Cherry Grove Farm Brie
Saturday, January 31, 2009
When people ask me what my favorite locally made/grown products are, I usually start mumbling about cheese. The varieties made from local milk vary widely in quality, from mediocre to pretty darn good. Last year I heard that at least one local cheesemaker was developing a brie made from local milk, so I was hoping it would come down on the side of pretty darn good. While I was not expecting the kind of stinky, dead feet good that comes from Brie de Meaux, evenly mildly good would be exciting!
Fair Food Farmstand got their first order of Buttercup Brie from Cherry Grove Farm this week. I’m pleased to report that it was better than mildly good - it’s nice and buttery! It was gooey right out of the cooler, but I wanted to see how the texture and flavor would change when the cheese got to room temperature. Apparently, my house doesn’t get warm enough for that in January! Instead of getting melty, it just sort congealed. Thwarted!
It’s a fairly rich cheese. I will still try to get the cheese up to room temp, and I’d also like to try to bake it…you know, just to see what the cheese does. I am clearly very excited to see some locally made brie!
Great pic! One thing I’ve found about local producers is that they respond to the requests of the community…. for example, my dairy source is going to start producing cottage cheese at the end of March in response to the request of their customers. I hope that you get more yummy options in the future 
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Beautiful photo, Nicole, yummy!