Beaufort D’Alpage, a French Cheese you should know, 17th Annual Taste-of-the-Cakes, The Best Shortbread from South Carolina and more at chefshop.com/enews EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBER 5% OFF CODE cheese  Recipes | Chef's Pantries | Shop for Food & Ingredients | Food Blog Beaufort D’Alpage! The ultimate melted cheese. If you like cheese, you will love Beaufort D’Alpage. (Summer from chalets (shepherds huts) at high altitude). Here the Tarentaise gaze at the French Alps...while grazing freely, choosing to eat what they want of the grasses and flowers of the high pasture. These Tarentaise cattle (a domesticated cow that adapted to high altitude hiking in steep and treacherous hoofing and have not co-mingled with other cows) are from the Haute-Savoie and are known to make some of the best milk on the planet for making cheese. Beaufort D’Alpage is made in wheels that first remind you of Parmigiano-Reggiano and can often weigh over 100 pounds. This Beaufort D’Alpage is made by Brand Coopérative Laitière de Haute Tarentaise, is a coopérative located in Bourg St Maurice in close proximity to the famous French Alps Ski Resorts. It is these ski slopes in the winter that turn into the alpine meadows full of roughages in the Spring, Summer and early Fall. This semi-hard cow’s milk cheese goes thru a creation process of curdling, scaling, brewing, molding, pressing, and hand work of salt rubbing in the morning and massaging in the afternoon. This process lasts up to two months. Then it is smear-ripened to create the strong flavor and pale yellow rind. Aged over 14 months which brings a more mature flavor of nuttiness, floral, beef broth notes, with herbal and a hint of hay. This AOC Beaufort D’Alpage is the best of the best, as summer alpine is the most cherished of all the Beaufort. This cheese melts easily and is known for making the best fondue or a grilled cheese sandwich. Or you can cube it up, poke it with a toothpick and enjoy it with some fruity wine! Shop now for Beaufort D'Alpage Alpina Cheese! Extremely limited supply It's a wonderful time of year! Eat Panettone everyday between now and the new year! The warehouse is packed like sardines in a can. We are loaded to the gills and bursting at the seams with Panettone. Though there is nothing fishy about the Italian Panettone and there are no seams, it is just the best light and fluffy bread you can sink your hand into (with the intent of moving it from the hand to the mouth). Though the warehouse is full with ne’er a place to walk, the panettone disappears in a blink of an eye. Remember when we sell out, that is it for the season! No re-orders (we order in July) and then the wait until next year! If you’re in Seattle after Thanksgiving, stop on by our shop. We are having our 17th annual “Taste of the Cakes” where we open every flavor of panettone, panforte, fruitcake, torrone, cookies, candies and more. We invite you to taste them all. Stop by, talk about food, meet new friends, nibble and graze - what better way to usher in the holiday season. Shop now for Italian Made Panettone from four different producers! Quadrotta!! Antica Torroneria Piemontese With a name like Quadrotta you would think it would be hard and tough to break. Instead it is soft to the touch and easy to break into pieces. When you open the Dark chocolate with hazelnuts you get this wonderful whiff of hazelnuts and the dry edges of a dark chocolate. If you love hazelnuts then imagine Gianduia with hazelnut bits! And the third is a wonderful mix of white chocolate, pistachios and almonds! Smooth and easy, it melts quickly. Tongue satisfying, it is after it is gone you feel compelled to suck in your cheeks to get the last of the wonderful taste combination! Share if you must but we recommend keeping it for yourself. Shop now for Antica Torroneria Piemontese Holiday Treats! Foie Gras from Canada Rougie Mousse of Duck Foie Gras. Pork and Duck Terrine with 20% Foie Gras. Rougie Duck Foie Gras. Shop now for Duck Foie Gras! Shortbread of South Carolina A higher ratio of fat to gluten = short. Think sugar, butter, flour, pinch of salt combined. Biscuit bread in Medieval times in Scotland started with leftover bread dough, baked in a low temperature oven until it dried out into a rusk. Biscuit = rusk = twice baked. Leftovers of dough made way to the first published recipe for short-bread (in the 1700’s?) when yeast was replaced with butter into the “same” shortbread recipe we eat today. The word “same” is used loosely. Though, the recipe is “easy” on paper, great results are not. Heritage Shortbread is an excellent representation of what you want in a “short” bread. It's crispy, crumbly, and tasty, every time you bite into each biscuit. Not too hard and with just the right feel, they are the best shortbread we have had in a long, long time! It is much more difficult to find a shortbread that makes people say, "That's good!" than you might think. Well, so far, both in the store and in the warehouse, everyone has said, "That's great!" It doesn't get much better than that! A classic holiday hostess gift in the Scottish/English speaking world. Shop now for Classic