Have you ever wondered what makes certain cheeses behave in different ways, once cut? There are so many everyday and luxury cheeses today, but as well as offering their own unique taste, they also have their own texture and behaviour, once we take to them with our trusty cheese knives.
Every cheese is made from the same raw materials, so why is Parmesan cheese so hard? Why are some cheddars smooth and easy to cut, while others crumble to bits on contact with even the sharpest of knives?
Delicious cheeses, each with their own texture and behaviour
Believe it or not, although cheese texture is a very important part of how a cheese tastes and feels on the palette, cheese manufacturers admit that cheese texture is an incredibly hard art to control and perfect. Manufacturers are spending large amounts of time and money, researching how maturing and ingredients such as milk proteins, fat globules and starter bacteria, can effect a cheeses texture and behaviour.
With detailed research being carried out out as we type this very article, it will only be a matter of time before manufacturers have the ability to fully control their cheese textures and behaviour, as well as posses the ability to create some new and exciting cheeses!
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