Upper Canada Cheese: Love your local Guersney

Locavores need not despair! You too can have fine artisan cheese! The Cheese Outlet is pleased to feature Upper Canada Cheese.

About Upper Canada Cheese Company:

In the first small, modern Niagara creamery in generations, Upper Canada Cheese Company hand crafts premium artisanal cheeses from the milk of local Guernsey cows. Expressing the unique terroir of the extraordinary Niagara Escarpment World Biosphere region with rich Guernsey milk and the talents of their cheesemakers.

Each day, fresh, pure Guernsey cow milk is transformed into cheeses of uncommon taste and texture, revealing a subtle range of flavours influenced by the seasons, forage and feed. Then, the cheeses are ideally aged in the Upper Canada cellars until they're ready for you. This is the whole food, farm to table idea; a minimum of food processing intervention to produce the purest cheeses possible.

Come on by The Cheese Outlet and bring home a taste of these fine Upper Canada cheese varieties!

Niagara Gold is an Oka-style semi-soft, washed rind cheese fashioned after recipes developed by the Trappist Monks of the Loire Valley. This is a cheese with nutty, earthy overtones and mellow, buttery flavours. This luscious cheese is delicately mild and sweet when young and gains pungency and piquant qualities with age. The rind may be eaten or trimmed depending on your taste. Niagara Gold is sold after 5 months of careful aging in the Upper Canada cellars. Under good conditions, it ages well for months and continues to develop unique flavours over time.

Comfort Cream is a camembert-style soft, white bloomy rind cheese with a silky, creamy, golden interior. Rich flavours of fresh truffles prevail with an intense, buttery palate and a long, tangy finish. This delicate and luscious artisanal cheese is hand salted, hand turned and hand wrapped. Comfort Cream stored in temperature and humidity-controlled cellars for at least 4 weeks before sale. An additional few weeks of aging will see the cheese ripen and mature in flavour, texture and colour.

For more information on Upper Canada Cheese Company visit their website here.

Cheese of the week: Brie with Truffles

This week at the Cheese Outlet Toronto (100 The East Mall) our feature item is Brie with Truffles!

This secret recipe comes from Quebec, but uses French cow's milk Brie and authentic Italian truffles. Artistically designed, this cheese features a definitive layer of truffles through the center of the Brie.

Absolutely delicious, a must have for truffle lovers.
Come on by this week for a taste of this and dozens of other cheese varieties ranging from the finest French to staple Cheddars and Havarti

BIO BIO Cheese: Organic, Lactose free and suitable for vegatarians

The Cheese Outlet is pleased to offer Biobio products including aged Cheddar, Mozzarela, low fat 7%, Swiss and Parmesan. Certified organic Biobio uses the milk of several family operated farms which raise cattle free of growth hormones or antibiotics. Furthermore, the pastures that they graze in are free of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. Biobio cheese is also 100% lactose free except for the mild Cheddar and Swiss which are 99.5% free of lactose!















Biobio also uses a vegetable based rennet making the products fit for consumption by vegetarians. Yet another health conscious and delicious choice from The Cheese Outlet

Celestial Delights: Divinely Gourmet

Looking for new flavors to spice things up or add some pizazz to your regular dishes? Come in and have a taste of Celestial Delights. The Cheese Outlet is proud to present this fine line of mustard including Vodka Infused Raspberry Thyme and Spicy Tarragon as well as cooking oils such as Provencal Grape seed and Spicy Ginger.

Find the flavor that suits your taste and come up with endless combination's, or just pour the Vodka Infused Thyme Mustard sauce into a Martini glass and use as a dipping sauce for grilled shrimp, sausage or chicken, or blend into vinaigrette. The grape seed oil is high in antioxidants and just one tablespoon provides nearly the daily recommended dosage of Vitamin E. A tasty AND delicious choice.


Stop by the Cheese Outlet and have a look at the full product line or for additional information on the Celestial Delights products visit www.Celestialdelights.com

Scottish Cheese: Applesmoke, Drumloch, Highland Chief

All the way from the Ilse of Kintyre, this amazing selection of Scottish cheeses is sure to be a hit. Produced by the Inverloch cheese co creamery, situated on the beautiful Hebridean Isle of Gigha off the coast of Kintyre, is a farm based independent and family run business with an established and growing reputation for fine cheeses. Some of their creations include:













Applesmoke Cheddar: Wrapped in a attractive red wax this cheese almost looks as good as it tastes, though not quite! This mature cheddar is smoked traditionally in a kiln using apple wood chips for fuel (hence the name). The combination of smoke and subtle fruitiness makes this one of our most unique and sought after cheeses.













Drumloch Cheddar: Wrapped in a green wax, this Scottish cheddar is made with Guernsey milk giving the cheese a gorgeous golden tint and the scent of fresh milk and sweet morning grass. Available in small wedges, 200g truckles and 3kg wheels this special cheddar will have you yearning for more.

















Highland Chief: This delicious cheddar is infused with single malt whiskey giving the cheese a pungent flavor and sweet aftertaste. Absolutely perfect for fathers day!













Stop on by this week and have a taste of something extraordinary!

A BLOG ABOUT CHEESE

Welcome to our world of gourmet cheese! At The Cheese Outlet we carry hundreds of fine cheeses from traditional cheese making countries, including Camembert from France, Lancashire from England, Reggiano Parmigiana from Italy and Emmenthaler and Raclette from Switzerland.We also carry a wide range of artisinal Canadian Cheeses, from the finest independent dairies where cheesemaking remains an art.

Come and visit us at our at our convenient Toronto location at 100 The East Mall, just seconds from the junction of the 427 and Gardiner Expressway. Our knowledgeable staff will be delighted to assist you choosing a wonderful selection of cheeses according to your requirements and taste.

Thanks for visiting!