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CHEESE TYPE BOARDS (for Cheese Lovers and Cheese Makers) => ADJUNCT - Blue Mold (Penicillium roqueforti) Ripened => Topic started by: darius on November 21, 2011, 04:45:22 PM

Title: Successfully Blue!
Post by: darius on November 21, 2011, 04:45:22 PM
Well, Finally a successful blue!!

At a house party last weekend... and with lots of trepidation because I've had 3 failed blues... I cut my gorgonzola! It is actually quite nice and I'm rather proud.  :)

The make was here: https://cheeseforum.org/forum/index.php/topic,8217.0.html, (https://cheeseforum.org/forum/index.php/topic,8217.0.html,) started Sept. 16, cut on Nov. 19.



Title: Re: Successfully Blue!
Post by: ellenspn on November 21, 2011, 06:38:30 PM
That does look nice :)  Congrats!
Title: Re: Successfully Blue!
Post by: iratherfly on November 21, 2011, 09:01:32 PM
Hooray! Looks great!
Title: Re: Successfully Blue!
Post by: zenith1 on November 21, 2011, 09:02:03 PM
very nice Darius...
Title: Re: Successfully Blue!
Post by: darius on November 21, 2011, 09:48:14 PM
Thanks! It tastes great too. I am SO pleased to have a blue to brag about, LOL!
Title: Re: Successfully Blue!
Post by: JeffHamm on November 21, 2011, 10:31:16 PM
Very nice looking results darius!  I've only tried one blue so far, and it's just a small semi-lactic one (from 2 litres of milk, just under a pound of cheese).  This is looking very tempting though.  Well done.

- Jeff
Title: Re: Successfully Blue!
Post by: mtncheesemaker on November 24, 2011, 08:26:26 PM
Good job!
Title: Re: Successfully Blue!
Post by: Boofer on November 25, 2011, 07:02:14 AM
Yea, Darius! Well done.

I like the rind...very low.

Is it crumbly? It looks like a hard paste blue. My experience has been with soft blues, but I am intrigued by the idea of a semi-hard blue. Seems like someone accidentally did a blue parm recently.

-Boofer-
Title: Re: Successfully Blue!
Post by: darius on November 25, 2011, 02:25:41 PM
Boof, it's not crumbly at all except a tiny bit right at the rind. It has a med-firm yet creamy paste, firmer than most blues I've sampled.