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Cheese and Pears, the perfect pair
Posted 8/27/2010 9:42am by Leslie Cooperband or Wes Jarrell.
Yes, the Moonglow Pears are harvested and the word on the street is that they are LARGE and LUSCIOUS!
A basket of Moonglow Pears basking in the sun
Look at the size of that pear!
We will be sending some to all FOUR Farmers' Markets this Saturday: Urbana, Oak Park, Chicago's Green City Market and Bloomington. There may be some organic apples too. Come early for the best selection.
Cheese-wise, we have a nice repertoire of fresh and aged cheeses for to select to eat with those pears:
Fresh Chevre: plain, herbs de Provence and cracked pepper (heirloom tomato will be back next week-no worries)
Mouton Frais--our fresh sheep's milk cheese that has a consistency like Mascarpone--how about a Mouton Frais creme and pear tart for dessert this weekend???
Angel Food--as gooey as ever
Little Bloom on the Prairie--the essence of a soft ripened goat milk cheese--yum
Sheep Milk Feta--nice and tangy--perfect accompaniment to your tomato salad
Roxanne--this batch has a very nice sweetness as well as it's usual buttery flavor--must be all that grass the sheep were eating a couple of months ago.
Kaskaskia--our take on a Manchego style raw sheep milk cheese--the first batch of the season--it has a wonderful nutty flavor--could be used as a grating or slicing cheese.
ENJOY!
A basket of Moonglow Pears basking in the sun
Look at the size of that pear!
We will be sending some to all FOUR Farmers' Markets this Saturday: Urbana, Oak Park, Chicago's Green City Market and Bloomington. There may be some organic apples too. Come early for the best selection.
Cheese-wise, we have a nice repertoire of fresh and aged cheeses for to select to eat with those pears:
Fresh Chevre: plain, herbs de Provence and cracked pepper (heirloom tomato will be back next week-no worries)
Mouton Frais--our fresh sheep's milk cheese that has a consistency like Mascarpone--how about a Mouton Frais creme and pear tart for dessert this weekend???
Angel Food--as gooey as ever
Little Bloom on the Prairie--the essence of a soft ripened goat milk cheese--yum
Sheep Milk Feta--nice and tangy--perfect accompaniment to your tomato salad
Roxanne--this batch has a very nice sweetness as well as it's usual buttery flavor--must be all that grass the sheep were eating a couple of months ago.
Kaskaskia--our take on a Manchego style raw sheep milk cheese--the first batch of the season--it has a wonderful nutty flavor--could be used as a grating or slicing cheese.
ENJOY!
