Ekte Gjetost (17 Ounce) by igourmet.com | 
 enlarge | Brand: IGOURMET
Category: Gourmet
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 2447
Country: norway
Media: Misc.
Size: 1 pound
ASIN: B0000D9MY5
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| Features:
| • | Sweet and caramel-like | | • | Packed with energy | | • | Served for breakfast or midday snack | | • | Made from pasteurized goat's milk | | • | Imported from Norway |
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Product Description
Ekte Gjestost is a sweet, brown, firm cheese, made solely from pure goat's milk which is boiled under pressure until carmelization occurs. Stronger than regular Gjetost, it is widely popular among Scandinavians, and children in the United States enjoy its sweet flavor and fudge-like texture. Traditionally, this cheese is cut into very thin slices and eaten at breakfast with toast or crispbread. Made from pasteurized goat's milk.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
Most memorable cheese August 8, 2008
Randall Webb (Lake Forest, CA USA)
I tried Ekte Gjetost cheese when a Norwegian exchange student came to live with us for a while. She brought a big hunk of this cheese with her on the plane. The first time I tried it, I thought, hum, interesting taste.
She would eat it on toasted bagels. The more I tasted it, the more I liked it.
It is a flavor you can't forget. I have been trying to find it ever since. I'm so happy to find out I can get it by ordering on the internet.
It's been over two years & I cannot forget about this cheese & it's amazing flavor & texture.
A superb goat cheese April 8, 2008
Carsten M. Haaland (Atlanta, GA)
This brand is the only Norwegian goat cheese I will buy. The flavor is strong and satisfying, and leaves a pleasant lingering on the palate. Some hate it. My wife says it tastes like soap. When I was a child, we would get a large package every Christmas from Norway, and in it was a five pound cube of gjetost. Every day, my father shaved a few thin precious slices off the block, which were savored by him, my sister and me. Mother didn't like it. "Ekte" means real, and this cheese is really real!
 delicious product January 19, 2008
Hammertime (Detroit MI USA)
Same product as we sampled in Norway. One suggested improvement: in Norway the cheese is cylindrical, and has its own round plastic top that you can replace to keep the cheese fresh.
wonderful cheese January 7, 2008
K. Nedjar (Massachusetts)
If you like a cheese with substance this is it. The cheese has almost mild peanut buttery taste, slightly sweet but not overwhelmingly so. A small bit (quarter size) is lovely on a plain rice cracker or a Ritz. It is a hard cheese that keeps for a long time in the fridge. Perfect with afternoon tea or for a light lunch or as a snack anytime. Delightful for picnics.
Tastier of the Two August 2, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I like both gjetosts, but my preference is for ekte gjetost, which is made from pure goat's milk rather than the cow/goat blend used in Ski Queen. Ekte gjetost is a tad funkier and is much more complex than Ski Queen, although it's similarly sweet and fudgie due to the caramelizing of the sugars in the milk during the heating process used in its manufacture (it accounts for gjetost's appealing color as well; in fact, it resembles a Kraft caramel on steroids). I'm a serious cheese afficionada and search out artisanal, raw milk cheeses (alas, so few now), so the fact that I love this commercially produced, COOKED cheese never fails to crack me up. And you know something? I found out that I'm not the only cheese snob who admits to this!
If you're not adventurous, start with Ski Queen for an entry-level gjetost. However, if your preference is for gastronomy on the edge (I do but jest--this is high-class Velveeta by any account), by all means, go for ekte gjetost. If you have a cheesemonger you patronize, ask for a taste before you commit--unlike Ski Queen, ekte gjetost is often sold sliced-to-order. And don't be afraid to offer it to the kids--its sweetness is often a hit with the under-16 set.
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