609373 Fri Apr 03 16:49:46 -0700 2009 10 31 Home Cooking 0 4565951 What kind of cheese would I serve with honey? Fri Apr 03 16:49:46 -0700 2009 113445 energy 1 4565973 Blue Parm Reg Feta Ricotta On a perfect cheese plate, I'd expect honey, walnuts (and/or other nuts), an aged balsamic vinegar, quince jam, figs (pressed, fresh, or cake). It need not include other fruit - but I won't object. My favorite part of the meal. Fri Apr 03 16:56:52 -0700 2009 4565951 155034 alwayscooking 1 4565976 feta. i have infused honey with fresh herbs and poured it over feta. Really good. Now that I am remembering this I wonder if I didn't infuse the honey, then pour it over warmed cubed feta. I think that may be what I did, and I believe I got the idea from someone here. Another thing I read here was to have blue cheese, pears, and honey. Sounds awfully good. Fri Apr 03 16:57:17 -0700 2009 4565951 127625 fern 1 4566008 You might enjoy this thread about honeycomb. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/590317?tag=search_results;results_list Fri Apr 03 17:12:14 -0700 2009 4565951 131001 c oliver 1 4566024 Also soft goat cheeses. A good honey can make chevre into something more, or take the edge off of something that's a little too stinky for your tastes. Recently I've been devouring Humboldt Fog with a little honey on top of La Brea Bakery Fruit & Nut bread. Fri Apr 03 17:20:05 -0700 2009 4565951 17827 cyberroo 2 4566037 Don't you just love Humboldt Fog? One year when I'd spent WAY too much time in the doctor's office, I put together a gift basket for them at Christmas (they should have been giving ME one considering all the $$$ they made off me that year!) and included that. It was a huge hit. Fri Apr 03 17:24:01 -0700 2009 4566024 131001 c oliver 3 4566044 My current 'larder' cheese (after parm reg) - sigh. I blame the left and some of the right 'handle' to this cheese alone. I almost chided cyberroo about adulterating such perfection but stopped when I realized I hadn't even tried to experiment with gilding the lily. Fri Apr 03 17:27:32 -0700 2009 4566037 155034 alwayscooking 4 4566073 I got an entire pound of it at the Artisan Cheese Festival, so I have plenty of perfection to play with. And the bread, which seems to only be available in LA makes it an ideal combination. Although I admit I probably wouldn't have thought of it if I hadn't had an amazing Humboldt Fog cheesecake that was just touched with honey. Fri Apr 03 17:36:31 -0700 2009 4566044 17827 cyberroo 5 4566097 Given your experience, I MAY try cheese condiments with this little jewel. I truly thank you for sharing. Fri Apr 03 17:45:24 -0700 2009 4566073 155034 alwayscooking 1 4566049 a couple really good honeys with cheese are chestnut and corbezzolo. both somewhat bitter and not too sweet. I have enjoyed these honeys with mellow or nutty cheeses - sheep (manchego, petit basque, etc.), roquefort, stilton, aged gouda, comte, similar nutty sheeses Bet it would be good with a cheese like Chimay, too.The flavors of the cheeses just pop out with the honey. Its very much worth trying out. Fri Apr 03 17:28:11 -0700 2009 4565951 11130 jen kalb 1 4566050 Baked figs with Maytag and Questa (N.M.) honey...yum Fri Apr 03 17:28:24 -0700 2009 4565951 57170 Veggo