Cheese is very useful for health, it is difficult to argue with this statement. In addition, the cheese is incredibly tasty, and some of its varieties are real masterpieces of the culinary art and cost a lot of money.
What tricks do chefs and cheese makers use to attract customers to their product? This is not surprising, because at present there are a huge number of varieties of cheese in the world. Here are some well-known varieties of cheese that are not only unusual in the way they are prepared, but also very expensive and, moreover, rare.
Did you know that there is a cheese made from gold? Most likely not, because of its high cost, cheese is not available to many. For a standard 100g of Clawson Stilton Gold cheese, you will have to pay a lot of money. Marketers claim that such a product costs 70-80 times more than regular cheese varieties. And all because real gold is added to it (gold foil and gold liquor). It may surprise you, but Clawson Stilton Gold is not the most expensive type of cheese in the world.
The most expensive cheese in the world is rightfully recognized as the French cheese made from sheep's milk Roquefort. There is a known case when 500 g of a special sort of "sheep's cheese" were sold for 6, 5 thousand euros. Information for comparison: on average, a good cheese costs from 60 to 80 euros per 1 kg. The coveted 500 g was acquired by the owner of one of the Spanish restaurants, so he hoped to advertise his establishment.
No less expensive and unusual cheese is the famous Pule (it is three times more expensive than "golden cheese"). The secret is that Serbian Pule cheese is made from the purest donkey milk. Moreover, 1 kg of product accounts for 25 liters of this unusual and specially preserved milk.
To obtain Pule, milk is taken from donkeys of a special Balkan breed.
Another unusual in its composition is Moose House moose milk cheese. It is prepared in Sweden and, as a rule, on order. Manufacturers claim that a special type of moose milk is used to make the cheese. Milking takes place at specific times of the year. The process itself takes at least 3 hours.
Moose milk cheese costs from one thousand euros per kilogram.
Epoisses cheese with an unpleasant smell is a very popular product all over the world. It is prepared from unpasteurized milk, after which the cheese is soaked in cognac for a long time. It is known that Napoleon Bonaparte was a big fan of this product.
If you are used to the idea that cheese is a product for gourmet gourmets who prefer to eat it in combination with the best wines, you are right. Just keep in mind that gourmet tastes can be very specific.
As an example, we can mention the variety of Italian cheese Casu marzu ("rotten cheese"). Casu marzu is prepared with the addition of fly larvae. During the cooking process, cheese makers spread the not yet fully cooked product in the sun so that the flies stick around it and lay their larvae in it. Who would have thought that such a cheese could be popular? But it really is. In addition, there are connoisseurs and connoisseurs who claim that the product is especially good and fresh as long as the larvae are alive in it.
This is not the most unusual cheese in the world, because there is also the German Milbenkäse, which is prepared with the addition of tick excrement. Manufacturers claim that it is incredibly healthy and a real delicacy. The most dense cheese in the world is Vieux Lille. In addition to its special dense structure, it is endowed with an unusually salty taste. Among other things, its smell can hardly be called pleasant. The second name of the cheese can be translated as "fetid brine".
