Sulguni Cheese

cookessentials, Sep 21, 5:06pm
I get the newsletter from this great site and this cheese looks most interesting. Anyone tried it?

http://www.tastesfromaroundnz.co.nz/Products/188-sulguni-cheese.aspx

ashanti, Sep 21, 5:27pm
No sorry never heard of it.

davidt4, Sep 21, 5:30pm
It's a very good cheese indeed.I have used it to make Georgian cheese bread and it is delicious just eaten by itself.

ashanti, Sep 21, 5:31pm
Looking at the photo, I am assuming that when you pull/stretch the curd you fold it back in on itself , I would be surprised if it tastes that much different from mozzarella, which in all honesty is fairly tasteless with out good old salt or seasoning of some sort. I never salt my mozzarella as I know when I make pizza our home made smoked bacon has quite a bit of salt in it
Keen to look it up farther, thanks for posting.

davidt4, Sep 21, 6:23pm
It has a more definite flavour than mozzarella - slightly tart, not so "milky" as fresh mozzarella.It's made by a Georgian family in Auckland -here's their website:

http://www.colchischeese.com/

indy95, Sep 21, 6:44pm
What an interesting site, cookessentials ! I hadn't seen that one before.

cookessentials, Sep 21, 7:42pm
Helen, it says it is very salty...what were your thoughts?

davidt4, Sep 21, 7:46pm
I didn't find it overly salty, and in fact both of the websites describe it as low-salt.Certainly not as salty as feta or haloumi.

cookessentials, Apr 8, 6:48am
Aaah, so it does, missed that bit. Tastes From Around new zealand has some great stuff, have yet to buy from there so far though.