As you may have gathered from a previous post or two, I love cheese. But the truth is, I love beer even more. Yeah, I know. I’m supposed to say I prefer wine because it is more sophisticated, more Italian, blah blah blah, but that would be a lie. Last week while food shopping with a friend at Emporio del Gusto in Rome’s San Paolo neighborhood, we spotted a product that combines my two favorite things: Cahill’s Irish Porter Cheddar, a firm white cheese mixed with Guinness to produce a strange marbling effect reminiscent of salame di cioccolato. Though the ideal pairing would have been a pint of Guinness, we settled on a cold Aecht Gehlenferla Rauchbier (aka “smoke beer” made with smoked malted barley). It was so good I even excused Cahill’s Irish Porter Cheddar for being vegetarian (it is made with vegetable rennet), a factor that doesn’t usually win points in my book.
Emporio del Gusto
Via Chiabrera, 58a
Tel. 06.5412480
Categories: Food & Wine
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Must check it out. I am a big fan of alcohol/cheese concoctions. The “ubriacone” (creamy sheep’s milk cheese brined in Teroldego and herbs) from the Antica Caciara in Trastevere is one on my and Marco’s faves.
April 17th, 2009 at 9:42 ammmmm… ubriacone…teroldego. im salivating. but what is this Antica Caciara you speak of?
April 20th, 2009 at 12:01 amAHHHH i know which on it is:
http://www.anticacaciara.altervista.org/index_altervista.htm
duh!
April 20th, 2009 at 12:02 amWOW, a girl who loves beer. I think my dreams just came true.
April 20th, 2009 at 6:11 am@Gabriel do I win points for loving cheese, too:)
April 20th, 2009 at 1:17 pm