Central Market - Best Cheese [moved from Texas board]

[huruta]

I'm so overwhemled by their cheese selection but have found a few favorites. What are your top choices for cheeses that REALLY stand out from the crowd? If you don't shop at Central but have some fine favorites, do share!

Mine, in this order:

1. XO Beemster (complex and divine, all by itself)
2. Rogue Creamery smokey blue (wonderful alone or with apricot jam on crackers)

[Epicurious Esquire]

Oh my. As a total cheese dork, I could go on and on. But I will give you what I consider to be the tastiest, creamiest, most delicious cheese on earth:

Delice de Bourgogne.

By definition, a triple cream brie must be at least 72% fat. Cream is added during production to fatten it up, and the result is so full of deliciousness I don't even know what to say. I buy a hunk almost every week.

Let it come to room temperature on the counter and then prepare to float to heaven.

[huruta]

Thanks for the additional recommendations. This is exactly what I wanted - a list of some favorite cheeses of others to help direct my purchases. Thanks again!

[RobinR]

Try Mobay - It's sort of two-layered cheese....One layer sheep's milk, one layer goat's milk..separated by ash...
Or Sottocenere with truffles...

[dalaimama]

Morbier is wonderful. It's actually made from two separate milkings from the same cows. The bottom layer is from the morning milk and the top layer is from the evening milk. Someone told me that the ash is there to prevent a rind from forming in between the two layers during the aging process.

If you taste the two layers separately, you will find that there is a different in taste between the two milkings.

[gavlist]

I tried the Rogue smoky blue last night - it's really delicious. Not as smoky as I might have liked, and fairly mild as blues go - but it was good enough that I ate too much of it :)

[QueenB]

Humboldt Fog
Jasper Hill Constant Bliss

[FoodJudge]

I bought an Antique Emmenthaler last week that was just to die for!

[ginger7949]

I personally love Parrano Robusto
by uniekaas. They sample it with an antipasti of olives, peppers and olive oil with beautiful seasonings, amazing
and the ski queen gjetost brown cheese (sp.?) Amazing on crispbread with unsalted butter and fruit.
Humboldt Fog is lovely and they also carry some beautiful manchegos.

[gavlist]

it's really tough to choose a favorite, but two that come to mind are:
Neal's Yard Cashel (because I'm eating it now)
Cypress Grove Humbolt Fog (I love the outer edge where it's transformed from chalky to gooey)

[huruta]

Thanks for the recs. I've had other Neal's Yard but not the Cashel. I also love Humbolt Fog but didn't know it was at Central. Best, Christy