Chicory
- Producer
- Tulip Tree Creamery
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Indiana
- Weight
- 10 oz
- Website
- tuliptreecreamery.com
- Milk
- Cow
- Treatment
- Pasteurised
- Classification
- Semi Soft
- Rind
- Natural
Blue - Style
- Blue
You've probably never seen anything like this cube-shaped, double-cream blue.
Mottled on the outside and studded on the inside with a blue mold reminiscent of its namesake wildflower, Chicory is the brainchild of Fons Smits and Laura Davenport, who together founded Tulip Tree Creamery in Indianapolis, Indiana in 2014.
Smits, a Dutch native, previously traveled the world consulting creameries and developing dairy products; today, he's Tulip Tree's cheesemaker. Davenport worked in public health and in software before taking the plunge into cheese; she oversees sales, marketing, and education.
The duo source milk from the Holstein herd at Lot Hill Dairy Farm in nearby Seymour, a Certified Humane operation that uses only non-GMO crops for feed.
Tasting Notes
This cream-enriched cheese gets oozy as it ages, yielding a buttery paste layered with notes of blue piquancy.
Pairings
Pair it with a baguette and wildflower honey. Or, for the perfect bite, Tulip Tree employee Katy Williams suggests layering it onto a gingersnap cookie with a dab of plum preserves for a bright pop. “The flavors are all bold enough that nothing is overpowered by the blue cheese,” she says.
Photo by Kristine Jannuzzi.
