Did You Know?

The world of cheese embraces the idea of the Red, White, and Blue. The Red is obvious with cheeses like English Red Windsor and Red Leicester, but the Red is also present in the wonderful Italian cheese Pecorino Rustico Red Pepper. This sheep’s milk cheese has a semi-soft consistency, typical of cheeses hailing from the Roman countryside; its paste is dotted with flakes of Italian red pepper. The resultant flavor combines the intensity of the sheep with the tang and heat of the pepper… with one underlining the other.

Cheese aficionados have always loved the Blues… and they’re quite happy to say so. Our most recent favorite and Italy’s best known Blue is Gorgonzola Piccante or also referred to as the Mountain Gorgonzola. Gorgonzola Dolce, Piccante and Tallegio are known as the stracchino “tired” cheeses, since they are made from the milk of the “tired” cows. You may be asking yourself, ‘Why are the cows tired?’ Well, the answer is because the cows have made the long journey from the high mountain pastures to the lower grazing areas. The complexity of the silage that they eat on the way down translates into complex milk thus creating a complex cheese. Available in both Dolce “sweet, tender” and Piccante “sharp” types, perfect for a Tartinade (see recipe below) with Gorgonzola Piccante, Pear and Walnut. This versatile blue is our July Cheese Club, Cheese of the Month. Just clip the coupon at the bottom of this Newsletter for 20% off either of these great Gorgonzolas.

Last, but certainly not least is the White, one of cheese’s favorite colors. It is evident in white Goat cheeses and the bloomy white soft ripened ones. We also feature wonderful white Mozzarella. This pure white pasta filata is available at Carlino’s in both the Water Buffalo and the Cow’s milk varieties. The Water Buffalo variety is from the Campania region of Italy and is offered in 7 oz. balls. It has a higher fat content and a mossy, feral nose. Carlino’s cow mozzarella is offered in various sizes: the small, salad perfect, ciliegine, the slice-able quarter pound Ovaline, and the ever popular one pound Handmade Mozzarella balls. Stop in for a taste of these Reds, Whites and Blues… the perfect color palate for all your July celebrations.

-Patty Church
Carlinos’s Executive Cheese Specialist

Reintroducing Cheeseboy

We’d like to reintroduce…Cheeseboy!

Take Cheeseboy with you wherever you go this summer by downloading a copy of him, printing him out, and then posing him in your travel pictures. You can post your pictures of Cheeseboy to our our facebook — Carlino’s Specialty Foods Facebook. Be sure to use #cheeseboy somewhere in the description of your photo as well. Participants will receive a $10 gift card to use in-store!

Download your own Cheeseboy — HERE

Just Arrived

The Perfect Pickle to Make You Pucker Up, Carlino’s Bread & Butter Pickles.

Bread & Butter Pickles get their name from the Great Depression era. Since fresh produce was so scarce at the time, the traditional cucumber, bread & butter sandwiches were substituted with pickles, bread & butter. Made from farm fresh cucumbers and jarred in a sweet and savory brine of onions, vinegar & spices, our Bread & Butter Pickles are a marvelous complement to Carlino’s Turkey & Provolone hoagie and our-award winning Ultimate Italian hoagie.

Salsa Goes With July Fireworks

Carlino’s All Natural Green Chili Salsas…

Our salsas are preservative free and made with farm fresh ingredients. The green chili peppers present in all of our salsas are a great source of Vitamins A, B, and C and contain Capsaicin. This compound increases metabolism and is said to relieve muscle and joint pain. Carlino’s now offers Mild, Medium, Hot Chili Verde and Black Bean & Corn salsa. These flavors allow you to turn up or turn down the heat. Ranging from mild to hot, they will tantalize any palate.
Serve with Carlino’s homemade Tortilla Chips for an instant party!
Mild: provides just the right amount of heat for those looking for a little kick
Medium: those more adventurous would enjoy a little more spice from our medium salsa
Hot: bring on the fireworks!
Black Bean & Corn: delivers a heartier bite with a mild amount of spice

Recipe

For a quick and easy plate to bring to a Fourth of July Picnic!

Tartinade with Gorgonzola Piccante, Apricot and Walnut

Ingredients:
3.5 oz of Gorgonzola Piccante
Carlino’s Artisan Long Semolina Loaf
Carlino’s Meyer Lemon Infused Olive Oil
3 Tbs of crème fraiche
1 ripe Apricot
9 walnuts

Preparation:
Roughly mix the Gorgonzola Piccante and the crème fraiche with a fork (no need to get a perfectly homogeneous mix). Add the walnuts by crushing them with your fingers above the mix Gorgonzola Piccante/crème fraiche. Peel the apricot, cut into slices and grill. Cube the apricot after grilling and add it gently to the mix. Spread the mix on a slice of slightly toasted semolina bread. Spritz on some Carlino’s Meyer Lemon Infused Olive Oil.

All above ingredients can be found in Carlino’s Markets.

Coupon

Gorgonzola Piccante or Dolce is the perfect offering so we are presenting it to our members as our Cheese(s) of the Month. Please stop in our Cheese Department to receive your 20% discount on Gorgonzola Piccante or Dolce and allow your taste buds a visit to the mountains of Italy. Alternatively, you may print and present the coupon below.