Sap Sago Cheese – 3.17 oz cone

Description

Sap Sago Cheese, also known as Swiss Schabziger®, is a hard cheese that comes packaged in a 3.17-ounce cone.

This almost fat-free cheese is for the more adventuresome, and you’ll find that a little goes a long way. It can be kept at room temperature (although we keep it under refrigeration).  It is imported from Switzerland.

History and Production of Sap Sago Cheese

Sap Sago has been made for more than 1000 years in the Canton of Glarus in Switzerland.  Its production, using fresh, skimmed Alpine cows’ milk, has remained unchanged for centuries.

The milk is heated and soured naturally. Then the raw cheese is salted and flavored with the Alpine herb blue fenugreek, a special variety of clover thay makes the cheese so healthy and gives it its characteristic aroma and attractive green herb color. The natural product is matured for over 5 months, during which time it develops its typical tangy flavor.

On April 24, 1463, the citizens of Germany approved by plebiscite a law on the production, storage, and labeling of the world’s first branded product. Today Sap Sago is made and sold by employing the most modern techniques, yet keeping with traditional values.

Have Fun with Sap Sago Cheese

Sap Sago’s uses are endless — grate it over boiled or baked potatoes, noodles, pasta, pizza, soups and salads and even over apple and cherry pies. The Swiss often mix Sap Sago in equal parts with butter for a very tasty spread on fresh breads.

To easily grate Sap Sago, Sap Sago also comes as a powder, saving you the work of grating the cone.