 29, 1207 Genève.
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