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They founded a cooperative in 1932, and the first cheese cellars were built in 1934. [18] The French Le Brouère cheese, made in nearby Vosges, is considered a variant of Gruyère. [19] Γραβιέρα is a popular Greek cheese which resembles Gruyère and is an EU Protected Designation of Origin.
Gruyère is a Swiss cheese known for its flavor and how well it melts—which is why you'll often find it on toasted sandwiches or atop French onion soup.It originated in the Gruyères region of ...
Gruyères (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɥijɛʁ] ⓘ; Arpitan: Gruviéres [ɡʁəˈviʁ] ⓘ; Fribourgeois: Grevire; German: Greyerz) is a town in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. The medieval town is an important tourist location in the upper valley of the Saane/Sarine river, and gives its name to Gruyère cheese.
The breeding of cattle, sheep and goats is attested in the Neolithic period by archaeological remains (bones) throughout Switzerland. There is no direct evidence of cheese production at this time, but the old age of many cattle exhumed in coastal stations on Lake Zurich suggests that at least their milk was exploited, and Germanic peoples already made butter at that time.
The inside of a gougère. A gougère (French:), in French cuisine, is a baked savory choux pastry made of choux dough mixed with cheese.There are many variants. The cheese is commonly grated Gruyère, Comté, or Emmentaler, [1] [2] but there are many variants using other cheeses or other ingredients.
Graviera (Greek: γραβιέρα [ɣraˈvʝera]) is a cheese from Greece produced in various parts of Greece, the main varieties of which are Crete, Lesbos, Naxos and Amfilochia. It resembles gruyère, a Swiss cheese from whose name "graviera" is derived. [1] Graviera is Greece's second most popular cheese after feta. Made in wheels, the rind ...
In 2018, over 15,000 tons of Gruyère were sold in Switzerland, making it the most consumed cheese in the country, ahead of mozzarella and Emmentaler. Gruyère cheese is a component of a classic ...
Vacherin Fribourgeois. Vacherin Fribourgeois (French pronunciation: [vaʃʁɛ̃ fʁibuʁʒwa], Vacherin of Fribourg) a Swiss semi-hard cheese made from thermised milk. It is produced under Swiss AOC in the canton of Fribourg, where Gruyère also originates.