Baby Swiss Cheese from Wisconsin

Take away some of the aging of swiss cheese and emmental and you get younger, milder and higher-moisture baby swiss. Nobody knows for sure the origin story of this buttery delightful, full-of-micro-holes cheese. It seems to be native to the American Midwest and it seems to have been created sometime in the middle of the last century. In the hands of our Master Cheesemakers, baby swiss from Wisconsin is less bold than its siblings but every bit as versatile as swiss and emmental. You have our permission to make it all you own.

Appearance

Pale yellow and holey in or out of church

Texture

On the softer side with a bit of spring in its step

Flavor

Mild and buttery with a slight sweetness

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Made By:

Babcock Hall Dairy Plant

Chalet Cheese Cooperative

Edelweiss Creamery

Gile Cheese, LLC / Carr Cheese Factory

Hook's Cheese Company, Inc.

Prairie Farms Cheese Division

Roth Cheese

Saputo Cheese USA Inc.

Wisconsin Cheese Group

Zimmerman Cheese, Inc.

Sold By:

All Star, Ltd.

Biery Cheese Company Kickapoo Valley Plant

Crystal Farms RDC

Deli Source, LLC

Family Fresh Pack LLC

G&R Foods Inc.

Gibbsville Cheese Co, Inc.

Henning Cheese, Inc.

Integrity Cheese Packaging of Wisconsin, Inc.

Jim's Cheese, LLC

Keystone Farms Cheese

Laack Bros. Cheese Co., Inc.

Lynn Dairy, Inc.

North Country Cheese

North Country Packaging, Inc

Oshkosh Cold Storage

Ron’s Wisconsin Cheese, LLC/Ponderosa Farmstead

Sargento Foods Inc.

Schreiber Foods, Inc.

Shullsburg Creamery

Steve's Wholesale Cheese

StoneRidge Wholesale Division

Taylor Cheese Corp.

The Swiss Colony

The Wisconsin Cheeseman

Union Star Corp.

Vern's Cheese, Inc.

Weber's Farm Store

Weyauwega Cheese

Weyauwega Star Dairy, Inc.

Widmer's Cheese Cellars, Inc.

Wisconsin's Finest, Inc.

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Performance Notes

This baby needs no coddling. Baby swiss is best at room temperature, melts really well, and is a good and easy keeper.

Pairing Notes

It’s hard to do baby swiss wrong, unless you try to pair it with something too sweet. We never hesitate to pull out the wine and beer for collaborations with baby swiss. Beers that pair well include stout, porter, weiss beer and lager. Wines that enjoy babysitting: oaked or unoaked chardonnay, grüner veltliner, champagne and cava.

Serve

Baby swiss is a killer melter, and it makes a memorable omelette, frittata or quiche, whether cubed or grated. We also really enjoy it on a fully stacked club sandwich. We pile turkey, ham, baby swiss, sliced onion, lettuce and tomato on three types of lightly toasted bread (usually wheat, light rye and dark rye) and have at it.

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Performance Notes

Pairing Notes

Beer & Cider

Red Wine

White Wine

Serve

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