See which 2 amazing soft cheeses Tom picked for this year’s Christmas Cheese Box. Orders are now available and packs come in 3 sizes, starting at $60 plus shipping.
Christmas Cheese Pack – Tom’s soft picks
Author: Tom Merkli Terroir Member
Meet our new rewards program
We promised you something exciting and here it is: our new Alpine Rewards Program. With our new loyalty rewards program you earn  whenever you spend money with us. For every $1 spent on cheese and other foods you earn 5 and for every $2 spent on non food products you earn 5 .There are also other ways you can earn – for example for reviewing a product or – as a first user – for placing your first order. Additionally we will periodically promote certain products or categories for which you will earn extra points.What do you do with the points earned? The added points unlock 3 levels with specific perks awarded based on each level:    You can see the full details of each level with what rewards they unlock here. What about my past purchases? Great question! We’ve looked at your 12 months purchase history and awarded you with the corresponding points. However points are only given to logged in customers, so make sure you create an account and login before placing your order if you haven’t already. If you have an account, you can check your rewards status within your ‘My Account’ section or by clicking this link. |
Shipping Changes | New Day of Dispatch
As a business striving for high customer support, we always try to improve all aspects of our business with a customer centric view. For a number or reasons until now we were not able to dispatch cheese early in the week, leaving some of our customers with shipments getting stranded over the weekend. We’re happy to have found a solution now: From Monday, 23 March we will start to dispatch on Mondays every week. Where there is a Public Holiday on Monday, we will dispatch on Tuesday.
In addition to this change we made the decision to no longer offer a dedicated Brisbane Metro Courier service as the courier provider was very unreliable and caused us a lot more work than we anticipated. Starting immediately we will therefore dispatch all orders with Australia Post Express. We will talk and negotiate with Australia Post to see if we can allow for reduced rates for those customers that live closer to our Brisbane dispatch centre and will update you accordingly.
We believe these changes will make it more efficient to get our high quality, artisan Swiss cheese to all of you and are looking forward to your custom.
For any questions or concerns about these changes, feel free to contact us.
Join us on a 11 day Cheese Discovery of Switzerland in 2021
Join Tom on an 11-day cheese discovery of Switzerland! Meet expert local cheese makers, learn about their production processes and enjoy cheese degustations throughout the spectacular cheese producing regions of Gruyère, Emmental and Toggenburg.
Travel date: 2021 – details to follow
Original Zigerhörnli Recipe
This recipe is a traditional dish from canton Glarus in Switzerland. The original Zigerhörnli use Schabziger available in our online shop and at selected retailers. Try it out, it’s a rustic, simple yet delicious dish suitable for the whole family.
Ingredients
400 g eggshell / short pasta
1 tbsp of chicken broth powder
For the sauceÂ
2 tbsp butter
50 g onions, diced thinly
300 ml light cream / cream
50 g Swiss Emmentaler or Gruyère, finely grated
150 g Schabziger, finely gratedÂ
Nutmeg
Freshly ground pepper
2 bunch chives, finely cutÂ
Roasted onionsÂ
1 tbsp butter butterÂ
4 medium sized onions, cut into thin strips
1 pinch of sugar
Preparation
- Cook the pasta in the chicken stock al dente, drain into a sieve and strain with cold water.
- For the sauce, sauté the onions in butter, add cream and Emmentaler/Gruyère, heat slowly while stirring, stir in the Schabziger, season with nutmeg and pepper.
- For the roasted onions, melt the butter, add the onions and place over medium heat while stirring, add pepper and sugar to taste.
- Add the pasta to the sauce, heat. Stir in the chives. Sprinkle onions over top and serve.
Recipe translated from https://geska.ch/portfolio-items/zigerhoernli
Other cheese options for the Girolle cheese shaper
Many people know the Girolle cheese shaper from making beautiful flower shaped cheese portions with the Tête de Moine cheese. Do you know that there are other Swiss cheese that you can use this clever device with?
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Win 1 of 10 Swiss cheese pocket knives
This is your chance to secure a Swiss icon with a cheesy twist: During the entire month of January we’re giving away 10 unique Swiss cheese pocket knifes.
For each $10 worth of products you spend online during January we’re giving you 1 entry into the draw of these knives. All you have to do is purchase your cheese with us and you’re automatically entered.
Good luck!
Terms & Conditions: For each $10 of goods spent in The Red Cow online shop (postage excluded, refunds and discounts excluded) the user will receive one entry into the draw to win 1 of 10 Swiss cheese pocket knives. Sales between 4th January and 31 January 2018 (AEST) will be counted. Only applicable to stocked items (backorder items are excluded). Accumulated entries over multiple purchases are possible based on the user’s email address. Winners will be informed via email by end of February 2018. Prizes will be sent to winner’s registered billing address of the first purchase during the promotion period.
Recipe: Hash browns with vegetables & Seiler Bratkäse
Our friends from Seiler in Sarnen in Switzerland gave us this excellent recipe I thought I’d share with you. Try it out!
Ingredients
- 800g peeled and boiled potatoes, roughly grated
- 1 minded onion
- 150g carrots, finely grated
- 1/2 leek, sliced
- 1 tbsp salt
- Pepper
- 80g butter or oil
- 150g Seiler Bratkäse
Method
Put all ingredients (except butter and cheese) in one bowl. Add salt and pepper. Heat the butter in a frying pan, around 24cm diameter* Stir fry the mix of potatoes and vegetables on medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes until golden-yellow. Put half of the potato-mix back into the bowl and build the other half into a cake. Distribute the cheese slices evenly on the cake and put the rest of the potatoes on top of the cheese. Bake on both sides for another 5 to 10 minutes until you get a nice crust. Arrange on a plate and enjoy!
*the size of the pan is important as the ‘cake’ should be more high than flat.
Festive Cheese – December News
Ham: check, Seafood: check, Pavlova: check. But have you thought about cheese for your Christmas function?
We’re obviously biased – but – think about how much time you need to prepare a fabulous looking cheese platter? Right, almost none! Plus everyone loves cheese, so it’s an easy crowd pleaser. Below are some of our tips on how to create an amazing cheese platter:
- Less is more
Don’t think you’ll have to have 1 of everything. 3 to 4 amazing cheeses go further than many more average ones. - Don’t go for what you think people might like
Create something you like and stand by it. A slightly quirky cheese board is always a good conversation point plus people actually like to discover new things, they may just need a little encouragement. - Go for quality
Needless to say that quality is important. You don’t have to have a huge amount of cheese, but it should be of great quality. When presenting it to the guest, explain what is what and mention that you went the extra way. Your guest will love it! For general guidance you calculate with approx. 30g per cheese per person if presented alongside other food. - Ask your cheesemonger what’s currently great
Many cheeses are best at certain times (seasonality, ripeness, etc.) and at this time of the year many retailers have special cheeses they don’t carry all year round. Ask them what they recommend. - Go easy with the accompaniments
Accompaniments like fruit, pastes, nuts and reductions – when chosen right – are great. But keep it to one or two and when possible make it cheese specific (e.g. a local honey to drizzle on to that blue cheese you bought) - Bread or Crackers?
We’re Euros, so for us it will always be crusty bread. Your choice though. - Plating up
Here you can be as creative as you like or simply let the cheese speak for itself. We prefer the latter, but that doesn’t mean that some accentuated accompaniments won’t look great on your board (try edible flowers for example).
We’d love to hear your thoughts and see your platters, feel free to email them to us!