Norway is famous for Grieg,
the paper clip (believe it or not) and
the ever-popular
Jarlsberg wheel.
The land of fjords delivers to us
a finely crafted cheese
that is
made from a secret recipe
developed nearly 200
years ago.
Norway is rich in grassland where
cows thrive
in sparsely populated areas and the rivers flow clear from
the mountain plateaux – conditions that combine to
make Norwegian milk among the finest in the world. And
from fine milk comes fine cheese.
Other Norwegian cheeses besides Jarlsberg are
also available in the UK, with equally fine traditions and
the same superior quality. Ridder is
a soft, creamy, surface ripened cheese with a strong aroma
best served after
dinner on the cheese board with summer berries. Gjetost (pronounced ‘yet-oast')
is the unique brown cheese with a fudge-like texture and
naturally sweet caramel flavour, typically eaten in Norway
for breakfast in thin strips on cracker bread.
All of these
cheeses are made with pride by the TINE (pronounced ‘tea-na’)
Group, a co-operative organisation owned by around 18,000
dairy farmers scattered throughout the entire length of Norway.
If cheese makes it good, Norwegian cheese makes it special
!
For more information about TINE, click on the logo above.
For more information about each Norwegian cheese available in the UK please
click on one of the following three logos below.
