Red Hawk

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California Red Hawk Cheese.

Red Hawk is one of the dairy Cowgirl Creamery since 2001 in Point Reyes Station , California , made cream cheese . The name is derived from the English name of the red-shouldered buzzard and alludes to the orange-reddish rind of the ripe cheese. At the 20th conference of the American Cheese Society in 2003, the cheese was named “Best of Show” from 615 competitors.

Under the orange-reddish bark of the Red Hawk hides the butter-colored core whose consistency changes during storage, but not so soft bleeds such as a Brie . The taste of the cheese is described as a “strong and complex blend of flavors of white mushrooms and anchovies”.

The Red Hawk is from pasteurized cow's milk from organic cattle produced by local suppliers in Marin County is based. During its production process, the cheese is exposed to the bacterium Brevibacterium linens and in this way develops its typical taste and rind color. After a maturation period of four weeks, the product is placed on the market.

The Red Hawk owes its origin to a coincidence. After a batch of the Mt. Tam variety, also produced by the Cowgirl Creamery, was parked as spoiled in a room in the dairy, weeks later it turned out that the cheese was infected with B. linens and had improved its taste as a result. The cheesemakers were won over by the result and so they began to specifically produce Red Hawk.

Web links

  • Red Hawk on the Cowgirl Creamery website

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Diane Susan Petty: Where the best cheese is made on the West Coast , in: San Francisco Chronicle, January 1, 2012, last accessed November 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ Janet Fletcher: Cowgirl Creamery soars with Red Hawk triple-cream , in: San Francisco Chronicle of December 5, 2002, last accessed November 29, 2014.
  3. ↑ Want Your Cheese To Age Gracefully? Cowgirl Creamery's Got Tips , via NPR news on May 28, 2014, last accessed November 28, 2014.
  4. ↑ Red Hawk product information on the Cowgirl Creamery website, last accessed on November 29, 2014.
  5. ↑ Amanda Gold: Cowgirl Creamery's founders blend traits , in the San Francisco Chronicle on November 10, 2012, last accessed on November 28, 2014.