Heritage Shortbread! Shop now for Lemon Heritage Shortbread! Shop now for Chocolate Dipped Heritage Shortbread! Back-in-Stock The Pistachio Crema has landed. Really, it is flown in from Sicily and is now in and ready to go! One taste and the combination of pistachio and sweet white chocolate and you are hooked! Bakers love it, pastry chefs have to have it. Add it to your cannoli or a cream pie! OR just bring a handful of spoons and chow down! Shop now for Brontedolci Elite Crema di Pistachio! Canadian Mustard Kozlik's Canadian Mustard was established in 1948 and has remained family owned and operated to this day, producing hand-made mustard in small batches. Like their process, their recipes have not changed in over 60 years, nor has their commitment to sourcing the finest quality ingredients to make the best-tasting mustard possible; crafting their mustards with 100% Canadian mustard seed and sourcing their ingredients from local suppliers as much as possible. They are committed to natural ingredients and socially responsible business practices; their mustards are non-GMO, gluten-free, and contain absolutely no additives or preservatives. Shop Now for Kozlik's Mustard * Moscato Panettone Sultana Raisins soaked in Moscato Wine The very best panettone! "Albertengo makes an excellent panettone! It is their specialty based on family history in the business. Having visited the factory and family, we know the quality of this product. Thank you Chefshop for carrying Albertengo Panettone!" -- donna Shop here for Albertengo Panettone with Moscato * The Favorite: Sorrento Lemon Panettone Unlike a traditional panettone that is studded with raisins and candied citron, this ethereal panettone is made with lightly candied Sorrento lemons, and I swear that you can almost smell the heavenly scent right through the wrapping. Light and buttery, soft in texture, it will melt in your mouth, and the aroma and flavor of the Sorrento lemon will drive you to distraction. It is the perfect dessert for that holiday feast or open house. Serve it with some espresso or Vin Santo, and Buon Natale. This gift is a 5+! "Sorrento lemons are the best! The Italian wife of friends is sure to love this special Albertengo Panettone! It is a quality product that we have enjoyed over the years. And thank you ChefShop for offering Albertengo products." -- donna Shop now for Sorrento Lemon Panettone! * Amlou Argan Almond Butter This healthy ingredient, smooth like a creamy peanut butter has a distinct taste that is incredibly addictive. At first spoonful, as you lick and then smoosh it around, flavors of the argan, almonds and the sweetness of the honey blend perfectly. Just a tiny bit of texture keeps it interesting as you press your tongue to the roof of your mouth and finish the taste. At first you think it's just a "peanut" or some other nut butter, and of course by name it is. As an ingredient or as food by itself it is completely different. The mixture of these three healthy ingredients is special indeed. Amlou - Amalou has been around for a long time. Often associated with the Berber Tribes and one of the foods carried when trekking long distances. The argan oil, the wildflower honey and the almonds are blended to create this healthy food. Villa Jerada uses more Argan oil than others so you get the health benefits and the flavor to stand out. Shop Now for Villa Jerada Amlou Argan Almond Butter! Open Sundays! Mark your Calendar for the 17th Annual Taste-of-the-Cakes Thanksgiving Weekend Leone Fruit Jelly Drops These are like the gum drops you wished all gum drops would be. Full of fruity flavor and just the right bite. Chewy and comes apart too. Smaller than the big gum drops we grew up with, so there is no linger on the teeth feel at all! Pretty packaging and addictive! You can never have enough of these little gems! Shop now for Leone Fruit Jelly Drops! Cooking Classes for the New Year Check out the classes and grab your seat now! Give the best Gift of food! Cooking Class Gift Certificates are available. Let them choose the class and the food! ChefShop Cooking Class Store Hours - Now Open Sundays for the Holidays!! Monday thru Saturday 10AM to 6PM. Sunday Noon to 4 ChefShop.com 1425 Elliott Ave W Seattle, Wa 98119 206-286-9988 Our parking lot is north of the shop and south of Champions Party Supply. Easy open parking lot. Click here to see the map. This Week's Recipes Cranberry and Wild Blueberry Pie Recipe Switch it up from apple and pumpkin pie! Or just add one more! Moms Apple Pie - Marian Burros This recipe was adapted from Marian Burros fabulous cook book, Cooking for Comfort (Simon and Schuster, 2003). Every recipe we have ever made from Marian always, always works and the results are a winner! Banana Cream Pie Recipe Hard to live without banana cream pie! See what you missed in previous Newsletters Love Story #5, Smoked Ham, Mangalitsa Made in Italy Panettone, Gold Medal Chocolatier and Peppermint A Pickle of Black Garlic - Pistachio Cream is Back ChefShop.com Toll-free: 1-800-596-0885 You've received this email because you have purchased from us or subscribed. 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