Gruyére

A celebrated Swiss cheese from unpasteurized cows’ milk, Gruyère is pale yellow and very firm and close-textured with a sprinkling of small holes. The flavor is sweet and nutty with a briny aftertaste. Like Emmentaler, a genuine cheese has “Switzerland” stamped all over its rind. A good Gruyère, at its best, has a slight glistening of moisture around the holes. It is a wonderful dessert cheese and widely used in cooking, perhaps best known in the traditional Swiss cheese dish, fondue. (247)