Cheese is very healthy, it is difficult to argue with this statement. In addition, the cheese is incredibly tasty, and some of its varieties are real masterpieces of culinary art and cost a lot of money.
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What gimmicks do not go to cooks and cheese makers to attract customers to their product. This is not surprising, because now there are a huge number of varieties of cheese in the world. Here are a few well-known varieties of cheese that are not only unusual in their preparation methods, but also very expensive, and also rare.
Did you know that there is cheese made of 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 have to pay a lot of money. Marketers argue that such a product costs 70-80 times more expensive than regular types of cheese. And all because real gold is added to it (gold foil and gold liquor). You may be surprised, but Clawson Stilton Gold is not the most expensive cheese in the world.
The most expensive cheese in the world is rightfully recognized as French cheese from sheep's milk Roquefort. A case is known when 500 g of a special kind of "sheep cheese" were sold for 6.5 thousand euros. Information for comparison: on average, 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 make an advertisement for his establishment.
No less expensive and unusual cheese is the famous Pule (it costs three times as much as "golden cheese"). The secret is that the Pule Serbian cheese is made from pure donkey milk. Moreover, 1 liter 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 cheese. It is prepared in Sweden and, as a rule, on order. Manufacturers claim that a special type of elk milk is used to produce cheese. Milking is done at a strictly defined time of the year. The process itself takes at least 3 hours.
Moose cheese costs from one thousand euros per kilogram.
Epoisses Odorless Cheese is a very popular product worldwide. It is prepared from unpasteurized milk, after which the cheese is soaked for a long time in cognac. It is known that Napoleon Bonaparte was a big fan of this product.
If you are used to the fact that cheese is a product for gourmet gourmets who prefer to eat it in combination with the best varieties of wines, you are right. Just keep in mind that gourmet tastes can be very specific.
As an example, mention can be made of a variety of Italian cheese Casu marzu ("rotten cheese"). Casu marzu is prepared with the addition of larvae of flies. In the process of preparation, cheese-makers still do not fully cook the 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 this is true. In addition, there are connoisseurs and experts who claim that the product is especially good and fresh, while the larvae are alive in it.
This is not the most unusual cheese in the world, because there is still the German Milbenkäse, which is prepared with the addition of tick excrement. Manufacturers claim that it is incredibly useful and a real delicacy. The densest cheese in the world is Vieux Lille. In addition to a special dense structure, it is endowed with an unusually salty taste. Among other things, its smell is hardly pleasant. The second name of the cheese can be translated as "fetid brine."