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ON THE TABLE

Lilleblomst og Hvit geitost from the artisan cheesemakers Ystelyst at Vestre Gausdal, Gudbrandsdalen, Norway. A young, artisan dairy this, but already achieving remarkable quality for their cheeses. Lilleblomst is a chèvre style cheese, my variant being two weeks old, still very fresh, with lots of milk flavours and a wonderful acidity. A beautiful Geotrichum rind. I have one more to keep for a couple of more weeks to see how it develops. Hvit geitost is a firm cheese muted for 9 months and with a natural rind. Flavours full of fruit with the salt very well integrated and sit long on the palate. Both from organic, raw goats milk. Not very available unfortunately, other than locally.

To drink: A young and fresh white for the Lilleblomst and a more mature chardonnay for the firm variant. Even, or perhaps even more so, a mild orange wine will pair excellently.